California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 3.3 - Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board
Article 1 - General
Section 352 - Ex Parte Communication
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a party, intervenor, obligor, and their representatives shall not communicate with Appeals Board Members or Administrative Law Judges of the Appeals Board regarding a proceeding.
(b) The following communications are permitted:
(c) If an ex parte communication not within the exceptions allowed in subsection (b) is received by the Administrative Law Judge, the Administrative Law Judge who received the communication shall, as soon as practicable after receipt, inform all parties of the communication by providing the writing to all other parties or, if the communication is not in writing, providing either a written or verbal summary to all parties.
(d) An oral or written request for information related solely to the procedure of the Appeals Board or the status or schedule of a proceeding are not ex parte communications.
1. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 2-1-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 5).
2. Repealer and new text and amendment of NOTE filed 10-30-92; operative 11-30-92 (Register 92, No. 44).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-16-99; operative 9-15-99 (Register 99, No. 34).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 8-2-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Section 148.7, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 148.7, 149.5 and 6603, Labor Code.