34A-2-802. Rules of evidence and procedure before commission -- Admissible
evidence.
(1) The commission, the commissioner, an administrative law judge, or the Appeals
Board, is not bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence, or by any technical
or formal rules or procedure, other than as provided in this section or as adopted by the
commission pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. The
commission may make its investigation in such manner as in its judgment is best calculated to
ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and to carry out justly the spirit of the chapter.
(2) The commission may receive as evidence and use as proof of any fact in dispute all
evidence deemed material and relevant including, but not limited to the following:
(a) depositions and sworn testimony presented in open hearings;
(b) reports of attending or examining physicians, or of pathologists;
(c) reports of investigators appointed by the commission;
(d) reports of employers, including copies of time sheets, book accounts, or other
records; or
(e) hospital records in the case of an injured or diseased employee.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
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