WAC 242-02-510   Notice of hearing -- Setting of time and place.  (1) Within ten days of the filing of a petition for review, unless a petition for review has been removed to superior court, pursuant to WAC 242-02-290 through 242-02-295, a board or presiding officer will schedule a hearing date and notify the parties of the date.

     (2) The board or presiding officer will thereafter schedule a place for the hearing.

     (3) A written notice of the date and location of the hearing shall be sent to all parties not less than twenty days prior to the hearing date.

     (4) The notice shall identify the appeal to be heard, the names of the parties to the appeal and their attorneys or other authorized representatives, if any, and shall specify the time and place of hearing. The notice shall include the information specified in RCW 34.05.434 and if the hearing is to be conducted by teleconference call the notice shall so state.

     (5) The notice shall state that if a limited-English-speaking or hearing impaired party or witness needs an interpreter, a qualified interpreter will be appointed and that there will be no cost to the party or witness. The notice shall include a form for a party to indicate if an interpreter is needed and identification of the primary language, or if a participant is hearing impaired.

     (6) The notice may also include an order fixing the prehearing date and/or deadlines as provided in these rules.

     (7) Defects in notice may be waived if the waiver is knowing and voluntary.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(7). 98-01-144, § 242-02-510, filed 12/19/97, effective 1/20/98; 97-04-008, § 242-02-510, filed 1/24/97, effective 3/1/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(6). 94-07-033, § 242-02-510, filed 3/9/94, effective 4/9/94; 92-21-034, § 242-02-510, filed 10/15/92, effective 10/15/92.]