Once the case is pending reconsideration or in a subsequent stage, no official who is carrying out functions with regard to the petitions or exemption of certificates of necessity and convenience may establish communication with the petitioner or his representative, or with any person who has opposed the granting of the certificate, nor his representative, in the absence of the other parties.
History —Nov. 7, 1975, No. 2, p. 922, added as § 16 on Sept. 19, 1983, No. 16, p. 385, § 9.