NAC616D.052. Testimony by telephone.

     1. Testimony may be taken by the Administrator by use of the telephone. If a party requests that testimony be taken by the Administrator by use of the telephone, the party must provide, before the hearing, written notification of the request to all of the other parties to the proceeding and the Administrator. The Administrator will determine any issues relating to the credibility of such testimony in the same manner as he or she determines the credibility of any other testimony.

     2. The party requesting the taking of testimony by use of the telephone is responsible for the charges for the call, unless the person providing testimony by telephone pays the costs of the telephone call or otherwise accepts the charges for the call when he or she presents his or her testimony at the hearing.

     3. If a party requests to present testimony by telephone and is not available to do so when the Administrator places the call, the party shall be deemed to have failed to appear.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R092-98, eff. 12-18-98)