In this chapter:

1. (1) "Address of record" means the last address provided to the board by a certificate or registration holder pursuant to board rule 501.93 of this title (relating to Responses);
2. (2) "Administrative costs" means those costs actually incurred by the board through payment to outside vendors and the reasonable value of resources expended by the board in the investigation and prosecution of a matter within the board's jurisdiction, including but not limited to, attorney's fees and expenses, legal assistant's fees and expenses, expert fees and expenses, witness fees and expenses, filing fees, SOAH utilization fees, court reporting fees, copying fees, delivery fees, case management fees, costs of exhibit creation, technical fees, support personnel costs, associated overhead costs and any other cost or fee that can be reasonably be attributed to the matter;
3. (3) "ALJ" means administrative law judge;
4. (4) "APA" means the Texas Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 2001 of the Texas Government Code;
5. (5) "Board staff" means the employees or independent contractors of the board;
6. (6) "Committee" means an enforcement committee of the board which are the Behavioral Enforcement Committee, the Technical Standards Review Committee and the Major Case Enforcement Committee;
7. (7) "Complaint" means information available to or provided to the board indicating that a certificate or registration holder may have violated the Act, board rules, or order of the board;
8. (8) "Complainant" means the person or entity who initiates a complaint with board against a certificate or registration holder;
9. (9) "PFD" means the proposal for decision prepared by an administrative law judge;
10. (10) "Respondent" means a certificate or registration holder against whom a complaint has been filed; and
11. (11) "SOAH" means the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Source Note:The provisions of this §519.2 adopted to be effective June 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 5628.