(a) When one or more additional issues are raised by the
administrative law judge pursuant to Sec. 702.336, such issues may, in
the discretion of the administrative law judge, be consolidated for
hearing and decision with other issues pending before him.
(b) When two or more cases are transferred for formal hearings and
have common questions of law or which arose out of a common accident,
the Chief Administrative Law Judge may consolidate such cases for
hearing.