WAC 182-526-0250 Time requirements for notices issued by the office of administrative hearings.

1.  The OAH must serve a notice of hearing to all parties and their representatives at least fourteen calendar days before the hearing date.

2. If the OAH schedules a prehearing conference, the OAH must serve a notice of prehearing conference to the parties and their representatives at least seven business days before the date of the prehearing conference except:

a. The OAH and/or an administrative law judge (ALJ) may change a scheduled hearing into a prehearing conference and provide less than seven business days notice of the prehearing conference; and

b. The OAH may give less than seven business days notice if the only purpose of the prehearing conference is to consider whether there is good cause to grant a continuance. 

3. The OAH must reschedule the hearing if necessary to comply with the notice requirements in this section.