Commission hearings

Major discipline appeals are heard by the Commission or sent to the Office of Administrative Law for a hearing before an administrative law judge. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify the judge's recommended decision. It can reverse or reduce the appointing authority's action, but it cannot substitute removal for a lesser penalty.

Key points, as written in the regulation^[1]

• Major discipline hearings will be heard by the Commission or referred to the Office of Administrative Law for hearing before an administrative law judge
• The Commission may adopt, reject or modify the recommended report and decision of an administrative law judge.
• The Commission may reverse or modify the action of the appointing authority, except that removal shall not be substituted for a lesser penalty.