Section 7561. Use of depositions; enforcement of discovery procedures

(a)
  On application of a party to the arbitration, the chairperson may permit
  the deposition of a witness to be used as evidence, in  accordance  with
  the  provisions  of  rule  three  thousand one hundred seventeen of this
  chapter.
    (b) Depositions shall be taken in the manner prescribed by law for the
  taking of depositions in civil actions.
    (c) The chairperson may enforce the failure of parties to comply  with
  applicable discovery obligations in the same manner as a court, pursuant
  to  section  three  thousand  one  hundred  twenty-six  of this chapter,
  including through the imposition of costs, payable  to  the  arbitration
  fund,  provided,  however, that the chairperson shall not have the power
  to find a party in contempt.