§ 197.13. Prehearing discovery.
(a) No prehearing discovery may be permitted in a proceeding before the Hearing Board, except by written permission of the Hearing Board. Permission shall be granted only where the Hearing Board is convinced that the prehearing discovery is essential to a fair disposition of the case.
(b) A party wishing to conduct prehearing discovery shall file with the Hearing Board a motion to permit prehearing discovery. The motion shall include the nature of the proposed discovery—that is, depositions or interrogatories, the time and place of the proposed discovery, the persons to be deposed or interrogated, the subject matter and the reasons for requesting permission to conduct prehearing discovery.
(c) A party may file, within 10 days of the filing of a motion to permit prehearing discovery, objections to the motion to permit prehearing discovery, setting forth the reasons why the discovery should not be permitted.
(d) The filing of a motion to permit prehearing discovery or objections thereto will not stay the proceedings.
Source The provisions of this § 197.13 adopted May 1, 1981, effective May 2, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 1455.
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