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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 052 - Medicine, Board ofSubagency 0001 - Medicine, Board of
Chapter 7 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Section 7-4 - Commencement of Disciplinary Proceedings

052-7 Wyo. Code R. § 7-4

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Section 7-4 - Commencement of Disciplinary Proceedings

At the complaint screening, officers and staff review complaints, licensee responses, and reasons for closing any complaints.

(a) If the majority of the board officers cannot determine whether the complaint alleges conduct by a licensee which falls with the board's jurisdiction and/or may constitute a violation of the Act, the officers may direct the board's staff and agents to investigate the complaint to provide sufficient information for board officers to complete the screening process.

(b) If a majority of the officers determines that the complaint alleges conduct by a licensee which falls within the board's jurisdiction and may constitute a violation of the Act, the officers shall appoint two members of the board, and one member of the advisory council if the licensee in question is a physician assistant, as interviewers, or take other appropriate action. Nothing herein precludes the appointment of a board officer as an interviewer or petitioner in any case that they have screened.

(c) If the majority of the officers cannot determine whether the complaint alleges conduct by a licensee which falls with the board's jurisdiction and/or may constitute a violation of the Act, they may direct the board's staff and agents to investigate the complaint to provide sufficient information for them to complete the screening process. If the identity of the complainant has been withheld from the licensee, the officers shall also make a determination whether to continue to withhold the complainant's name.

(d) Within fifteen (15) business days after the appointment of interviewers, the board staff shall send a notice to the licensee and to the complainant. The notice to the licensee shall include:

  • (i) The nature and subject matter of the petition, when it was filed, the board's appointment of interviewers;
  • (ii) That counsel representing the licensee may be present at the informal interview, describe the interview process;
  • (iii) The range of potential sanctions that may be available to the board as a result of the interviewers' recommendations; and
  • (iv) That any effort by the licensee named in the complaint to directly or indirectly discourage, intimidate or otherwise impede a full and vigorous pursuit of the complaint constitutes a separate and prosecutable instance of unprofessional conduct.

052-7 Wyo. Code R. § 7-4

Amended, Eff. 9/10/2015.

Amended, Eff. 2/1/2019.