N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 7 § 253.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024
Section 253.1 - Establishment of the disciplinary hearing officer
(a) There shall be at each correctional facility one or more hearing officers of the rank of lieutenant or above who shall function as a disciplinary hearing officer, the number to be dependent upon the needs of the facility. The superintendent may, in his discretion, designate some other employee to conduct disciplinary hearings.
(b) The disciplinary hearing officer shall be responsible for conducting disciplinary hearings in an impartial manner. No person who has participated in any investigation of the acts shall be a hearing officer at a hearing relating to those acts, nor shall any person who has prepared or caused to be prepared the misbehavior report on which a hearing is held, act as the hearing officer on that charge.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 7 § 253.1