Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1020-01-.03 - BOARD OFFICERS, RECORDS, MEETINGS, CONSULTANTS, CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND/OR NAME, AND DECLARATORY ORDERS AND SCREENING PANELS

(1) The Board shall annually elect from its members the following officers:

(a) Chairman - who shall preside at all Board meetings.

(b) Vice Chairman - who shall preside at Board meetings in the absence of the Chairman.

(c) Secretary - who along with the Board Administrator shall be responsible for all administrative functions, records and correspondence of the Board.

(2) The rules of parliamentary procedures as contained in "Robert's Rules of Order, Revised" shall govern all meetings of the Board.

(3) Minutes of the Board meetings and all records, documents, applications and correspondence will be maintained in the Board Administrative Office.

(4) All requests, applications, notices, complaints, other communications and correspondence shall be directed to the Board Administrative Office. Any requests or inquiries requiring a Board decision or official Board action, except documents relating to disciplinary actions, declaratory orders or hearing requests, must be in the hands of the Board Administrator on or before the tenth (10th) working day preceding the next scheduled meeting of the Board, and will be retained in the Administrative Office and presented at the Board meeting. Documents not timely received shall be set over to the next Board meeting.

(5) The Board members or the Board's consultant/designee are individually vested with the authority to do the following acts:

(a) Conduct Nursing Home Administrator reviews as provided in Rule 1020-01-.14;

(b) Review and make determinations on applications for initial licensure, renewal of licensure, and reactivation and reinstatement of licensure subject to the rules governing those respective applications;

(c) Decide whether and what type disciplinary actions should be instituted upon complaints received or investigations conducted by the Division; and

(d) Decide whether and under what terms a complaint, case or disciplinary action might be settled. Any matter proposed for settlement must be subsequently considered by the full Board and either adopted or rejected.

(6) Requests for Certificates of Fitness for licensees desiring to practice in another state must be made in writing to the Board Administrative Office and be accompanied by the fee provided in rule 1020-01-.02(1)(f).

(7) Requests for duplicate or replacement licenses must be made in writing to the Board Administrative Office and be accompanied by the fee provided in rule 1020-01-.02(1)(e).

(8) The Executive Officer of the Board shall be responsible for coordination and implementation of Board approved activities, requests or inquiries related to any department, bureau or division of state government.

(9) Change of Name and/or Address.

(a) Change of Address. Each person holding a license who has had a change of address or place of employment, shall file in writing with the Board his current address, giving both old and new addresses. Such requests shall be received in the Board's administrative office no later than thirty (30) days after such change is effective and must reference the individual's name, profession, and license number.

(b) Change of Name. An individual registered with the Board shall notify the Board in writing within thirty (30) days of a name change and will provide both the old and new names. A request for name change must also include a copy of the official document involved and reference the individual's profession, board, and license number.

(10) 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.

(11) 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.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1020-01-.03

Original rule certified June 7, 1974. Repealed by Public Chapter 969; effective July 1, 1984. New rule filed December 17, 1991; effective January 31, 1992. Amendment filed June 13, 1996; effective August 24, 1996. Repeal and new rule filed December 14, 1999; effective February 27, 2000. Amendment filed April 10, 2000; effective July 1, 2000. Amendment filed July 27, 2006; effective October 10, 2006. Amendment filed March 22, 2007; effective June 5, 2007.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-132, 63-1-142, 63-16-103, 63-16-107, and 63-16-108.