When ADR is used for all or a portion of a contested case, or prior to the initiation of a contested case, an agency may provide a neutral, at the agency's cost, to assist the parties in resolving their disputed issues. The neutral may be any individual agreed upon by the parties, but must be someone with no official, financial, or personal conflict of interest with respect to the issues in controversy, unless such interest is disclosed in writing to all parties and all parties agree that the neutral may serve. If the parties are unable to agree upon, or identify, a neutral to provide ADR services, the agency shall make a request to the Office of Administrative Hearings for the selection and provision of a neutral by the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer.
Idaho Admin. Code r. 62.01.01.152