Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XIII - Cemetery Industry
Chapter 11 - Proceedings other than Rulemaking; General Procedural Rules
Section XIII-1125 - Prehearing Conference [Formerly Section 917]

A. The chair or the chair's appointee may, of their own volition, or upon the motion of any party of record, hold a prehearing conference for the purpose of formulating or simplifying the issues, obtaining admissions of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof, arranging for the exchange of proposed exhibits or prepared expert testimony, limiting the number of witnesses, and considering such other matters as may expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceeding, or the settlement thereof.

B. The action taken at such prehearing conference, including without limitation, all the agreements, admissions, and/or stipulations made by the parties concerned, shall be made a part of the record. Such action shall control the subsequent course of the proceeding, unless otherwise stipulated by all parties of record with the consent of the chair or the chair's appointee .

C. In any proceeding, the chair or the chair's appointee may, in its discretion, call all parties together for a conference prior to the taking of testimony, or may recess a hearing, after it has commenced, for the purpose of holding a conference.