15-0904-14526-2

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE BOARD OF NURSING

In the Matter of Howard F. Thoms, R.N.

PREHEARING ORDER

A prehearing conference was held by telephone on November 29, 2001. Ruth E. Flynn, Assistant Attorney General, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, St. Paul, MN 55101-2131, appeared on behalf of the Nursing Review Panel, Board of Nursing. Philip G. Villaume, Attorney at Law, 5200 Willson Rd., suite 150, Edian, MN 55424, appeared on behalf of Howard F. Thoms.

The parties are actively involved in settlement discussions.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Any dispositive motions shall be served by January 15, 2002 and the responding party shall have ten working days to respond.

2. In the event the matter is neither settled nor resolved by summary disposition, a prehearing conference will be scheduled to set the date for hearing.

Dated this

4^th

day of

December

2001.

S/ Beverly Jones Heydinger

BEVERLY JONES HEYDINGER

Administrative Law Judge