Washington Administrative Code
Title 182 - Health Care Authority
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM
Chapter 182-16 - Appeals practice and procedure
Part III - FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Section 182-16-3100 - Rescheduling and continuances for formal administrative hearings

(a) The hearing officer must reschedule the formal administrative hearing under circumstances identified in this chapter if requested by any party.

(b) The parties may agree to shorten the amount of notice required by any rule.

(a) In each formal administrative hearing, the hearing officer must grant each party's first request for a continuance. The continuance may be up to thirty calendar days.

(b) The hearing officer may grant each party up to one additional continuance of up to thirty calendar days because of extraordinary circumstances.

(c) After granting a continuance, the hearing officer or their designee must serve an order of continuance on the parties no later than fourteen days before the new formal administrative hearing date. All orders of continuance must provide a new deadline for filing documents with the hearing officer. The new filing deadline can be no less than ten calendar days prior to the new formal administrative hearing date. If the continuance is granted pursuant to (b) of this subsection, then the order of continuance must also include findings of fact that state with specificity the extraordinary circumstances for which the hearing officer granted the continuance.