Pre-Hearing Conference

In any action set for hearing the Commissioner may, if the parties agree, direct the parties and/or the attorneys for the parties to appear before him or before a hearing examiner for a conference to consider simplification of the issues, amendments to the pleadings, admissions of fact and such matters as may RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CONTESTED CASES CHAPTER 0180-06 aid in the disposition of the action consistent with T.C.A. § 4-5-108(d). All matters settled, stipulated, or ordered at any such conference shall be reduced to writing which shall be put in the form of an order and made part of the record.