R331-9-6. Confidential Proceedings

(1) If the commissioner deems a proceeding confidential then all pleadings and documents filed in the matter, including the department's initial Notice of the proceedings, shall be conspicuously so designated, and thereafter all such documents shall be made available only to the parties to the proceeding, their legal representatives, and such other parties as may be specifically authorized to examine the documents by the commissioner or his designee.

(2) The only persons who may be present during a confidential hearing are named parties, parties determined by the commissioner or his designee to have a direct interest equivalent to judicial standing in the subject matter of the hearing, the legal representatives of the parties or persons, persons employed by or acting on behalf of the department, the commissioner or his designee, persons necessary to transcribe the proceedings, and any witness then testifying.