WAC 16-301-195   Reopening of a hearing.  An arbitration hearing may be reopened by the following:

     (1) The chairperson of the arbitration committee with the assent of a majority of the committee members may reopen a hearing.

     (2) A hearing may be reopened by the chairperson with assent of a majority of the committee upon petition of either party prior to the final committee report.

     (3) A hearing may not be reopened if such action would cause the sixty-day time limit as defined in WAC 16-301-155 (ninety days with a grow out test) to be exceeded without the written consent of both parties.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-195, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]