§ 4-15-10.5-10 — Duties of director

Indiana § 4-15-10.5-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 15: PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
• Ch. 10.5: Office of Administrative Law Proceedings

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The director shall do the following:
(1) Hire or contract with administrative law judges and other
employees as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(2) Assign administrative law judges from the office to preside
over administrative proceedings.
(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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.93-2024, SEC.7.