Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Purpose of Board - The Board is charged
by law with the responsibility of regulating the practice of occupational
therapy.
(2) Board Meetings.
(a) The time, place, and frequency of Board
meetings shall be at the discretion of the Board except at least one meeting
shall be held annually.
(b) Special
meetings are called at the discretion of the Chair or at the request of two
members of the Board provided all members are adequately notified.
(c) Three members of the Board shall at all
times constitute a quorum.
(d) All
meetings of the Board shall be open to the public.
(e) Non-board members present at meetings may
address the Board only upon recognition by the chair.
(3) The Board shall elect from its members
the following officers:
(a) Chair - who shall
preside at all Board meetings.
(b)
Secretary - who shall preside in the absence of the chair and who along with
the Board's administrator shall be responsible for correspondence from the
Board.
(4)
Responsibilities of the Board include, but are not limited to:
(a) Adopting and revising rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry out its powers and duties;
(b) Adopting and/or administering
examinations;
(c) Denying,
withholding, or approving the licensure of an applicant and renewing licenses
pursuant to rule 1150-02-.07;
(d)
Appointing designees to assist in the performance of its duties, i.e., written
examination, proctors; and
(e)
Conducting hearings.
(5)
Board Conflict of Interest - Any Board member having an immediate personal,
private or financial interest in any matter pending before the Board shall
disclose the fact in writing and shall not vote upon such matter.
(6) Board consultants are appointed by the
Board and vested with the authority to do the following acts:
(a) Recommend whether and what type
disciplinary actions should be instituted as the result of complaints received
or investigations conducted by the Division.
(b) Recommend whether and under what terms a
complaint, case or disciplinary action might be settled. Any matter proposed
for settlement must be subsequently ratified by the full Board before it will
become effective.
(c) Undertake any
other matters authorized by a majority vote of the Board.
(7) Records and Complaints
(a) All requests, applications, notices,
other communications and correspondence shall be directed to the Board's
administrative office. Any requests or inquiries requiring a Board decision or
official Board action, except documents relating to disciplinary actions or
hearing requests, must be received 14 days prior to a scheduled Board meeting
and will be retained in the administrative office and presented to the board at
the Board meeting. Such documentation not timely received shall be set over to
the next Board meeting.
(b) All
records of the Board, except those made confidential by law, are open for
inspection and examination, under the supervision of an employee of the
Division at the Board's administrative office.
(c) Copies of public records shall be
provided to any person upon payment of the cost of copying.
(d) Complaints made against a licensee become
public information only upon the filing of a notice of charges.
(8) Declaratory Orders - 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.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-202,
4-5-204, 4-5-223, 4-5-224,
63-1-117, 63-13-103, 63-13-104, 63-13-105, 63-13-108, 63-13-202, 63-13-203, and
63-13-209.
