{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-11445.50","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 11445.50","heading":"","body":"(a) The presiding officer may deny use of the informal hearing procedure, or may convert an informal hearing to a formal hearing after an informal hearing is commenced, if it appears to the presiding officer that cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter and that the delay, burden, or complication due to allowing cross-examination in the informal hearing will be more than minimal.\n(b) An agency, by regulation, may specify categories of cases in which cross-examination is deemed not necessary for proper determination of the matter under the informal hearing procedure. The presiding officer may allow cross-examination of witnesses in an informal hearing notwithstanding an agency regulation if it appears to the presiding officer that in the circumstances cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter.\n(c) The actions of the presiding officer under this section are not subject to judicial review.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES [11000. - 11908.]","CHAPTER 4.5. Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions [11400. - 11475.70.]","ARTICLE 10. Informal Hearing [11445.10. - 11445.60.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1353ea9e34813b84a94f2e420a5139d945cef5cff508d3055009c55848b767a8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-11445.40","next":"us-ca/gov-11445.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}