PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
INSURANCE APPEALS
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Rules pertaining to procedures used in hearings conducted by the board and its industrial appeals judges.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 51.52.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Clarification of procedures, clarification of duties of industrial appeals judges and housekeeping changes to align rules with statutory and regulatory changes.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting David E. Threedy, Executive Secretary, (360) 753-9646, fax (360) 586-5611.
May 22, 2002
David E. Threedy
Executive Secretary