32-1509

32-1509. Executive director; compensation;
duties

A. The board shall appoint an executive director who serves at the pleasure of the
board. The executive director shall not be a board member and shall not have any
financial interests in the practice of naturopathic medicine or the training of
naturopathic physicians. The board may authorize the executive director to represent the
board and to vote on behalf of the board at meetings of national organizations of which
the board is a dues paying member.

B. The executive director is eligible to receive compensation set by the board
within the range determined under section 38-611.

C. The executive director or that person's designee shall:

1. Employ, evaluate, dismiss, discipline and direct professional, clerical,
technical, investigative and administrative personnel necessary to carry on the work of
the board.

2. Set compensation for board employees within the range determined under section
38-611.

3. As directed by the board, prepare and submit recommendations to the board for
amendments to this chapter for consideration by the legislature.

4. Appoint and employ medical consultants and agents necessary to conduct
investigations, gather information and perform those duties the executive director
determines are necessary and appropriate to enforce this chapter.

5. Issue licenses and certificates pursuant to section 32-1526 to applicants who
meet the requirements of this chapter.

6. Maintain a record of board actions and proceedings, including the issuance,
denial, renewal, suspension or revocation of licenses and certificates.

7. Manage the board's offices.

8. Prepare minutes, records, reports, registries, directories, books and
newsletters and record all board transactions and orders.

9. Collect all monies due and payable to the board.

10. Pay all bills for authorized expenditures of the board and its staff.

11. Prepare an annual budget.

12. Submit a copy of the budget each year to the governor, the speaker of the house
of representatives and the president of the senate.

13. Initiate an investigation if evidence appears to demonstrate that a person
licensed or certified by the board may be engaged in unprofessional conduct or may be
medically incompetent or mentally or physically unable to safely practice medicine.

14. Issue subpoenas if necessary to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses
and the production of books, records, documents and other evidence.

15. Sign and execute and provide assistance to the attorney general in preparing
disciplinary orders, rehabilitative orders and notices of hearings as directed by the
board.

16. Enter into contracts for goods and services pursuant to title 41, chapter 23
that are necessary to carry out board policies and directives.

17. Execute board directives.

18. Represent the board with the federal government, other states or jurisdictions
of the United States, this state, political subdivisions of this state, the news media
and the public.

19. Maintain a roster of all persons who are licensed or certified under this
chapter that indicates:

(a) The person's name.

(b) The person's current address of record.

(d) The status of the person's license or certificate.

20. Maintain an accurate account of all receipts, expenditures and refunds granted
pursuant to this chapter.

21. Conduct periodic inspection of the dispensing practices and the prescribing
practices of doctors of naturopathic medicine and report dispensing and prescribing
restrictions imposed by the board against doctors of naturopathic medicine to other state
and federal regulatory agencies.

22. Affix the seal of the board to necessary documents. The imprint of the seal
with the signature of the executive director is evidence of official board action.

23. On behalf of the board, enter into stipulated agreements with persons who are
under the jurisdiction of the board for the treatment, rehabilitation and monitoring of
chemical substance abuse or misuse.

24. Review all complaints filed pursuant to section 32-1551. If delegated by the
board, the executive director may dismiss complaints.

25. If delegated by the board, refer cases directly to a formal interview or a
formal hearing.

26. If delegated by the board, enter into a consent agreement if there is evidence
of danger to the public health and safety.

27. If delegated by the board, grant uncontested requests for retired status or
cancellation of a license.

28. Perform all other duties required by the board.

D. Medical consultants and agents appointed pursuant to subsection C, paragraph 4
of this section are eligible to receive compensation determined by the executive director
of not more than two hundred dollars for each day of service.

E. A person who is aggrieved by an action taken by the executive director may
request a board review of that action by filing with the board a written request within
thirty days after that person has been notified of the action. Notification shall be by
personal delivery or certified mail to the person's last known address on file with the
board. The board shall review the decision at its next regularly scheduled meeting and
either approve, modify or reject the executive director's action.