170 IAC 1-1.5-4 Communication within the commission

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), members of the commission, its attorneys, and technical employees may communicate with one another regarding a particular proceeding pending before the commission. (b) An attorney assigned as counsel to a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff, a technical employee directed to file a report in a particular proceeding, or a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff may not communicate regarding the particular proceeding with members of the commission, attorneys not assigned as counsel to a member of commission staff who is designated as testimonial staff, or technical employees not assigned to file a report in that particular proceeding, or designated as testimonial staff. Members of the consumer affairs division as defined by 170 IAC 16-1-2 are not testimonial or technical staff.