(1) The office of administrative hearings (OAH) must serve a notice of hearing on all parties and their representatives at least fourteen calendar days before the hearing date.
(2) If OAH schedules a prehearing conference, OAH must serve a notice of prehearing conference to the parties and their representatives at least seven business days before the date of the prehearing conference except:
(a) OAH or an administrative law judge (ALJ) may change a scheduled hearing into a prehearing conference and provide less than seven business days' notice of the prehearing conference; and
(b) OAH may give less than seven business days' notice if the only purpose of the prehearing conference is to consider whether to grant a continuance under WAC
182-526-0280 or
182-526-0282, as applicable.
(3) OAH must reschedule the hearing if necessary to comply with the notice requirements in this section, unless the parties agree to waive notice requirements.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.05.021 and
41.05.160. WSR 17-05-066, § 182-526-0250, filed 2/13/17, effective 3/16/17. Statutory Authority: 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 53, chapters
74.09,
34.05 RCW, and 10-08 WAC. WSR 13-02-007, § 182-526-0250, filed 12/19/12, effective 2/1/13.]