Colorado § 8-43-209 Time schedule for hearings - establishment

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-43-209 — Time schedule for hearings - establishment

Colorado § 8-43-209

Title 08Labor and

Art.Procedure

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-43-209 (2026).

Text

(1)Hearings must commence within one hundred twenty days from the date of the notice of setting by the director pursuant to section 8-43-211 (2)(a) or of the date shown on the certificate of service accompanying the request, notice, or application by a party or the party's attorney pursuant to section 8-43-211 (2)(b) or (2)(c). Upon agreement of the parties, an administrative law judge shall grant one extension of time, not exceeding sixty days, to commence the hearing.

(2)One extension of time to commence the hearing of no more than sixty days may be granted by an administrative law judge upon written request by any party to the case and for good cause shown, in the following cases: When pulmonary lung disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, or stroke is alleged as the cause

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(1) Hearings must
commence within one hundred twenty days from the date of the notice of setting by
the director pursuant to section 8-43-211 (2)(a) or of the date shown on the
certificate of service accompanying the request, notice, or application by a party or
the party's attorney pursuant to section 8-43-211 (2)(b) or (2)(c). Upon agreement of
the parties, an administrative law judge shall grant one extension of time, not
exceeding sixty days, to commence the hearing.

(2) One extension of time to commence the hearing of no more than sixty
days may be granted by an administrative law judge upon written request by any
party to the case and for good cause shown, in the following cases: When
pulmonary lung disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, or stroke is alleged as the
cause of the disability; when the subsequent injury fund is a party; when permanent
total disability is alleged; upon agreement of the parties; or when compensability of
the injury is contested. In all other cases, extensions of time to commence the
hearing of no more than twenty days may be granted by an administrative law judge
upon written request by any party to the case and for good cause shown.

(3) Once the hearing is commenced, the administrative law judge may, for
good cause shown, continue the hearing to a date certain to take additional
testimony, to file an additional medical report, to file the transcript of a deposition,
or to file a position statement. Except upon the agreement of all parties or for good
cause shown, a continuance to complete a hearing shall not exceed thirty calendar
days.

Legislative History

Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 505, � 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1318, � 28, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1877, � 8, effective June 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1957, � 2, effective May 22. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 855, � 14, effective June 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1473, � 4, effective May 30. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-191), ch. 316, p. 1372, � 3, effective July 1.