SECTION
269b.510—Review by Panel
The panel shall review
the report and recommendations of each hearing officer, the record
of the hearing, and such other documents as enumerated in section
269b.450, whether or not any party files an appeal, unless the parties
file with the panel a settlement agreement within 10 days after service
of the hearing officer’s report upon them. In the course of such review,
the panel may require oral argument or written briefs on any relevant
issue within such time limits as the panel may prescribe, and may
reopen the record in any case and receive further evidence.