NAC288.273. Prehearing conference.

     1. The Board or Commissioner may, upon written notice to all parties of record, hold a prehearing conference to:

     (a) Formulate or simplify the issues;

     (b) Obtain admissions of fact which will avoid unnecessary proof;

     (c) Discuss proposed exhibits which should have been previously exchanged between the parties;

     (d) Limit the number of witnesses; and

     (e) Establish any other procedure which may expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings.

     2. Upon action of the Board, the action taken and the agreements made at a prehearing conference by the parties concerned must be made a part of the record. When so ordered, the action controls the course of subsequent proceedings unless modified by the Board at the hearing.

     3. In any proceeding, the Board may call all parties together for a conference before the taking of testimony or may recess the hearing for a conference to carry out the intent of this section. The Board will state on the record the results of the conference.

     (Added to NAC by Local Gov’t Employee-Mgt. Rel. Bd., eff. 9-30-88; A by R135-03, 10-30-2003)