THE HEARING OFFICER. The DIO shall appoint a hearing officer to preside at the hearing. The hearing officer shall be an attorney at law qualified to preside over a quasi-judicial hearing and, preferably with experience in Medical Staff matters. Both the Physician in Training and the training program shall have a reasonable opportunity to voir dire the hearing officer and the right to challenge the impartiality of the hearing officer. The hearing officer shall rule on any challenges to his/her/their impartiality. The Hearing Officer shall not act as a prosecuting officer, as an advocate for the Hospital, Board, training program, DIO, or the Physician in Training. If requested by the Trier of Fact, he/she/they may participate in the deliberations of such body and be a legal advisor to it, but he/she/they shall not be entitled to vote. The hearing officer shall gain no direct financial benefit from the outcome of the hearing. The DIO will attempt to appoint a Hearing Officer that is acceptable to the Physician in Training. In the event that the DIO and the Physician in Training cannot agree on the Hearing Officer, the DIO will appoint a Hearing Officer only if (1) the Hearing Officer has not been served as a hearing officer for the hospital in the preceding three years, and (2) if the Hearing Officer agrees not to accept appointment as a hearing officer for the hospital for at least five years following the conclusion of the hearing and appeal process. The Hearing Officer shall preside over the voir dire process and may question panel members directly, and shall make all rulings regarding service by the proposed hearing panel members/alternates and the Hearing Officer. The Hearing Officer shall endeavor to assure that all participants in the hearing have a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present relevant oral and documentary evidence in an efficient and expeditious manner, and that proper decorum is maintained. The Hearing Officer shall be entitled to determine the order of, or procedure for, presenting evidence and argument during the hearing and shall have the authority and discretion to make ruling on all questions which pertain to matters of law, procedure or admissibility of evidence. The Hearing Officer’s authority shall include, but not be limited to, making rulings with respect to requests and objections pertaining to the production of documents, requests for continuances, designation and exchange of proposed evidence, evidentiary disputes, witness issues, inclu...
THE HEARING OFFICER. Thank you. 12 So we' ll start now taking the 13 public comments. So I' m going to first call:
THE HEARING OFFICER. Thank you. 8 And so now Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, you can 9 unmute.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Okay. And 18 then after that, will be Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. She 19 can get ready now. 21 XX. XXXXXXX: Good afternoon. My name is Xxx Xxxxxxx and I 22 appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today on 23 behalf of the Intrepid Museum. 24 There are a few people who are as 25 familiar with the Intrepid as I am. What it was in 2 its time of service and what it is today as a 3 museum. It' s been a part of my life for more than 4 50 years, specifically for the last ten years. 5 I served aboard Intrepid from 1970 6 to 1972 as a machinists first class and now I have 7 the privilege of continuing to serve as president 8 of the Intrepid Former Crewmembers Association.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Thank you.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Thank you. 12 Is anybody else signed up on the 13 chat that wants to speak? 14 Okay. I think I see Xxxx 15 Xxxxxxxxx, the Lilac Preservation.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Okay. 21 Because we' re having the hearing 22 until 6 : 00 and there may be people that are working 23 and are coming in late -- okay. I' m unmuted. 24 Xxxxx, are people unmuted? So if 25 anybody wants to speak up, can speak up.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Okay. So 9 what we' re going to do is, we' re going to take a 15 10 minute break and we' ll resume at 5 : 15 . There' s no 12 that' s fine. I suspect there probably won' t be 13 additional commentors but you' re welcome to stay 14 on, if you prefer -- if you' d like to. But we 15 will, as the Trust, we will continue to conduct 16 this hearing until we are certain there are no 17 other commentors that would like to make a 18 statement. 19 And, again, we will have a 20 responsive comments document and that transcript of 21 this hearing.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Okay. We Yes, we can hear you. You' re on 11 FEMALE VOICE: Xxxx is saying in 12 the chat that his audio is not connected to Zoom.
THE HEARING OFFICER. Okay. We XX. XXXXXXX: Hi, everyone. My name' s Xxxx Xxxxxxx from 23 Manhattan Kayaking Company. 24 And we' ll be celebrating our 25 th 25 anniversary of guiding people on the river this 2 upcoming year.
