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request and with sufficient notice, a sign-language interpreter shall be <br />provided at a hearing. The contested case hearing shall be held in an <br />accessible location. <br /> <br />B. Contested Case Procedure <br /> <br />1. Hearing Officer: In all hearings before the Department, the Director <br />or a designated hearing officer shall preside at the hearing. <br /> <br />2. Powers: The hearing officer issues subpoenas, controls the course <br />of the hearing, administers oaths, receives and rules on questions <br />of evidence, holds appropriate conferences before or during the <br />hearing, rules upon all objections or motions which do not involve a <br />final determination of the proceeding, receives offers of proof, fixes <br />the time for the filing of any witness lists, exhibit lists and briefs, <br />disposes of any other matter that normally and properly arises in <br />the course of a hearing, and takes all other actions authorized by <br />law that are deemed necessary for the orderly and just conduct of a <br />hearing. <br /> <br />3. <br />discretion, postpone or continue any hearing. <br /> <br />4. Notice of Hearing: The notice shall conform to the requirements of <br />Section 91-9(b) of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes. <br /> <br />5. Prehearing Conference: The hearing officer may hold a prehearing <br />conference with the parties for the purpose of formulating or <br />simplifying the issues, setting of schedules, arranging for the <br />exchange of proposed exhibits or proposed written testimony, <br />exchanging names of witnesses, limiting the number of witnesses, <br />and any other matters that may expedite the orderly conduct and <br />disposition of the proceeding. <br /> <br />6. Limiting Testimony: To avoid unnecessary cumulative evidence, the <br />hearing officer may limit the number of witnesses or the time for <br />testimony upon a particular issue. <br /> <br />7. Removal from Proceeding: Any person who willfully disrupts a <br />hearing to prevent or compromise the conduct of the hearing shall <br />be removed from the hearing room. <br /> <br />8. Order of Procedure: The appellant shall open and close. <br /> <br />9. Co-Counsel: Where a party is represented by more than one <br />counsel or representative, only one of the counsels shall be <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />