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.]