Washington Administrative Code
Title 182 - Health Care Authority
WASHINGTON APPLE HEALTH
Chapter 182-526 - Administrative hearing rules for medical services programs
Section 182-526-0040 - Service of documents on another party

(1) When the rules in this chapter or in other program rules or statutes require a party to serve copies of documents on other parties, the party must send copies of the documents to all other parties or their representatives.

(2) When sending documents to the office of administrative hearings (OAH) or the board of appeals (BOA), the party must file the documents at one of the locations listed in WAC 182-526-0025(2) for OAH or in WAC 182-526-0030 for BOA.

(3) When sending documents to the assigned OAH field office, the parties should use the address of the assigned OAH listed on the notice of hearing. If a field office has not been assigned, all written communication about the hearing must be sent to the OAH Olympia field office, which sends the communication to the correct office. Documents may be sent only as described in this section to accomplish service.

(4) Unless otherwise stated in law, a party may serve someone by:

(5) A party must serve all other parties or their representatives whenever the party files a pleading, brief, or other document with OAH or BOA, or when required by law.

(6) Service is complete when:

(7) A party may prove service by providing any of the following:

(8) The OAH or BOA may serve documents, including notices, initial orders, and final orders, by email only if the other parties have agreed to accept electronically served documents.