HAR §17-2029-24. Procedures governing the informal hearing

(a) The hearing shall be conducted informally by the executive director or a hearings officer designated by the executive director. Oral or documentary evidence pertinent to the facts or issues raised by the petitioner in the request for hearing may be received without regard to the admissibility under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings. The executive director shall require the corporation, the provider agency, the petitioner, counsel, and other participants or spectators to conduct themselves in an orderly fashion. Failure to comply with the directions of the executive director to obtain order may result in exclusion from the proceedings or in a decision adverse to the interests of the disorderly party and granting or denying the relief sought, as appropriate. (b) The petitioner shall be afforded a fair hearing and provided the basic safeguards of due process which include: (1) The opportunity to examine and copy, before the informal hearing and at the petitioner's own expense, documents, records, and rules of the provider agency or the corporation 2029-8 2.6.03