§ 59-1728. Personnel and facilities - Executive secretary.

A.  The basic personnel and necessary facilities that are required to administer the Licensed Dietitian Act shall be the personnel and facilities of the Board.  The Board personnel shall act as the agents of the Board.  If necessary for the administration or implementation of the Licensed Dietitian Act, the Board by agreement may secure and provide for compensation for services that the Board considers necessary and may employ and compensate within available appropriations professional consultants, technical assistants, and employees on a full-time or part-time basis.

B.  The chairman of the Board shall designate an employee to serve as executive secretary of the Committee.  The executive secretary must be an employee of the Board.  The executive secretary shall be the administrator of the dietitian licensing activities for the Board.

C.  In addition to other duties prescribed by law and by the Board, the executive secretary shall:

1.  keep full accurate minutes of the transactions and proceedings of the Committee;

2.  be the custodian of the files and records of the Committee;              3.  prepare and recommend to the Board plans and procedures necessary to implement the purposes and objectives of this act, including rules and proposals on administrative procedures consistent with this act;

4.  exercise general supervision over persons employed by the Board in the administration of this act;

5.  be responsible for the investigation of complaints and for the presentation of formal complaints;

6.  attend all meetings of the Committee as a nonvoting participant;

7.  handle the correspondence of the Committee and obtain, assemble, or prepare the reports and information that the Board may direct or authorize.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 144, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.