GENERAL PROVISIONS

• § 18.10 - Scope and purpose.

• § 18.11 - Definitions.

• § 18.12 - Proceedings before administrative law judge.

• § 18.13 - Settlement judge procedure.

• § 18.14 - Ex parte communication.

• § 18.15 - Substitution of administrative law judge.

• § 18.16 - Disqualification.

• § 18.17 - Legal assistance.

PARTIES AND REPRESENTATIVES

• § 18.20 - Parties to a proceeding.

• § 18.21 - Party appearance and participation.

• § 18.22 - Representatives.

• § 18.23 - Disqualification of representatives.

• § 18.24 - Briefs from amicus curiae.

SERVICE, FORMAT, AND TIMING OF FILINGS AND OTHER PAPERS

• § 18.30 - Service and filing.

• § 18.31 - Privacy protection for filings and exhibits.

• § 18.32 - Computing and extending time.

• § 18.33 - Motions and other papers.

• § 18.34 - Format of papers filed.

• § 18.35 - Signing motions and other papers; representations to the judge; sanctions.

• § 18.36 - Amendments after referral to the Office of Administrative Law Judges.

PREHEARING PROCEDURE

• § 18.40 - Notice of hearing.

• § 18.41 - Continuances and changes in place of hearing.

• § 18.42 - Expedited proceedings.

• § 18.43 - Consolidation; separate hearings.

• § 18.44 - Prehearing conference.

DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY

• § 18.50 - General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.

• § 18.51 - Discovery scope and limits.

• § 18.52 - Protective orders.

• § 18.53 - Supplementing disclosures and responses.

• § 18.54 - Stipulations about discovery procedure.

• § 18.55 - Using depositions at hearings.

• § 18.56 - Subpoena.

• § 18.57 - Failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in discovery; sanctions.

TYPES OF DISCOVERY

• § 18.60 - Interrogatories to parties.

• § 18.61 - Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or entering onto land, for inspection and other purposes.

• § 18.62 - Physical and mental examinations.

• § 18.63 - Requests for admission.

• § 18.64 - Depositions by oral examination.

• § 18.65 - Depositions by written questions.

DISPOSITION WITHOUT HEARING

• § 18.70 - Motions for dispositive action.

• § 18.71 - Approval of settlement or consent findings.

• § 18.72 - Summary decision.

HEARING

• § 18.80 - Prehearing statement.

• § 18.81 - Formal hearing.

• § 18.82 - Exhibits.

• § 18.83 - Stipulations.

• § 18.84 - Official notice.

• § 18.85 - Privileged, sensitive, or classified material.

• § 18.86 - Hearing room conduct.

• § 18.87 - Standards of conduct.

• § 18.88 - Transcript of proceedings.

POST HEARING

• § 18.90 - Closing the record; subsequent motions.

• § 18.91 - Post-hearing brief.

• § 18.92 - Decision and order.

• § 18.93 - Motion for reconsideration.

• § 18.94 - Indicative ruling on a motion for relief that is barred by a pending petition for review.

• § 18.95 - Review of decision and review by the Secretary.