Sec. 10. The director shall do the following:

(1) Hire or contract with administrative law judges and other employees as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(2) Assign administrative law judges from the office to preside over administrative proceedings.

(3) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing a code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. The code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges applies to each person acting as an administrative law judge for the office. The director may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to implement a code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges.

(4) Receive complaints alleging violations of the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, investigate the complaints, and take administrative or disciplinary action as deemed appropriate and warranted.

(5) Establish and administer a program to train and educate administrative law judges.

(6) Require all administrative law judges for the office to annually complete a number of hours of training and education determined by the director.

(7) Provide and coordinate education for administrative law judges on the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, professionalism, administrative practices, and other subjects necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(8) Render advisory opinions to administrative law judges concerning the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. Information and advice contained in an advisory opinion are considered:

(A) specific to the person who requests the opinion and to the facts presented; and

(B) confidential records under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(6).

(9) Consult with agency heads on hiring and performance evaluations of administrative law judges for the agencies of the agency heads.

As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.