The president or their designee shall designate a presiding officer for an adjudicative proceeding. The presiding officer shall be an administrative law judge, a member in good standing of the Washington Bar Association, a panel of individuals, the president or his/her designee, or any combination listed in this section. Where more than one individual is designated to be the presiding officer, one person shall be designated by the president or president's designee to make decisions concerning discovery, closure, witness exclusion, means of recording adjudicative proceedings, and similar matters.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
28B.50.140. WSR 20-03-046, § 132S-20-045, filed 1/9/20, effective 2/9/20; WSR 16-12-039, § 132S-20-045, filed 5/25/16, effective 6/25/16.]