Source: 55 FR 13219, Apr. 9, 1990, unless otherwise noted.
General Provisions
These rules govern formal adversarial adjudications of the United
States Department of Labor conducted before a presiding officer.
(a) Which are required by Act of Congress to be determined on the
record after opportunity for an administrative agency hearing in
accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 554, 556 and
557, or
(b) Which by United States Department of Labor regulation are
conducted in conformance with the foregoing provisions, to the extent
and
with the exceptions stated in Sec. 18.1101. Presiding officer, referred
to in these rules as the judge, means an Administrative Law Judge, an
agency head, or other officer who presides at the reception of evidence
at a hearing in such an adjudication.
