NAC686B.750. Hearings to review filings: Prehearing conference.

     1. The hearing officer may, upon the motion of the hearing officer or the Division, a party, an intervener or an insurer, by giving reasonable notice of the time and place, hold a prehearing conference to:

     (a) Formulate or simplify the issues;

     (b) Obtain admissions of fact and documents in order to avoid unnecessary offers of proof;

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

     (d) Limit the number of witnesses; or

     (e) Consider any factor which may permit rapid, orderly conduct and the disposition of the proceedings.

     2. Any action taken at a prehearing conference and any agreement, admission or stipulation made at the conference must be made a part of the record and must be approved by the Division and the insurer. If approved, such action controls the course of subsequent proceedings, unless otherwise stipulated by the Division, the party, the intervener, if any, and the insurer. The hearing officer must consent to any such stipulation.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’r of Insurance, eff. 1-27-92)