---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.48"
title: "42"
number: "498.48"
heading: "Notice of prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.48"
---

# §498.48. Notice of prehearing conference.

- (a) **Timing of notice.** The ALJ will fix a time and place for the prehearing conference and mail written notice to the parties at least 10 days before the scheduled date.
- (b) **Content of notice.** The notice will inform the parties of the purpose of the conference and specify what issues are sought to be resolved, agreed to, or excluded.
- (c) **Additional issues.** Issues other than those set forth in the notice of determination or the request for hearing may be considered at the prehearing conference if—
  - (1) Either party gives timely notice to that effect to the ALJ and the other party; or
  - (2) **The ALJ raises the issues in the notice of prehearing conference or at the conference.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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