New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Opt - Board of Registration in Optometry
Chapter Opt 200 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Part Opt 202 - DEFINITIONS
Section Opt 202.01 - Definitions

(a) "Complaint" means a written allegation of professional misconduct against a licensee of the board.

(b) "Data" means all information other than argument, including oral or written descriptions, reports, map, charts, drawings, photographs, audio or video recordings, computer programs, or computer printouts.

(c) "File" means to place a document in the actual possession of the board.

(d) "Hearing" means "adjudicative proceeding" as defined by RSA 541-A;1, I, namely "the procedure to be followed in contested cases, as set forth in RSA 541-A:31 through RSA 541-A:36."

(e) "Motion" means a request by a party to a proceeding for an order relating to that proceeding.

(f) "Investigation" means a formal or informal search by the board for data concerning matters within its jurisdiction, the result of which is other than a final determination of a person's rights, duties or privileges.

(g) "Order" means a document issued by the board:

(h) "Petition" means a request to the board seeking an order or any other action or relief, but does not include a license application, a complaint against a licensee, or a motion.

(i) "Presiding officer" means presiding officer as defined by RSA 541-A:1,XIV, namely the individual to whom the board has delegated the authority to preside over some or all aspects of a hearing, if any. Otherwise it shall mean the president of the board.

(j) "Rulemaking" means the statutory procedures for the formulation of a rule set forth in RSA 541-A:3.