D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 26, r. 26-A3800
This chapter contains procedures for administrative hearings involving a "contested case" as defined by the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, effective October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203, Pub. L. 90-614) before the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation ("Commissioner"), in matters other than those brought pursuant to the Securities Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-203; D.C. Official Code § 31-5601.01 et seq.).
In any proceeding governed by this chapter the Commissioner or any hearing officer designated by the Commissioner may, on his or her own motion or on application of any person, waive, modify, or extend any provision of the chapter for good cause shown, to promote the interests of justice, or to prevent undue hardship; provided however that no provision may be waived, modified, or extended if its terms are required by any applicable statute. Whenever the Commissioner or any hearing officer waives, modifies, or extends any provision under the authority of this rule, he or she shall duly advise the parties of that fact.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 26, r. 26-A3800