(1) At least 10 days before a hearing, each party must mail or deliver the following information or documents to the committee and to all other parties:
- (a) accurate copies of all documentary evidence;
- (b) the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all proposed witnesses; and
- (c) the telephone numbers where the parties and witnesses may be reached at the time of the hearing.
- (2) The employer shall mark and identify each document constituting the employer's documentary evidence with a number, beginning with the number "1". The insurer shall mark and identify each document of the insurer's documentary evidence with a letter, beginning with the letter "A".
- (3) Telephone numbers may be updated by either party at any time prior to hearing.
- (4) The committee may prescribe a form to be used in providing the information required by this rule.
- (5) The committee intends this rule and the subpoena power contained in ARM 1.3.225 of the attorney general's Model Procedural Rules to comply with the requirement of 2-4-602, MCA, that every agency adopt practice rules which provide a means of discovery.
Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 33-16-1012, MCA
Implementing statute(s): Sec. 2-4-201, 2-4-602, 33-16-1012, MCA
History: TEMP, NEW, 1993 MAR p. 2225, Eff. 10/1/93.