Section 12-43-32 - Evidence(a) In any proceeding before the board, the board shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence, and all relevant oral or documentary evidence shall be admitted.(b) All irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded.(c) The board shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law.(d) Documentary evidence shall be submitted in the format as specifically ordered by the board. The board may require any document that can be reduced to electronic format be reduced. A hard copy of the documentary evidence shall be provided to the board at any hearing.(e) The board may take notice of judicially recognizable facts. In addition, the board may take notice of generally recognized technical or scientific facts, and the parties shall be afforded an opportunity to contest such facts so noticed.(f) The board may take notice of any proceeding in its records, pertinent collective bargaining agreements, case law and other judicial and administrative proceedings, and the legislative history of statutes.Eff 10/21/2022 (Auth: HRS §§ 89-5, 377-11, 396-11.5) (Imp: HRS §§ 89-5, 89-14, 377-9, 396-11.5)