§ 54-57-09 — Case processing tracking and reporting

1. The office of administrative hearings shall track the time elapsed between the date the
office receives a file from workforce safety and insurance and the date of the
administrative law judge's decision, and monthly calculate a rolling six-month average
of time elapsed.
2. The office of administrative hearings shall adopt case processing standards and
policies, including provisions intended to meet a goal of an average of two hundred
fifteen days or less per case. Administrative law judges have an average of two
hundred fifteen days to issue a decision for any injured worker case from the date the
office of administrative hearings receives a file from workforce safety and insurance.
The date of the last assigned file is the date of assignment for all consolidated files.
3. The office of administrative hearings shall report statistical information regarding
results under the case processing standards and policies to the state advisory council
each quarter. The reports must include the information required under subsection 1.