WAC 182-526-0250. Time requirements for notices issued by the office of administrative hearings

(1) The office of administrative hearings (OAH) must serve a notice of hearing on all parties and their representatives at least fourteen calendar days before the hearing date. (2) If OAH schedules a prehearing conference, OAH must serve a notice of prehearing conference to the parties and their representatives at least seven business days before the date of the prehearing conference except: (a) OAH or an administrative law judge (ALJ) may change a scheduled hearing into a prehearing conference and provide less than seven business days' notice of the prehearing conference; and (b) OAH may give less than seven business days' notice if the only purpose of the prehearing conference is to consider whether to grant a continuance under WAC 182-526-0280 or 182-526-0282 , as applicable. (3) OAH must reschedule the hearing if necessary to comply with the notice requirements in this section, unless the parties agree to waive notice requirements.