Exhibits

Evidence other than witness testimony must be submitted in the form of exhibits. All documentary exhibits must be on paper of good quality, plainly legible, and durable, and may not exceed eight and one-half by eleven inches [21.59 by 28.21 centimeters]. If approval of the hearing officer is obtained, documentary exhibits need not be on paper, if they are plainly legible and durable, and may exceed the size limit. If a documentary exhibit exceeds the size limit, it is acceptable if it can be folded to conform to the size requirement. Whenever possible, copies of exhibits must be furnished to all parties. In any event, all parties must be afforded an opportunity to examine the exhibit. The hearing officer may require that the parties mark exhibits in advance of the hearing. When the evidence offered through the exhibit is embodied in a book, document, or other material of such volume as to needlessly encumber the record, an authenticated copy of the relevant excerpt may be entered, or the excerpt may be read into the record, in the discretion of the hearing officer.