Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0450-03-.19 - BOARD OFFICERS, CONSULTANTS, RECORDS, COMPLAINTS, DECLARATORY ORDERS, AND SCREENING PANELS
(1) The board shall
each July elect from its members the following officers:
(a) President - Who shall preside at all
board meetings.
(b) Vice President
- Who shall preside in the absence of the president.
(c) Secretary - Who along with the board
administrator shall be responsible for correspondence from the board.
(2) The Board consultant is
appointed by the Board and vested with the authority to do the following acts:
(a) Recommend whether and what type
disciplinary actions should be instituted as the result of complaints received
or investigations conducted by the division.
(b) Recommend whether and on what terms a
complaint, case, or disciplinary action might be informally settled. Any matter
proposed for informal settlement must be subsequently ratified by the full
Board before it will become effective.
(c) Undertake any other matters authorized by
a majority vote of the Board.
(3) Records and Complaints
(a) All requests, applications, notices,
other communications and correspondence shall be directed to the Board's
Administrative Office. Any request or inquiries requiring a Board decision or
official Board action, except documents relating to disciplinary actions or
hearing requests, must be received fourteen (14) days prior to a scheduled
Board meeting and will be retained in the Administrative Office, and presented
to the Board at the Board meeting. Such documentation not timely received shall
be set over to the next Board meeting.
(b) All records of the Board, except those
made confidential by law, are open for inspection and examination, under the
supervision of an employee of the division at the Board's Administrative
Office.
(c) Copies of public
records shall be provided to any person upon payment of the cost of
copying.
(d) Complaints made
against a licensee become public information only upon the filing of a notice
of charges by the Department of Health.
(4) Declaratory Orders - The Board adopts, as
if fully set out herein, rule 1200-10-1-.11, of the Division of Health Related
Boards and as it may from time to time be amended, as its rule governing the
declaratory order process. All declaratory order petitions involving statutes,
rules or orders within the jurisdiction of the Board shall be addressed by the
Board pursuant to that rule and not by the Division. Declaratory Order Petition
forms can be obtained from the Board's administrative office.
(5) Screening Panels - The Board adopts, as
if fully set out herein, rule 1200-10-1-.13, of the Division of Health Related
Boards and as it may from time to time be amended, as its rule governing the
screening panel process.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-138, 63-22-102, and 63-22-110.
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