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title: "45 CFR 160.512 HIPAA: Prehearing conferences"
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45 CFR 160.512 HIPAA · Part 160: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS · Subpart E: Procedures for Hearings

# 45 CFR 160.512 HIPAA: Prehearing conferences

eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### 45 CFR 160.512(a)

**(a)** The ALJ must schedule at least one prehearing conference, and may schedule additional prehearing conferences as appropriate, upon reasonable notice, which may not be less than 14 business days, to the parties.

### 45 CFR 160.512(b)

**(b)** The ALJ may use prehearing conferences to discuss the following—

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(1)

**(1)** Simplification of the issues;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(2)

**(2)** The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings, including the need for a more definite statement;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(3)

**(3)** Stipulations and admissions of fact or as to the contents and authenticity of documents;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(4)

**(4)** Whether the parties can agree to submission of the case on a stipulated record;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(5)

**(5)** Whether a party chooses to waive appearance at an oral hearing and to submit only documentary evidence (subject to the objection of the other party) and written argument;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(6)

**(6)** Limitation of the number of witnesses;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(7)

**(7)** Scheduling dates for the exchange of witness lists and of proposed exhibits;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(8)

**(8)** Discovery of documents as permitted by this subpart;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(9)

**(9)** The time and place for the hearing;

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(10)

**(10)** The potential for the settlement of the case by the parties; and

#### 45 CFR 160.512(b)(11)

**(11)** Other matters as may tend to encourage the fair, just and expeditious disposition of the proceedings, including the protection of privacy of individually identifiable health information that may be submitted into evidence or otherwise used in the proceeding, if appropriate.

### 45 CFR 160.512(c)

**(c)** The ALJ must issue an order containing the matters agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the ALJ at a prehearing conference.

## Source

Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), title 45, up to date as of 29 October 2026, from the eCFR API (ecfr.gov). The eCFR is an editorial compilation of the CFR and Federal Register amendments, not an official legal edition of the CFR.

[45 CFR 160.512 on eCFR](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-160.512)

eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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