Scope and Purpose of 112 CMR 1.10 through 1.21: Fair Hearing

(1) The informal fair hearing section of the Standard Adjudicatory Rules of Practice and Procedure promulgated by the Executive Office ofAdministrationand Finance, 801 CMR 1.02, and 801 CMR 1.03, and the sections which follow herein which are substitutions and additions to the Standard Adjudicatory Rules, shall govern the conduct of fair hearings of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Notice by the Commission need not state the foregoing. 801 CMR 1.03 is applicable to all hearings held pursuant to 112 CMR 1.00. (2) 112 CMR 1.10 through 1.21 are promulgated pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, § 9, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administration and Finance.