957.6—Order relative to hearing.
(a)
The Judicial Officer shall issue an order granting the Respondent's request for a hearing, establishing the time and place thereof and advising the Respondent of the consequences of a failure to appear at the hearing (see § 957.9 ). Whenever practicable, the hearing date shall be within 30 days of the date of the Judicial Officer's order relative to hearing.
(b)
The notice of proposed debarment and the request for a hearing together with the reply, if any, shall become the pleadings in any proceeding in which the Judicial Officer orders a hearing to be held.