1. (1) Board Consultants are appointed by the Board and vested with the authority to do the follow- ing acts:

   1. (a) Review and make determinations on licensure, registration, exemption, renewal, and reactivation of licensure applications subject to the rules governing those respective applications.

   2. (b) Serve as Consultant to the Division to carry out the following:

      1. 1. Review and advise whether and what type of disciplinary actions should be insti- tuted upon complaints received or investigations conducted by the Division.
      2. 2. Review and advise whether and under what terms a complaint, case or discipli- nary action might be informally settled. Any matter proposed for informal settle- ment must be ratified by the full Board before it becomes effective.
      3. 3. Any other matters authorized by a majority vote of the Board.
2. (2) All requests, applications, notices, complaints, other communications and correspondence shall be directed to the Board’s administrative office. Any requests or inquiries requiring a Board decision or official Board action except documents relating to disciplinary actions, de- claratory orders 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 documents not timely received shall be set over to the next Board meeting.

3. (3) Records and Complaints

   1. (a) Minutes of the board meetings and all records, documents, applications, and corre- spondence will be maintained in the Board’s administrative office.
   2. (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.
   3. (c) Copies of public records shall be provided to any person upon payment of the cost of copying.
   4. (d) Complaints made against a licensee become public information only upon the filing of a notice of charges by the Department of Health.
4. (4) Requests for Verification of Licensure must be made in writing to the Board’s administrative office.
5. (5) Declaratory Orders - The Board adopts, as if fully set out herein, rule 1200-10-1-.11, of the Di- vision of Health Related Boards and as it may from time to time be amended, as its rule gov- erning 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.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-12-105, 63-12-106, and 63-12-129. Administrative History: Original rule filed April 28, 1995; effective July 12, 1995. Amendment filed October 27, 1999; effective January 10, 2000. Amendment filed August 24, 2000; effective November 7, 2000. Amendment filed July 18, 2007; effective October 1, 2007. Amendment filed May 23, 2014; effective August 21, 2014.