Section 11502 Of Chapter 5. Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
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. (a) All hearings of state agencies required to be conducted
under this chapter shall be conducted by administrative law judges on
the staff of the Office of Administrative Hearings. This subdivision
applies to a hearing required to be conducted under this chapter
that is conducted under the informal hearing or emergency decision
procedure provided in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400).
(b) The Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings has
power to appoint a staff of administrative law judges for the office
as provided in Section 11370.3. Each administrative law judge shall
have been admitted to practice law in this state for at least five
years immediately preceding his or her appointment and shall possess
any additional qualifications established by the State Personnel
Board for the particular class of position involved.