---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.47"
title: "42"
number: "498.47"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.47"
---

# §498.47. Prehearing conference.

- (a) At any time before the hearing, the ALJ may call a prehearing conference for the purpose of delineating the issues in controversy, identifying the evidence and witnesses to be presented at the hearing, and obtaining stipulations accordingly.
- (b) On the request of either party or on his or her own motion, the ALJ may adjourn the prehearing conference and reconvene at a later date.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.