Subchapter E. REOPENING OF RECORD
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89.251. Reopening on application of party.
89.252. Reopening before filing of report.
89.253. Reopening by Board action.§ 89.251. Reopening on application of party.
(a) Petition to reopen. At any time after the conclusion of a hearing in a proceeding or adjournment thereof sine die, any participant in the proceeding may file with the hearing committee or special master, if before issuance by the hearing committee or special master of the report to the Board required by § 89.171 (relating to filing of report), otherwise with the Board Prothonotary, a petition to reopen the proceeding for the purpose of taking additional evidence. Such petition shall set forth clearly the facts claimed to constitute grounds requiring reopening of the proceedings, including material changes of fact or of law alleged to have occurred since the conclusion of the hearing.
(b) Responses. Within ten days following the service of such petition, any other participant may file with the hearing committee, special master or the Board Prothonotary, an answer thereto, and in default thereof shall be deemed to have waived any objection to the granting of such petition.
(c) Action on petition. As soon as practicable after the filing of responses to such petitions or default thereof, as the case may be, the hearing committee, special master or the Board will grant or deny such petition.
Source The provisions of this § 89.251 amended April 13, 1990, effective April 14, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 2009; amended September 27, 2019, effective 30 days after publication, 49 Pa.B. 5552. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (387228).
§ 89.252. Reopening before filing of report.
At any time prior to the filing of the report to the Board required by § 89.171 (relating to filing of report) a hearing committee or special master, after notice to the participants, may reopen the proceeding for the reception of further evidence on its own motion, if the hearing committee or special master has reason to believe that conditions of fact or of law have so changed as to require, or that the public interest requires, the reopening of such proceeding.
Source The provisions of this § 89.252 amended April 13, 1990, effective April 14, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 2009. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (144005).
§ 89.253. Reopening by Board action.
At any time prior to the issuance by the Board of its decision in a proceeding the Board, after notice to the participants, may without motion reopen the proceeding and remand to a hearing committee or special master for the reception of further evidence, if the Board has reason to believe that conditions of fact or law have so changed as to require, or that the public interest requires, the reopening of such proceeding.
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