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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 30.02.06.09" title_num="30" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="06" heading="Prehearing Conference.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, may hold a prehearing conference to resolve matters preliminary to the hearing.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, may require the parties to submit information before the prehearing conference.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, may order that each party make available to the other parties the names and written reports of experts and other witnesses the party expects to call as well as copies of the documents that will be used for direct examination during the hearing. Failure to comply in good faith with this order is grounds to refuse to admit:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A report of that expert; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any document not furnished to the other parties.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A prehearing conference may be convened to address the following matters:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Factual and legal issues;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Stipulations and admissions of fact;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Stipulations as to the authenticity and admissibility of documents;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Requests for official notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Identification and exchange of documentary evidence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Admissibility of evidence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Identification and qualification of witnesses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Motions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Discovery disputes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Order of presentation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Scheduling;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Settlement possibilities or conferences; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Any other matter than will promote the orderly and prompt conduct of the hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Conduct.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At the discretion of the EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, all or part of the prehearing conference may be recorded.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The prehearing conference may be conducted by telephone, video, or other electronic means.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Prehearing Orders.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, may issue a prehearing order addressing any matter raised at the prehearing conference.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The prehearing order is part of the record.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Whether or not a prehearing conference is held, the EMS Board or the administrative law judge, as appropriate, may issue a prehearing order to regulate the conduct of the proceedings.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>All parties shall be bound by the EMS Board's or administrative law judge's prehearing order regardless of whether a party attends a prehearing conference.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>