Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 79 - DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS
Subchapter 11 - ORAL TESTIMONY
Section 16-79-85 - Oral testimony
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-79-85
Current through February, 2024
(a) The board shall accept oral testimony on any item which is on the agenda, provided that the testimony shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Each person seeking to present oral
testimony shall so notify the board not later than forty-eight hours prior to
the meeting, and at that time shall state the item on which testimony is to be
presented;
(2) The board may
request that any person providing oral testimony submit the remarks, or a
summary of the remarks, in writing to the board;
(3) The board may rearrange the items on the
agenda for the purpose of providing for the most efficient and convenient
presentation of oral testimony;
(4)
Persons presenting oral testimony shall identify themselves and the
organization, if any, that they represent at the beginning of the
testimony;
(5) The board may limit
oral testimony to a specified time period but in no case shall the period be
less than five minutes, and the person testifying shall be informed prior to
the commencement of the testimony of the time constraints to be imposed;
and
(6) The board may refuse to
hear any testimony which is irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious to
the agenda item on which it is presented.
(b) Nothing in this section shall require the board to hear or receive any oral or documentary evidence from a person on any matter which is the subject of another proceeding pending subject to the hearings relief, declaratory relief or rule relief provisions of chapter 16-201.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the board from soliciting oral remarks from persons present at the meeting or from inviting persons to make presentations to the board on any particular matter on the board's agenda.
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