{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-1.241","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 1.241","heading":"Designation of presiding officer.","body":"(a) Hearing proceedings will be conducted by a presiding officer. The designated presiding officer will be identified in the order designating a matter for hearing. Only the Commission, one or more commissioners, or an administrative law judge designated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105 may be designated as a presiding officer. Unless otherwise stated, the term presiding officer will include the Commission when the Commission designates itself to preside over a hearing proceeding.\n(b) If a presiding officer becomes unavailable during the course of a hearing proceeding, another presiding officer will be designated.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart B—Hearing Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"93be925a8bfb924b45281e49a2c92c770805d0f892511ba2fbe6a447ab7e34a7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-1.229","next":"us/47-cfr-1.242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}