Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 044 - Insurance Dept
Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 32 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR CONTESTED CASES
Section 32-22 - Evidence
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 32-22
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The hearing officer shall rule on the admissibility of evidence in accordance with the following:
(i) evidence of the type commonly relied upon
by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their serious affairs shall be
admissible. Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be
excluded;
(ii) evidence may be
offered through witness testimony or in documentary form;
(iii) testimony shall be given under oath
administered by the hearing officer. Deposition testimony and other prefiled
testimony may be submitted as evidence, provided the testimony is given under
oath administered by an appropriate authority, and is subject to
cross-examination by all parties;
(iv) the rules of privilege recognized by
Wyoming law shall be given effect; and
(v) a hearing officer may take administrative
notice of judicially cognizable facts, provided the parties are properly
notified of any material facts noticed.
(b) Each party shall have the opportunity to cross-examine witnesses, in accordance with Section 9(d). The hearing officer may allow cross-examination on matters not covered on direct examination.
(c) The hearing officer, agency staff, or other persons delegated to do so by the hearing officer, when applicable, may ask questions of any party or witness.
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