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§ 356.22 - Prehearing conference.

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If an administrative hearing has been requested, the administrative law judge will direct the parties to attend a prehearing conference to consider:

Simplification of issues;

Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof;

Settlement of the matter;

Discovery; and

Such other matters as may expedite the disposition of the proceedings.

Any relevant and significant stipulations or admissions will be incorporated into the initial decision.

If a prehearing conference is impractical, the administrative law judge will direct the parties to correspond with each other or to confer by telephone or otherwise to achieve the purposes of such a conference.

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