N.M. Admin. Code § 13.21.4.12 - PREHEARING CONFERENCES, STATUS CONFERENCES, AND STATUS CHECKS
A.
Purpose of
prehearing conferences. The hearing officer may direct representatives
for all parties to meet together or with the hearing officer present for a
prehearing conference to consider any or all of the following:
(1) simplify, clarify, narrow or resolve the
pending issues;
(2) stipulations
and admissions of fact and of the contents and authenticity of
documents;
(3) expedition in the
discovery and presentation of evidence, including, but not limited to,
restriction on the number of exhibits and expert, economic or technical
witnesses;
(4) matters of which
administrative notice will be taken; and
(5) such other matters as may aid in the
orderly and expeditious disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of
the names of witnesses and the identity of documents or other physical exhibits
which will be introduced in evidence in the course of the proceeding.
B.
Conduct of prehearing
conferences.
(1) Prehearing
conferences conducted by the hearing officer may be electronically, but not
stenographically, recorded. Should a party request that the recording be
transcribed, that party shall pay any costs of transcription.
(2) The hearing officer may issue a written
order that recites the results of the conference. Such order shall include
rulings upon matters considered at the conference, together with appropriate
directions to the parties. The order shall control the subsequent course of the
proceeding, unless superseded by a subsequent order.
C.
Status conferences.
(1) The hearing officer may require the
parties to submit a written report of any conference ordered to be conducted
between the parties updating the status of the proceeding in light of the
conference.
(2) The hearing officer
may conduct a status conference upon the request of either party or on the
hearing officer's own initiative, at which time the hearing officer may require
the parties, attorneys, or authorized representatives, to provide information
regarding the status of a proceeding.
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