The first stage in the hearing lifecycle is to schedule the hearing.
A hearing must be scheduled and completed before a decision can be entered for the hearing case. Additionally, hearings managed as part of a hearing case can be rescheduled, continued, or adjourned.
As hearings for hearing reviews are presided over by hearing reviewers, the main part of scheduling a hearing is to select the available hearing reviewers. Hearings held for a hearing review require a minimum number of hearing reviewers to officiate at the hearing. The number of reviewers is configured by the organization. Hearing reviewers can be selected by entering a date and checking hearing reviewer availability for that date or by having the system automatically search for the next date where a sufficient number of hearing reviewers are available.