47:03:01:12.  Scheduling order. The Division of Labor and Management may, after consulting with the attorneys for the parties and unrepresented parties, enter a scheduling order that does the following:

          (1)  Limits the time to join other parties and to amend the pleadings;

          (2)  Limits the time to file and hear motions;

          (3)  Limits the time to complete discovery;

          (4)  Sets the date for prehearing conferences, a final prehearing conference, and hearing; and

          (5)  Addresses any other matters necessary.

          The division shall issue the scheduling order as soon as practicable but no more than 120 days after the petition is filed, unless justice is served by issuing the order at a later date. A schedule may not be modified except by order of the Division of Labor and Management upon a showing of good cause.

          Source: 19 SDR 8, effective July 29, 1992; 33 SDR 43, effective September 20, 2006.

          General Authority: SDCL 62-2-5.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 62-7-12.