N.H. Admin. Code § Psyc 202.01 - Definitions
The following terms shall have the meaning indicated when used in this chapter:
(a)
"Administrative Prosecutions Unit" (APU) means the administrative prosecutions
unit of the New Hampshire attorney general's office;
(b) "Allegation" or "communication of alleged
misconduct" means information received by the board, in any format, suggesting
that a licensee might have engaged in professional misconduct that comes within
the jurisdiction of the board and meeting the criteria specified in Psyc
503.01(c);
(c) "Board" means the
board of psychologists created pursuant to RSA 329-B;
(d) "Board investigator" means "board
investigator" as defined in
RSA 329-B:2,
II;
(e) "Complaint" means a communication of
alleged misconduct containing information that, if true, could violate ethical
rules, administrative rules, or the law. A matter is considered a complaint
when the board orders the change of status from allegation to
complaint;
(f) "Consent decree"
means an agreement or settlement to resolve a complaint following the issuance
of a notice of hearing;
(g)
"Corrective action" means a written agreement between the board and a licensee
to resolve a formal complaint whereby the licensee agrees to make certain
changes in his or her practice, to accept clinical supervision, and/or to take
some recommended program of study to resolve a complaint of misconduct
presented to the board pursuant to
RSA 329-B:21,
III;
(h) "Corrective supervision" means the board
mandated professional supervision of a licensee to remediate faulty
professional practices;
(i)
"Corrective supervisor" means a board licensed psychologist with prior
experience in clinical supervision, training supervision, and mandated therapy,
who provides supervision to a licensee pursuant to the board's direction in
order to remediate faulty professional practices;
(j) "Data" means all information relevant to
an investigation, including but not limited to:
(1) Oral or written statements;
(2) Reports;
(3) Maps;
(4) Charts;
(5) Drawings;
(6) Photographs;
(7) Audio or video recordings;
(8) Computer programs;
(9) Electronic documentation; or
(10) Telephonic, oral, written, or electronic
communications;
(k)
"Disciplinary proceeding" means an adjudicative proceeding commenced by the
board for the purpose of examining alleged misconduct by a licensee;
(l) "Investigation" means a gathering of data
by the board of psychologists concerning matters within its
jurisdiction;
(m) "Order" means a
document issued by the board:
(1) Establishing
procedures to be followed in an adjudicative or nonadjudicative
proceeding;
(2) Granting or denying
a petition or motion;
(3) Requiring
a person to do, or to abstain from doing something; or
(4) Determining a person's rights to a
license or other privilege established by RSA 329-B;
(n) "Report of investigation (ROI)" means
report of information, facts and data gathered for the board of psychologists
pursuant to RSA 329-B; and
(o)
"Settlement agreement" means a written order of the board acknowledging consent
of the licensee to enter stipulated facts and impose disciplinary action to
resolve certain allegations of misconduct, made prior to the issuance of a
notice of hearing.
(p) "Summary of
investigation" means the report of investigation with any legal analysis or
legal recommendations removed.
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