Section 591-3-4 - Presiding Officer1. The Board Chair shall select the person to serve as Presiding Officer.2. The Presiding Officer shall administer oaths and affirmations, rule on the admissibility of evidence, regulate the course of proceedings and take such action as authorized by statute or agency rule consistent with the APA.3. The Presiding Officer may hold a pre-hearing conference in order to identify issues, the witnesses, documents to be presented and to set the order of proceedings.4. If a pre-hearing conference is held, the Presiding Officer shall prepare a report of the conference.94- 591 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 4