OAR 471-070-8055: Appeals: Continuance of Hearing

(1) At the request of a party or on the administrative law judge’s own initiative, an administrative law judge may order, orally or in writing, that a hearing be continued. (2) An administrative law judge may grant a continuance at the request of a party if: (a) The request is made prior to the issuance of the administrative law judge’s decision; and (b) The party has good cause, as stated in the request, for continuing the hearing. (3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b) of this rule, good cause exists when: (a) The circumstances causing the request are beyond the reasonable control of the requesting party; and (b) Failure to grant the continuance would result in undue hardship to the requesting party. (4) An administrative law judge other than the one who presided at the first hearing may conduct a continued hearing.