(a) Hearings conducted under the appeal procedure established under Government Code § 11380 shall be reported in accordance with Government Code § 11512(d).

(b) Cost of transcription, or reproduction of any electronic recording, if requested, shall be borne by the party making the request.

(c) Upon a written request and at the discretion of the ALJ, and party may also record the hearing at his or her own expense. However, any transcript prepared from the private recording will not be an official transcript of the proceedings.

(d) Copies of the OAH hearing tapes or non-OAH certified transcripts therefrom are not part of the official record.

(e) Any party, within 20 days of the date of mailing of the transcript, or longer for good cause shown and in the discretion of the ALJ, may file with the ALJ a notice in writing of any claimed error and shall mail a copy of this notice to each party of record. Other parties may oppose any claimed error within 7 days of their receipt of the notice of claimed error, or longer for good cause shown and in the discretion of the ALJ, by notifying the ALJ and other parties of record. The ALJ will advise all parties of any authorized corrections to the record.