                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRESIDING OFFICER; PARTICIPATION OF BOARD IN HEARING; DISQUALIFICATION OF BOARD
MEMBER (§ 54.1-110)

A. Every hearing in a contested case shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.). When a
hearing officer presides, the regulatory board shall determine whether the
hearing officer is to hear the case alone or with a panel of a health regulatory
board convened pursuant to &#xA7; 54.1-2400 or whether the board is to hear the
case with the hearing officer.

B. A board member shall disqualify himself and withdraw from any case in which
he cannot accord fair and impartial consideration. Any party may request the
disqualification of any board member by stating with particularity the grounds
upon which it is claimed that fair and impartial consideration cannot be
accorded. The remaining members of the board or panel shall determine whether
the individual should be disqualified.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-1.37; 1986, c. 615; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 659.