North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 05 - AGING - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter E - DIVISION HEARINGS
Section .0100 - GENERAL
Section 05E .0113 - PREHEARING: SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
Upon the request of any party or upon his own motion the Hearing Officer may direct the parties to participate in an informal prehearing/settlement conference. The Hearing Officer shall give the parties not less than ten days notice before the scheduled date of a conference. The purposes of the conference shall be to simplify issues, resolve disputes and expedite disposition of the case. If the parties reach a settlement during the conference, such shall be set forth in a settlement agreement or consent order and made a part of the record. Prehearing/settlement conferences may be conducted by conference telephone call.
Authority
G.S.
143B-10;
143B-138;
143B-181.1; 42 U.S.C., Sec.
3027(a)(5);
45 C.F.R., Part 1321; 45 C.F.R., Part 74, Appendix
G;
Eff. October 1, 1988;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 23,
2015.