Code of Massachusetts Regulations
270 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF GENETIC COUNSELORS
Title 270 CMR 4.00 - Purpose
Section 4.04 - Board Actions on Formal, Docketed Complaints
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Dismissal.
(2) Orders.
(3) Permanent Surrender. The Board may accept the permanent surrender of a license by a licensee who is the subject of a complaint. A licensee may offer a voluntary permanent surrender his or her license by submitting to the Board a signed, written statement asserting his or her intent to permanently relinquish the right to hold or renew the license. The Board's acceptance of a licensee's permanent surrender constitutes discipline and resolution with the Board of the complaint. The Board may report the complaint allegations as the grounds for discipline, as required by law.
(4) Consent Agreements. The Board may enter into a Consent Agreement with a licensee for the purpose of resolving a complaint with the Board. In a Consent Agreement, the Board and the licensee may agree the Board will take one or more of the Board actions specified in this section, or may agree the licensee shall refrain from engaging in practice. Consent Agreements may also include other terms as permitted by law.
(5) Except as the Board may otherwise specify in an Order or a Consent Agreement, any action taken against a license shall apply to the right to renew such license.
(6) Except as otherwise provided by law, all Orders and Consent Agreements, whether disciplinary or non-disciplinary in nature, constitute a public record.
(7) Nothing in 270 CMR 4.04 shall limit the Board's ability to resolve a pending complaint by any other action, including but not limited to the imposition of a fine, permitted by law.
(8) Nothing in 270 CMR 4.04 shall limit the authority of other governmental agencies to exercise their enforcement authority against a licensee, nor limit the rights of third parties to bring an action against a licensee, for alleged unlawful conduct.