Haw. Code R. § 13-197-21 - Ex parte (single party) communications

(a) No party or person petitioning to be a party to a contested case hearing before the review board nor their employees, representatives or agents shall make an unauthorized ex parte communication either oral or written concerning the contested case to any member of the review board who will be a participant in the decision-making process.

(b) The following classes of ex parte communications are permitted:

(1) Those which relate solely to matters which a review board member is authorized by the review board to dispose of on ex parte basis.

(2) Requests for information with respect to the status of a proceeding.

(3) Those which all parties to the proceeding agree or which the review board has formally ruled may be made on an ex parte basis.

(4) Those with representatives of any news media on matters intended to inform the general public.

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Haw. Code R. § 13-197-21

[Eff and comp 3/9/89] (Auth: HRS §§ 91-2, 6E-5.5) (Imp: HRS § 91-13)