Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-10. Duties of director
(1) Hire or contract with administrative law judges and other employees as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-10
- administrative law judge: means an individual who presides over an administrative proceeding that results in a finding of fact determining the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-3
- agency: means an authority, board, branch, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, office, service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-4
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- director: means the director of the office of administrative law proceedings. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-5
- office: means the office of administrative law proceedings established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-6
(3) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing a code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. The code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges applies to each person acting as an administrative law judge for the office.
(4) Receive complaints alleging violations of the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, investigate the complaints, and take administrative or disciplinary action as deemed appropriate and warranted.
(5) Establish and administer a program to train and educate administrative law judges.
(6) Require all administrative law judges for the office to annually complete a number of hours of training and education determined by the director.
(7) Provide and coordinate education for administrative law judges on the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, professionalism, administrative practices, and other subjects necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(8) Render advisory opinions to administrative law judges concerning the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. Information and advice contained in an advisory opinion are considered:
(A) specific to the person who requests the opinion and to the facts presented; and
(B) confidential records under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(6).
(9) Consult with agency heads on hiring and performance evaluations of administrative law judges for the agencies of the agency heads.
As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.93-2024, SEC.7.