[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.94]

[Page 375-376]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.94  Disability of hearing officer.

    In the case of death, illness, disqualification, or unavailability 
of the designated hearing officer, another hearing officer may be 
designated by the Secretary to take his place. If such death, illness, 
disqualification or unavailability occurs during the course of

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a hearing, the hearing will be either continued under a substitute 
hearing officer, or terminated and tried de novo in the discretion of 
the Secretary. In the absence of the designated hearing officer any 
hearing examiner may rule on motions and other interlocutory papers.