California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10955

WIC § 10955Div. 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 7

Statute text

The hearing shall be conducted in an impartial and informal manner in order to encourage free and open discussion by participants. All testimony shall be submitted under oath or affirmation. The person conducting the hearing shall not be bound by rules of procedure or evidence applicable in judicial proceedings. At the hearing the applicant or recipient may appear in person with counsel of his own choosing, or in person and without such counsel.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.