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== Central panels ==
Administrative law judges may be employed by a "central panel" organization, which provides the judges with independence from agencies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=Hoberg|date=1994|title=Administrative Hearings: State Central Panels in the 1990s|url=https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/naalj/vol14/iss1/5/|journal=Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|issn=0735-0821}}</ref> The [[California Administrative Procedure Act]] created an early central panel in 1945, and it served as a model for other states.<ref name=":0" /> By 2015, over half of states had created such panels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judges.org/alj-central-panels-how-is-it-going-out-there/|title=ALJ Central Panels: How is it Going Out There? {{!}} The National Judicial College|website=www.judges.org|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030134405/https://www.judges.org/alj-central-panels-how-is-it-going-out-there/|archive-date=2016-10-30|url-status=live|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref>