Section Acp 212.03 - Prehearing Conferences(a) At any time following the commencement of an adjudicatory proceeding, the board shall, upon motion, or upon its own initiative, encourage all parties and intervenors to attend one or more prehearing conference(s) to aid in the disposition of the proceeding.(b) The following shall be considered at a prehearing conference:(2) Simplification of the issues;(3) Possible amendments to the pleadings;(4) Possible admissions of facts and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof;(5) Possible limitations on the number of witnesses;(6) Possible changes to the standard procedures which would otherwise govern proceeding;(7) The distribution of written testimony, if any, and exhibits to the parties and intervenors;(8) Possible consolidation of the examination of witnesses by the parties and intervenors; (9) A time frame for exchange of witness and evidence lists; and(10) Any other matters which might contribute to the prompt and orderly conduct of the proceedings.(c) The board shall cause prehearing conferences to be recorded unless all parties wish to discuss possible settlement off the record, in which case only the discussion of possible settlement shall not be recorded. Matters decided at a prehearing conference shall be reflected in an appropriate order.(d) Prehearing conferences in disciplinary proceedings shall not be open to the public, to the extent consistent with RSA 91-A.N.H. Admin. Code § Acp 212.03
#7871-A, eff 4-14-03; ss by #10004, INTERIM, eff 9-22-11, EXPIRES: 3-20-12
New. #10157, eff 6/27/2012.