(a) All hearings relating to individual appeals shall be conducted by properly designated hearing officers. Hearing officers are directly responsible to the Mayor in carrying out their duties.
(b) The Mayor shall designate other Department personnel to serve as hearing officers when regular hearing officers are absent or when the number of requests for hearings are too numerous to be expedited by the regular hearing officers. Hearing officers shall be selected from personnel who are not connected with public assistance activity or otherwise involved with the implementation of the public assistance program and shall be directly responsible to the Mayor in carrying out the duties of the hearing officer.
(Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1003, 29 DCR 1060.)
1981 Ed., § 3-210.3.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Subchapter X - Hearing Procedures
§ 4–210.01. Right to hearing; notification of right
§ 4–210.02. Grounds; objectives of hearing process
§ 4–210.04. Notification of right to request hearing and method of making request
§ 4–210.05. Request for hearing
§ 4–210.06. Hearing involving medical issues
§ 4–210.07. Procedures for administrative review of request
§ 4–210.08. Time, date, and place of hearing
§ 4–210.09. Time limit on requests
§ 4–210.10. Hearing procedure enumerated
§ 4–210.11. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations by hearing officer
§ 4–210.12. Final decision by Mayor’s agent
§ 4–210.13. Notification of decision and right to judicial review
§ 4–210.14. Right to request hearing while absent from District
§ 4–210.15. File of hearing decisions
§ 4–210.16. Class action permitted; correction or change in policy, construction, or interpretation