CA Welf & Inst Code Section 19705.1

Training for impartial hearing officers shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:

(a)

Information regarding the goals and requirements of the vocational rehabilitation program, the state plan, and federal and state statutes and regulations governing the program.

(b)

Instruction in how to protect the rights of appellants at administrative hearings, with emphasis on assisting, where appropriate, those appellants represented by themselves or an advocate inexperienced in administrative hearings in fully developing the administrative record.