Section 631.Sec. 6.1 - NEW1. The Board will delegate to a hearing panel the authority to take dispositive action on each complaint for which a review panel has recommended a formal hearing pursuant to section 5. Each hearing panel must consist of three members of the Board. The Board will designate one member of the hearing panel to serve as Chair of the hearing panel.2. A hearing panel may request that the Board obtain the services of a hearing advisor to attend a formal hearing and advise the hearing panel on matters relating to the hearing, including, without limitation, the admissibility of evidence and decisions regarding motions. If the hearing panel requests the advice of the hearing advisor concerning the findings of fact and conclusions of law resulting from a formal hearing, the hearing advisor shall provide such advice not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing.3. Before taking dispositive action on a complaint, a hearing panel shall review and consider the findings and recommendation made by the review panel pursuant to section 5.4. Each member of a hearing panel has one vote on the disposition of a complaint. The decision of the hearing panel must be approved by a majority vote of the hearing panel. Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a hearing, the hearing panel shall issue its findings of fact and conclusions of law. The findings of fact and conclusions of law must be signed by each member of the hearing panel. A hearing panel is not required to issue findings of fact or conclusions of law in matters for which the hearing panel does not conduct a formal hearing.5. Failure to take any action in a time period prescribed by this section is not grounds for dismissal of a complaint.6. A hearing panel may not order a person who is not the subject of a complaint to reimburse a patient pursuant to paragraph (l) of subsection 1 of NRS 631.350.Nev. Admin. Code § 631.Sec. 6.1
Added to NAC by Bd. of Dental Exam'rs by R073-22A, eff. 11/1/2024NRS 631.190, 631.350, 631.355, 631.360, 631.363