The Board shall hold its regular meetings as follows:
The fourth Friday in January, April, July, and October. The Board shall have the power to call special meetings at such times as a quorum of the Board shall deem necessary. It may meet at such places as a majority may agree upon giving due consideration to the convenience of the Board and the applicants for examination or reciprocity.
Any person may file a complaint with the Board against any person having a license to practice as a Registered Sanitarian in this state charging him with:
The said complaint shall set forth a specification of charges in sufficient detail that the person so accused shall have full and complete disclosure to him of any alleged acts of misconduct, impropriety or lack of qualifications. When such complaint is filed, the Secretary of the Board shall mail a copy thereof to the person so accused by registered mail, at his last address of record with a written notice of the time and place of the hearing thereon advising him that he may be present in person and by counsel if he so desires, to offer evidence and be heard in his defense. The time fixed for such hearing shall not be less than 20 days from the date of the mailing of the notice.
At the time and place fixed for a hearing before the Board, the Board shall receive evidence upon the subject under consideration and shall accord the person against whom charges are preferred a full and fair opportunity to be heard in his defense. The Board shall not be bound by strict or technical rules of evidence, but shall consider all evidence fully and fairly, provided however, that all oral testimony considered by the Board must be under oath. If the person so charged be found not guilty of these things and matters with which he is charged the Board shall dismiss the charges or complaint, but should such person be found guilty, the Board shall (a) revoke his license: (b) suspend his license for a period not to exceed one year: or (c) grant him probation under terms and conditions to be determined by it for the best interest of the person so charged and the people of the State of Arkansas. Appeal may be had by either of the parties from the decision of the Board in the manner now provided by law. All evidence considered by the Board shall be reduced to writing and available for the purpose of appeal or certiorari to any of the parties of said hearing. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to deprive any person of his rights without full, fair and impartial hearing. The words "license" and "registration" are synonymous in these regulations.
If any licentiate fails for sixty days to pay the annual registration fee, it shall be the duty of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians without hearing or notice, to cancel and revoke his or her Registration subject to reinstatement as hereinafter set out. If the application for reinstatement be made, the Board shall consider the moral character and professional qualifications of the applicant upon notice and hearing before ordering reinstatement, and unless such showing shall thereupon be made to the Board as would entitle the applicant to the issuance of an original Registration, reinstatement shall be denied. The applicant for reinstatement shall file a written application and pay the same fees require for the issuance of an original registration. Any person practicing as a Registered Sanitarian while his or her Registration is suspended, or after it has been cancelled pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by law.
The Board shall require all applicants for Registration to complete and execute an Application for Registration in the form furnished by the Board. The same form for application for initial registration shall also be used in applications for reinstatement of former Registered Sanitarians whose Registration has been revoked or cancelled because of (a) Order of the Board as authorized by Ark. Stat. 71-1617, or (b) failure to pay the annual registration fee required by Ark. Stat. 71-1615.
Definitions:
All registered Sanitarians shall be required biennially to complete a continuing education program in subjects relating to practices of the profession.
The number of CEU's shall be determined by the Board, but shall not be less than two (2) continuing education units every two (2) years.
A maximum of one-half (1/2) the number of required continuing education units in a two (2) year period may be carried forward to meet continuing education requirements for the following two (2) year period. Any continuing education units completed prior to July 1, 1986, cannot be used to meet the requirements of this Regulation.
A course of study or program of instruction offered to meet the education requirements for renewal of the certificate of registration shall be in the following areas with the final determination being made by the Board.
Annually, beginning after July 1, 1986, the Board shall mail to each registered sanitarian a list of approved courses applying toward the continuing education requirements of this Regulation. The secretary shall, upon request of a registered sanitarian, provide a list of any additional courses that the Board has approved since the most recent mailing.
PRINTED: September 1986
079.00.76 Ark. Code R. § 001