Section Agr 204.09 - Prehearing Conference(a) Any party to an adjudicative proceeding may request a prehearing conference with the other parties to the proceeding, including the commissioner, hearings officer or division head.(b) If so requested, the commissioner, hearings officer or division head shall schedule a prehearing conference prior to beginning formal proceedings.(c) The commissioner, hearings officer or division head shall provide notice to all parties prior to holding any prehearing conference.(d) There may be considered at a prehearing conference any one or more of the following: (1) Opportunities and procedures for settlement;(2) Opportunities and procedures for simplification of the issues;(3) Possible additions to documentary evidence;(4) Possible limitations on the number of witnesses;(5) Possible admissions of fact and documents to avoid unnecessary proof, by consent of the parties;(6) Possible changes to the standard procedures which would otherwise govern the proceeding, by consent of the parties;(7) The distribution of written testimony, if any, and exhibits to the parties;(8) Possible consolidation of the examination of witnesses by the parties; and(9) Any other matters which contribute to the prompt and orderly conduct or disposition of the proceeding.(e) Upon completion of the prehearing conference, the commissioner, hearings officer or division head shall issue and serve upon all parties a prehearing decision incorporating the matters determined at the prehearing conference.(f) Any matter to which all parties have been notified may, by agreement of all parties to the matter through stipulation, settlement or consent decree, be disposed of at the prehearing conference.N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 204.09
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