Code of Massachusetts Regulations
272 CMR - CERTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, BOARD OF
Title 272 CMR 9.00 - INVESTIGATIONS, COMPLAINTS AND BOARD ACTIONS
Section 9.04 - 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 certificate by a certificate holder who is the subject of a complaint. A certificate holder may offer to permanently surrender his or her certificate by submitting to the Board a signed, written statement that asserts his or her intent to permanently relinquish the right to hold or renew his or her certificate. The Board's acceptance of a certificate holder's permanent surrender constitutes discipline and resolution of the complaint. The Board may deem the complaint allegations to be true and to constitute grounds for discipline.
(4) Consent Agreements. The Board may enter into a Consent Agreement with a certificate holder for the purpose of resolving the complaint. In a Consent Agreement, the Board and the certificate holder may agree that the board will take one or more of the board actions specified in 272 CMR 9.04, or may agree that the certificate holder 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 certificate shall apply to the right to renew such certificate.
(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 272 CMR 9.04 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.