13 NCAC 04B .0103          APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS

(a)  The parties may agree upon an arbitrator from the list submitted, or each may strike no more than two names from said list of five unless the commissioner otherwise specifies.

(b)  Upon receipt of notification of the agreement of the parties upon an arbitrator from the list submitted, the commissioner will appoint said arbitrator. In the event that he is unable to accept the appointment, the list of available arbitrators will be re‑submitted to the parties.

(c)  Upon return of the lists from the respective parties, the commissioner will appoint an arbitrator from the undeleted names.

(d)  If one of the parties fails to return his copy of the list to the commissioner within two weeks after the lists were forwarded, the commissioner will so inform the other party. On demand by the latter, the commissioner will then appoint an arbitrator from the undeleted names on the returned list.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 95‑36.3; 95‑36.6;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 30, 1977;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 22, 2018.