356.22—Prehearing conference.
(a)
(1)
If an administrative hearing has been requested, the administrative law judge will direct the parties to attend a prehearing conference to consider:
(2)
Any relevant and significant stipulations or admissions will be incorporated into the initial decision.
(b)
If a prehearing conference is impractical, the administrative law judge will direct the parties to correspond with each other or to confer by telephone or otherwise to achieve the purposes of such a conference.