Section 500.510  Intervention

a)         Upon timely written application, the Hearing Officer may permit such party to intervene in a hearing proceeding, subject to the necessity for conducting an orderly and expeditious hearing, if it is determined that:

1)         such party may be adversely affected by a final order arising from the hearing; or,

2)         such party's circumstances and the hearing proceeding have a question of law or fact in common.

b)         All petitions for intervention shall be in writing and served upon every party and the Hearing Officer not later than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. The Hearing Officer may permit later intervention when there is good cause for delay.

c)         An intervenor shall have all the rights of an original party, except that the Hearing Officer may, in the order allowing intervention, provide that the petitioner and Respondent shall be bound by orders theretofore entered or by evidence theretofore received, that the complainant and Respondent shall not raise issues which might more properly have been raised at an earlier stage of the proceeding, that the complainant and Respondent shall not raise new issues or add new parties, or that in other respects the complainant and Respondent shall not interfere with the control of the hearing, as justice and avoidance of undue delay may require.