(1) The hearing examiner shall maintain the official record in each contested case until the issuance of the final order.

(2) The record in a contested case shall contain:

(a) all pleading, motions and intermediate rulings;

(b) all evidence received or considered, including a verbatim record of oral proceedings;

(c) a statement of matters officially noticed;

(d) questions and offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;

(e) proposed findings and exceptions;

(f) any decision, opinion or report by the hearing examiner; and

(g) the department file and all staff memoranda or data submitted to the hearing examiner as evidence in connection with the case. (Note substantially the same as MCA 2-4-614 .)