052-7 Wyo. Code R. §§ 7-4 - Commencement of Disciplinary Proceedings
At the complaint screening, officers and staff review complaints and licensee responses, and determine which of the following shall take place:
(a) If the majority of the
board officers cannot determine whether the complaint alleges conduct by a
licensee which falls with the board's jurisdiction and/or may constitute a
violation of the Act, the officers may direct board staff and agents to
investigate the complaint to provide sufficient information for board officers
to complete the screening process.
(b) If a majority of the officers determines
that the complaint alleges conduct by a licensee which falls within the board's
jurisdiction and may constitute a violation of the Act, the officers shall
appoint two members of the board, and one member of the advisory council if the
licensee in question is a physician assistant, as interviewers, or take other
appropriate action. Nothing herein precludes the appointment of a board officer
as an interviewer or petitioner in any case that they have screened.
(c) If the majority of the officers cannot
determine whether the complaint alleges conduct by a licensee which falls with
the board's jurisdiction and/or may constitute a violation of the Act, they may
direct board staff and agents to investigate the complaint to provide
sufficient information for them to complete the screening process. If the
identity of the complainant has been withheld from the licensee, the officers
shall also make a determination whether to continue to withhold the
complainant's name.
(d) Within
fifteen (15) business days after the appointment of interviewers, board staff
shall send a notice to the licensee and to the complainant. The notice to the
licensee shall include:
(i) The nature and
subject matter of the petition, when it was filed, the board's appointment of
interviewers;
(ii) That counsel
representing the licensee may be present at the informal interview, describe
the interview process;
(iii) The
range of potential sanctions that may be available to the board as a result of
the interviewers' recommendations; and
(iv) That any effort by the licensee named in
the complaint to directly or indirectly discourage, intimidate or otherwise
impede a full and vigorous pursuit of the complaint constitutes a separate and
prosecutable instance of unprofessional conduct.
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