N.H. Admin. Code § Lab 205.06 - Prehearing Conference

(a) The board shall schedule a prehearing conference to consider:

(1) Any pending evidentiary, procedural or dispositive motions with the parties stipulating to uncontested facts.

(2)Stipulations or admissions as to issues of fact or proof by the consent of the parties.

(b) The parties shall be given an opportunity to select a hearing date in consultation with all parties and the compensation appeals board.

(c) In order to select a date:

(1) All counsel and parties shall have immediate access to their individual calendars to facilitate scheduling and;

(2) All counsel shall be prepared to give expert witnesses, key witnesses and medical witnesses or their representative availability dates or shall have them be available by telephone during the prehearing conference time to confirm the hearing date selected. All parties shall provide a final list of witnesses to the board and other parties that they intend to call to the appeal hearing at least 7 business days prior to the date of the hearing.

(d) Parties shall be prepared to justify their reason why more than 2 hours is needed for a hearing.

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N.H. Admin. Code § Lab 205.06

#8922-A, eff 7-1-07; amd by #9877, eff 2-25-11