WAC 388-526-0200 What happens during a prehearing conference? (Emergency rule effective 6/10/12.)

During a prehearing conference the parties and the administrative law judge may:

1. Simplify or clarify the issues to be decided during the hearing;

2. Agree to the date, time, and place of the hearing;

3. Identify accommodation and safety issues;

4. Agree to postpone the hearing;

5. Allow the parties to make changes in their own documents, including the notice or the hearing request;

6. Agree to facts and documents to be entered during the hearing;

7. Set a deadline to exchange names and phone numbers of witnesses and documents before the hearing;

8. Schedule additional prehearing conferences;

9. Resolve the dispute;

10. Consider granting a stay if authorized by law or program rule; or

11. Determine any other procedural issues raised by the parties.