Rules for Complaint Investigation — Disposal of Complaints

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Professions of the Healing Arts
4. Clinical Perfusionist Licensure Act
5. Rules for Complaint Investigation — Disposal of Complaints

1. The committee shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, concerning the investigation of a complaint filed with the committee. The rules adopted pursuant to this section shall:
   1. Distinguish between categories of complaints;
   2. Ensure that complaints are not dismissed without appropriate consideration;
   3. Require that the board be advised of a complaint that is dismissed and that a letter be sent to the person who filed the complaint explaining the action taken on the dismissed complaint;
   4. Ensure that the person who filed the complaint has an opportunity to explain the allegations made in the complaint; and
   5. Prescribe guidelines concerning the categories of complaints that require the use of a private investigator and the procedures for the committee to obtain the services of a private investigator.
2. The committee shall dispose of all complaints in a timely manner.

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