Hearing Officers shall apply the Texas Rules of Evidence. When necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under these rules, evidence not admissible thereunder may be admitted, except where precluded by statute, if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs.

Source Note: The provisions of this §147.22 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective October 31, 1980, 5 TexReg 4178; amended to be effective February 15, 2000, 25 TexReg 1130; amended to be effective August 11, 2016, 41 TexReg 5763