NAC616C.2695. Special appeals officer: Qualifications; determination of assignment.

     1. Each special appeals officer appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 616C.340 must be an attorney who has been licensed to practice law before all the courts of this State for at least 2 years.

     2. The senior appeals officer shall:

     (a) Create and maintain a list of persons who have been appointed as special appeals officers by the Governor pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 616C.340.

     (b) Assign cases to special appeals officers from the list described in paragraph (a).

     (c) If he or she assigns a particular case to a special appeals officer, provide to each party involved in that case the name of the special appeals officer to whom the case has been assigned.

     (d) In determining the particular special appeals officer to whom a case will be assigned, consider:

          (1) The venue in which the case will be heard;

          (2) The relative workloads of the special appeals officers who are otherwise available to hear the case;

          (3) Whether the special appeals officers who are otherwise available to hear the case have promptly settled and decided cases that have been assigned to them in the past;

          (4) The particular expertise of the special appeals officers who are otherwise available to hear the case; and

          (5) Any other factor that the senior appeals officer determines to be relevant.

     (Added to NAC by Hearings Div. by R055-98, eff. 8-12-98)