Sealing Of Documents

Sealing Of Documents. (a) The Commission Chairman or the hearing examiner may allow any person interested in a contested case brought before the Commission by or against the Executive Director to file a document or portions of a document with the Commission under seal if: 1. The document or portions of the document contain information that is confidential pursuant to the Act or these regulations; 2. The person makes a request in writing or on the record of a public hearing to allow the filing of the document or portions of the document under seal, setting forth the reasons that such filing under seal should be permitted; 3. The person requesting the filing of the document or portions of the document under seal has, to the extent practicable, segregated the portions of the document containing confidential information from the remainder of the document so that no more of the document than is necessary is filed under seal; and 4. The Commission Chairman or the hearing examiner finds that the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information outweighs the public interest in making the information public. (b) The Commission Chairman or the hearing examiner may not allow the filing of the following documents under seal: 1. Complaints for disciplinary action; 2. Answers to complaints for disciplinary action; 3. Any Commission order. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.)