Policy Statement  18-02: Routine Responses

Date:	07/10/2018
Organization:	Board of Certification of Community Health Workers
Referenced Sources:	801 CMR 1.00: Standard adjudicatory rules of practice and procedure

Purpose

The Bureau of Health Professions Licensure adopts this policy to facilitate staff responses to routine correspondence and requests for extensions, on behalf of each of the ten Boards of Registration within the Bureau.

Dates Adopted

• Board of Registration in Pharmacy: April 5, 2016 
• Board of Registration in Dentistry: April 6, 2016 
• Board of Registration in Nursing: January 13, 2016 
• Board of Registration in Nursing Home Administrators:
• Board of Registration in Respiratory Care:
• Board of Registration of Physician Assistants:
• Board of Registration of Perfusionists:
• Board of Registration of Genetic Counselors:
• Board of Certification of Community Health Workers: July 10, 2018

Definitions

Bureau: Bureau of Health Professions Licensure within the Department of Public Health.

Boards (plural): The Boards of Registration within the Bureau of Health Professions Licensure under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health.

Board (singular): The particular Board that has issued a license to a Monitored Certificate holder and imposed conditions on such licensure. 

Board Authorization

A Board’s adoption of this policy authorizes the Board’s Executive Director to act on the Board’s behalf as specified in this policy. The Board further authorizes the Executive Director to delegate actions authorized under this policy to any Bureau staff person who reports directly to the Executive Director, provided that the Executive Director supervised the authority exercised.

Complainant Concerns with Board Resolution

The Board’s Executive Director may respond to a Complainant who expresses concerns with the Board’s resolution of an investigation or complaint using Template B, attached with this policy.

Incomplete Petitions for Reinstatement

The Board’s Executive Director may respond or direct the response, that the Board will not review an incomplete petition for reinstatement using Template A, attached with the policy.

Requests for Extension

The Board’s Executive Director may grant a request to extend time limits set for in 801 CMR 1.01 (11) as follows:

1. Up to 14 days extension on time to file Objections to a Tentative Decisions
2. Up to 10 days extension on time to file Responses to Objections on a Tentative Decision.

Report to Board

Board staff shall submit to the Board a written report at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The report shall list all actions taken on the Board’s behalf pursuant to this policy since the previous meeting of the Board.