Section 80.12. Rules of practice; selection of hearing site.

 

(1)  

(a) The rules of practice before the department shall be such as to secure the facts in as direct and simple a manner as possible.

(b) The examiner may limit testimony to only those matters which are disputed.

(c) The examiner may not allow into the record, either on direct or cross-examination, redundant, irrelevant or repetitive testimony. Hearsay testimony may be admitted at the discretion of the examiner provided such testimony has probative value.

(2)  The department may select places for a hearing after considering the geographical location and volume of claims in an area. A list of sites will be furnished upon request to interested parties by the department. From this list, a hearing site shall be selected at the discretion of the department. The department, in determining the site of the hearing, shall consider the following:

(a) The location choice of the applicant;

(b) The location of the office of the treating practitioner or practitioner appointed by the department under the provisions of s. 102.17 or 102.13 (3) , Stats.; and

(c) The location where the injury occurred.

Cr. Register, August, 1976, No. 248 , eff. 9-1-76; r. and recr. Register, September, 1982, No. 321 , eff. 10-1-82.