NAC641C.587. Prehearing conference.

The presiding officer may order a prehearing conference and may enter such prehearing orders as the presiding officer determines are appropriate for the efficient conduct of the hearing, including, without limitation:

     1. The exchange of written direct testimony of witnesses;

     2. The exclusion of particular testimony or evidence;

     3. The admission of particular testimony and other exhibits by agreement of the parties;

     4. The advance marking of all exhibits;

     5. The exchange by the parties of written prehearing statements or briefs similar to pretrial statements filed in district court; and

     6. Settlement negotiations. Settlement negotiations, and the statements of parties relating thereto, made at a prehearing conference are not admissible in evidence at the hearing unless the parties agree and the agreement is incorporated in a prehearing order.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Counselors by R157-03, eff. 12-16-2003)