HAR §13-1-37. Ex parte (single party) communications

(a) No party or person petitioning to be a party in a contested case, nor the party’s or such person’s to a proceeding before the board nor their employees, representatives or agents shall make an unauthorized ex parte communication either oral or written concerning the contested case to the presiding officer or any member of the board who will be a participant in the decision-making process. (b) The following classes of ex parte 1-35 communications are permitted: (1) Those which relate solely to matters which a board member is authorized by the board to dispose of on ex parte basis. (2) Requests for information with respect to the procedural status of a proceeding. (3) Those which all parties to the proceeding agree or which the board has formally ruled may be made on an ex parte basis. [Eff 9/7/82; am, ren and comp 2/27/09] (Auth: HRS §§91-2, 171-6) (Imp: HRS §91-13)