California Code
ARTICLE 7 - Hearings and Written Proceedings
Section 1297.242.

1297.242. Unless the parties have agreed that no oral hearings shall be held, the arbitral tribunal shall hold oral hearings at an appropriate state of the proceedings, if so requested by a party.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)