37-12-201. Organization of board -- powers and duties.
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37-12-201 . Organization of board -- powers and duties. The board shall:
(1)elect annually a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer from its membership;
(2)administer oaths, take affidavits, summon witnesses, and take testimony as to matters coming within the scope of the board;
(3)make a schedule of minimum educational requirements that are without prejudice, partiality, or discrimination as to the different schools of chiropractic;
(4)adopt rules necessary for the implementation, administration, continuation, and enforcement of this chapter. The rules must address but are not limited to license applications, the display of licenses, and the registration of interns and preceptors.
(5)make determinations of the qualifications of applicants under this chapter;
(6)certify that a chiropractor who meets the standards that the board by rule adopts is a qualified evaluator for purposes of 39-71-711 ; and
(a)establish a medical assistance program to assist licensees who are found to be physically or mentally impaired by habitual intemperance or the excessive use of addictive drugs, alcohol, or any other drug or substance or by mental illness or chronic physical illness. The program must provide for assistance to licensees in seeking treatment for mental illness or substance abuse and monitor their efforts toward rehabilitation.
(b)The board shall ensure that a licensee who is required or volunteers to participate in the medical assistance program as a condition of continued licensure or reinstatement of licensure must be allowed to enroll in a qualified medical assistance program within this state and may not require a licensee to enroll in a qualified treatment program outside the state unless the board finds that there is no qualified treatment program in this state.
(c)For the purposes of funding this medical assistance program, the board shall adjust the renewal fee to be commensurate with the cost of the program.