NAC281A.465. Hearings: Admission and exclusion of evidence.

     1. In conducting any hearing concerning a third-party request for an opinion, the rules of evidence of the courts of this State will be followed generally but may be relaxed at the discretion of the Commission.

     2. The Chair or presiding officer may exclude immaterial, incompetent, cumulative or irrelevant evidence or order that the presentation of such evidence be discontinued.

     3. A subject may object to the introduction of evidence if the subject:

     (a) Objects to such evidence promptly; and

     (b) Briefly states the grounds of the objection at the time the objection is made.

     4. If an objection is made to the admissibility of evidence, the Chair or presiding officer may:

     (a) Note the objection and admit the evidence;

     (b) Sustain the objection and refuse to admit the evidence; or

     (c) Receive the evidence subject to any subsequent ruling of the Commission.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Ethics by R186-05, eff. 5-4-2006; A by R134-10, 10-26-2011)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 281.203)