Section 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.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0450-03-.19
Original rule filed December 30, 1998; effective March 15, 1999. Amendment filed August 13, 1999; effective October 27, 1999. Amendment filed July 21, 2004; effective October 4, 2004. Amendment filed April 17, 2007; elective July 1, 2007.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-138, 63-22-102, and 63-22-110.