PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 263-12-115.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 51.52.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Amendment needed to clarify extent of judge's ability to exclude evidence from a record that is inadmissible under WAC 263-12-095(5). Also, amendment clarifies who may request an interlocutory review from the chief industrial appeals judge.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting David E. Threedy, Executive Secretary, (360) 753-9646, fax (360) 586-5611.
June 2, 2000
David E. Threedy
Executive Secretary