NAC116.557. Prehearing conferences.

     1. The Commission or a hearing panel may, upon its own motion or a motion made by a party of record, hold a prehearing conference to accomplish one or more of the following purposes:

     (a) Formulate or simplify the issues involved in the hearing.

     (b) Obtain admissions of fact or any stipulation of the parties.

     (c) Arrange for the exchange of proposed exhibits or prepared expert testimony.

     (d) Identify the witnesses and the subject matter of their expected testimony and limit the number of witnesses, if necessary.

     (e) Rule on any pending prehearing motions or matters.

     (f) Establish a schedule for the completion of discovery.

     (g) Establish any other procedure that may expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings or settlements thereof.

     2. Notice of any prehearing conference must be provided to all parties of record. Unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown, the failure of a party of record to attend a prehearing conference constitutes a waiver of any objection to the agreements reached or rulings made at the conference.

     3. The action taken and the agreements made at a prehearing conference:

     (a) Must be made a part of the record.

     (b) Control the course of subsequent proceedings unless modified at the hearing by the Commission or hearing panel.

     (c) Are binding upon all parties of record and persons who subsequently become parties of record.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n for Common-Interest Communities by R142-06, eff. 12-7-2006)