Filing And Service Of Pleadings And Other Materials

(1) All pleadings, petitions for review, and any other materials required to be filed with the Inspector General or the APD by a time certain shall be filed by delivering such materials in person or in any other manner permitted by law. All such pleadings, petitions for review and any documents or materials shall be considered as filed upon the date that they are actually received by APD or the Inspector General. (2) Once APD has become involved in any contested case proceeding, all pleadings and other materials required to be filed or submitted prior to the hearing of a contested case shall be filed with the Administrative Procedures Division, where they will be stamped with the date and hour of their receipt. Petitions for agency review of an initial order and for agency reconsideration or stay of a final order may be filed with either the Inspector General or the Administrative Procedures Division and should preferably be filed with both. Whenever the Inspector General or the Administrative Procedures Division receives any such petition, it shall forward a copy to the other. RULES OF PROCEDURE CHAPTER 0620-4-2 (3) Discovery materials that are not actually introduced as evidence need not be filed, except as provided at rule 0620-4-2-.11. (4) Copies of any and all materials filed with the Inspector General or APD in a contested case shall also be served upon all parties, or upon their counsel, once counsel has made an appearance. Any such material shall contain a statement indicating that copies have been served upon all parties. Service may be made by any lawful means.