(1) Hearing officers will report to and be supervised by the hearings administrator, and will report through a chain of command separate from that of community corrections or prisons divisions.

(2) Hearing officers may not hear a case in which they have direct personal involvement in the incident under consideration and must formally disqualify themselves by notifying the hearings administrator/designee. The hearings administrator/designee will select a replacement hearing officer.

(3) Hearing officers shall disqualify themselves if they believe that they cannot render a fair judgment in the hearing. The hearings administrator/designee may change the hearing officer assigned to hear a case upon a request from an offender and a showing of good cause.