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Public-health panel continues hearing to May 20 so expert can review record

Department of Public Health panel hearing · February 19, 2026
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Summary

A Department of Public Health panel postponed its hearing and set a continuation for May 20 after members agreed an absent expert should be allowed to review testimony and the record; staff said an official transcript could take two to three weeks and offered a Microsoft Teams transcript as an interim exhibit.

A Department of Public Health panel on an administrative hearing announced a continuance to May 20 so an expert witness can review the record before participating in discussion or voting.

The panel’s chair said the panel would reconvene on May 20 and urged participants to join the board’s earlier meeting that day so the hearing could begin promptly. “We are gonna continue this hearing. It is going to be May 20,” the chair said, adding staff would provide the relevant video or transcript segment for review beforehand.

The move followed concerns that Dr. Payne, an expert whose participation was relevant to qualifying testimony, had missed part of the proceeding…

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