Section 5-9 - Appointment of Hearing Officer (a) Promptly after an appeal is filed with the Commissioner, the Commissioner may appoint a hearing officer to preside at any proceeding before the Commissioner.
(b) The hearing officer shall have all powers necessary to conduct the hearing fairly and impartially, including the power to: - (i) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (iii) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
- (iv) Take depositions or cause depositions to be taken;
- (v) Regulate the course of the hearing;
- (vi) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues;
- (vii) Dispose of procedural requests and similar matters;
- (viii) Make proposed findings of fact, proposed conclusions of law and recommended decisions, but only as and when directed by the Commissioner; and
- (ix) Take any other action authorized by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act or these Rules.