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Application to take testimony by deposition shall be made in writing and shall be filed with the Executive Director of the Board and served upon all parties to the proceedings, including counsel for the Board.</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.01(2)">(2)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> The application shall state the name and address of the witness, the subject matter concerning which the witness is expected to testify, the date, time and place of the proposed deposition, and the reason why the witness cannot appear and testify before the Board. The Board or its designee may, in his, her or its discretion, allow the application where the circumstances are such that the witness to be deposed cannot appear before the Board without substantial hardship to the deponent or to the parties to the case or that testimony by any other method will unduly delay expeditious completion of the proceedings. An application for the taking of testimony by deposition shall not be allowed if the deposition would result in any undue burden to another party or any undue delay of the proceedings. If the application is allowed, the Board or its designee should give notice of the taking of the testimony by deposition to all parties.</td> </tr> </table> <h2><a href="/GAC/150-21-.02" name="150-21-.02" title="150-21-.02">Rule 150-21-.02 Conduct of the Deposition</a></h2> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.02(1)">(1)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> Examination and cross-examination of the witness shall proceed as would be permitted at the hearing and under those rules of evidence applicable to proceedings conducted pursuant to the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act. The officer before whom the deposition is to be taken shall put the witness on oath and shall personally record the testimony of the witness. The testimony shall either be taken stenographically and shall be transcribed or shall be taken by video deposition. All objections made at the time of examination to the qualifications of the officer taking the deposition, or to the manner of taking it, or to the evidence presented, or to the conduct of any party, and any other objections to the proceedings, shall be noted by the officer upon the deposition. Evidence objected to shall be taken subject to the objection.</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.02(2)">(2)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> All errors and irregularities in the notice of taking testimony by deposition shall be deemed waived unless written objection thereto is served upon the Board prior to the deposition, unless the errors and irregularities in the notice prevented such advanced writing, in which case, such objection shall be made expeditiously and prior to the beginning of the deposition. Objections to taking testimony by depositions because of disqualification of the officer before whom it is to be taken shall be deemed waived unless made before the deposition begins or as soon thereafter as the disqualification becomes known or could be discovered with reasonable diligence.</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.02(3)">(3)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> Objections to the competency of a witness are not waived by failure to make them before or during the deposition, unless the ground of the objection is one which might have been obviated or removed if presented at that time. Errors and irregularities occurring at the taking of the testimony in the manner of taking the deposition, in the form that the questions are answered, in the oath of affirmation, or in the conduct of the parties, and errors of any kind which might be obviated, removed or cured if properly presented, shall be deemed waived unless reasonable objection thereto is made at the deposition.</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.02(4)">(4)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> Errors and irregularities in the manner in which the testimony is transcribed or the deposition is prepared, certified, sealed, endorsed, transmitted, filed, or otherwise dealt with by the officer taking the testimony are waived unless a motion to suppress the deposition or some part thereof is made with reasonable promptness after such defect is, or with due diligence might have been, ascertained.</td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:left;width:18px;"><a style="white-space:nowrap;" name="150-21-.02(5)">(5)</a></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:left" class="leftalign"> The transcript of the deposition or the video deposition must be certified by a court reporter in order to be accepted as evidence upon filing with the Board or its designee.</td> </tr> </table> <h2><a href="/GAC/150-21-.03" name="150-21-.03" title="150-21-.03">Rule 150-21-.03 Taking of Testimony by Interrogatory</a></h2> <P>Application to take testimony by interrogatory shall be made and allowed in the same manner as prescribed in Rule <a title="150-21-.01" href="150-21-.01">150-21-.01</a>.</P> <h2><a href="/GAC/150-21-.04" name="150-21-.04" title="150-21-.04">Rule 150-21-.04 Taking of Testimony by Telephone</a></h2> <P>Application to take testimony by telephone shall be made and allowed in the same manner as prescribed in Rule <a title="150-21-.01" href="150-21-.01">150-21-.01</a>.</P> </div> </div> </HTML> </div> <div id="toc" class="sidebar noprint"> <ul id="toc-children" class="children"><li><a href="/GAC/150-21-.01" name="150-21-.01" title="150-21-.01">Rule 150-21-.01 Taking of Testimony by Deposition</a></li><li><a href="/GAC/150-21-.02" name="150-21-.02" title="150-21-.02">Rule 150-21-.02 Conduct of the Deposition</a></li><li><a href="/GAC/150-21-.03" name="150-21-.03" title="150-21-.03">Rule 150-21-.03 Taking of Testimony by Interrogatory</a></li><li><a href="/GAC/150-21-.04" name="150-21-.04" title="150-21-.04">Rule 150-21-.04 Taking of Testimony by Telephone</a></li></ul> </div> </div>  <div id="footer" class="noprint"><span class="footer">Copyright © 2019 Lawriter LLC - All rights reserved.</span>| <a href="mailto:support@casemakerlegal.com?subject=Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia">Email Us</a> | 844-838-0769 | <a href="http://livechat.casemakerlegal.com/client.php?locale=en" target="_blank" onclick="if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('opera') != -1 && window.event.preventDefault)window.event.preventDefault();this.newWindow = window.open('http://livechat.casemakerlegal.com/client.php?locale=en&url='+escape(document.location.href)+'&referrer='+escape(document.referrer), 'webim','toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,status=1,menubar=0,width=640,height=480,resizable=1');this.newWindow.focus();this.newWindow.opener=window;return false;">Live Chat</a> </div> </div> </body> </html>