Section 89.101. Recording of proceedings

Hearings shall be reported by an official reporter designated by the Office of the Secretary and except as provided in § 89.181 (relating to abbreviated procedure), a transcript of such report shall be a part of the record and the sole official transcript of the proceeding. Such transcripts shall include a verbatim report of the hearings and nothing shall be omitted therefrom except as is directed on the record by the hearing committee or special master. After the closing of the record, there shall not be received in evidence or considered as part of the record any document submitted after the close of testimony except as provided in § 89.95 (relating to additional evidence) or changes in the transcript as provided in § 89.102 (relating to transcript corrections). Oral argument, if any, made pursuant to § 89.161 (relating to oral argument) shall not be included in the transcript of the hearing or become a part of the record unless so requested by a party after completion of the oral argument.

The provisions of this § 89.101 amended November 14 and 17, 1989 and December 6 and 20, 1989, effective April 14, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 2009; amended May 27, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 2693. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (147022).