Testimony offered under oath, comments of counsel and the hearing examiner, offers of documentary evidence and rulings made during the course of an oral hearing shall be recorded on tape. A copy of the tape of the hearing will be furnished to any party to the proceeding upon written request to the hearing examiner and payment of a reasonable fee established by OST. Upon request to the hearing examiner by either party, the hearing will be recorded and transcribed by a certified shorthand reporter. If a certified shorthand reporter is requested, necessary arrangements for the presence of a reporter at a hearing, the cost thereof, and cost of transcribing will be borne by the requesting party who must furnish the hearing examiner with an original and the attorney for OST with a copy, of such transcript.
Okla. Admin. Code § 735:80-13-17