3811.1 The Commissioner or designated hearing officer may require parties to appear at a specified date, time, and place for a pre-hearing conference for the purpose of addressing the following matters:
- (a) Simplification of issues;
- (b) Admissions or stipulations of fact;
- (c) Requests for official notice;
- (d) Discovery disputes, where discovery is expressly allowed by statute;
- (e) Preliminary motions;
- (f) Admissibility of evidence;
- (g) Order of presentation;
- (h) Limitation of the number of witnesses;
- (i) Exchange of prepared testimony and exhibits between the parties;
- (j) Scheduling; and
- (k) Other matters that will promote the orderly and prompt conduct of the hearing.
3811.2 The Commissioner or designated hearing officer shall make any action taken at a pre-hearing conference part of the record.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 6433(August 8, 2003).