- (a) A prehearing conference shall be scheduled on the request of any party or intervenor or on the initiative of the board or the presiding officer if to do so would facilitate the proceedings or encourage resolution of the dispute.
(b) A prehearing conference shall address one or more of the following:
- (1) Offers of settlement;
- (2) Simplification of the issues;
- (3) Stipulations or admissions as to issues of fact or proof;
- (4) Limitations on the number of witnesses;
- (5) Changes to standard hearing procedures;
- (6) Consolidation of examination of witnesses; and
- (7) Any other matters that advance the efficiency of the proceedings.
- (c) A prehearing conference shall be open to the public except when the topic under discussion is one permitted by RSA 91-A:3, II to be considered in nonpublic session.
- (d) Documents presented at a prehearing conference shall be available for public inspection except when they are documents made exempt from public inspection by RSA 91-A:5.
Source. #5609, eff 4-6-93, EXPIRED: 4-6-99 New. #7716, INTERIM, eff 6-22-02, EXPIRED: 12-19-02 New. #8369, eff 6-7-05; ss by #9668, eff 4-2-10 (formerly Mar 207.03); ss by #12633, eff 10-2-18 (formerly Fam 209.03)