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    "ocrText": "4913.5\n4913.5 - Hearings\n01 Upon receipt of an employee's answer to charges, the\nBoard will immediately notify the employee of the time, date,\nand place of hearing, if he requests a hearing. Not less than\nfive calendar days advance notice of the hearing will be given\nto the employee. The chairman or vice chairman may issue and\nsign the notice.\n02 Hearings shall be kept strictly confidential; and\nonly the employee concerned, his representative and witnesses,\nBoard members and their counsel, plus necessary secretarial\nassistance, and members of the Loyalty Review Board, shall be\nallowed at the hearing. Each witness will be required to regis-\nter before entering the hearing and identify himself in the\nhearing. Only one witness will be admitted to the hearing at\none time. The employee must be in attendance at all times;\nbut his counsel or repregentative may be in attendance at such\ntimes as he deems necessary.\n.03 The chairman of the Board, or in his absnece the alter-\nnate chairman, will be responsible for the conduct of each hear-\ning. He will open the hearing and inform the employee and his\nrepresentative, if any, that this is an opportunity for the em-\nployee to present evidence and witnesses and affidavits on his\nbehalf in answer to the charges preferred against him. He will\nalso inform the employee that the transcript of the hearing will\nnot include all material in the file of the cage in that it will\nnot include reports of investigation, which are confidential;\nthat the transcript will not contain information concerning the\nidentity of confidential informants or information which will\nreveal the sources of confidential evidence; and that it will\ncontain only the letter of charges, the evidence actually taken\nat the hearing, and the interrogatories, if any.\n04 The chairman may recess and reconvene a hearing at\nsuch times as he deems necessary upon proper notice to all\nparties concerned. Any witness or the employee's representative,\nmay, at the discretion of the Board, be excused and barred from\nfurther participation in the hearing by reason of ungentlemanly\nconduct, or abusive tactics or language, or deliberately causing\ndisruption and confusion in the proceedings.\n.05 Hearings will be conducted in an informal but orderly\nand business-like manner. Testimony will be taken under oath\nor affirmation. Strict legal rules of evidence shall not be\napplied, but reasonable bounds shall be maintained as to com-\npetency, relevance, and materiality. Neither the employee nor\n15 Jan 50"
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