Section 3-217 - Authority of arbitrators to issue subpoenas and administer oath; service of subpoenas.
§ 3-217. Authority of arbitrators to issue subpoenas and administer oath; service of subpoenas.
(a) Issuance of subpoenas.- The arbitrators may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents, and other evidence, and have the power to administer oaths.
(b) Oath.- At the arbitration hearing a witness shall be sworn:
(1) At the request of a party; or
(2) At the request of a majority of the arbitrators.
(c) Enforcement of subpoenas.-
(1) A party or the arbitrators may file a petition with a court to enforce a subpoena.
(2) A subpoena shall be enforced in the manner provided by law or rule for the enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
(d) Provisions of law applicable.- All provisions of law which compel a person under subpoena to testify apply to proceedings under this subtitle.
[An. Code 1957, art. 7, § 7; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1.]