Section 22 AAC 30.110 - Complaints; subsequent action against provider approval(a) A person, including an employee of the department, may bring a complaint against an approved provider, alleging a violation of a requirement for provider approval under this chapter, a violation of a supervision condition placed on the approval as described in 22 AAC 30.040, or a violation of a standard of care in 22 AAC 30.200 by submitting the complaint in writing to the Sex Offender Treatment Committee. The committee shall open a complaint file and review the complaint. Upon completion of initial review of the complaint, the committee shall prepare for the complaint file a report regarding the complaint, including the committee's conclusion as to whether there is probable cause to believe that a violation has occurred. In the report, the committee may recommend that the department suspend the provider's approval under this chapter until the complaint is resolved, in order to prevent an undue risk of harm to the public. The committee shall forward the complaint file to the department.(b) If, after review of the complaint file, the department determines that probable cause does not exist to believe that a violation has occurred, the department will furnish a written report of the complaint to the provider who is the subject of the complaint, setting out the reasons for the determination, and will place a copy of the report in the complaint file.(c) If, after review of the complaint file, the department determines that there is probable cause to believe that a violation has occurred, the department will notify the provider who is the subject of the complaint of the allegations contained in the complaint, and will furnish the provider with a response form. The department will return the complaint file to the committee and direct the committee to investigate the allegations in the complaint.(d) If the department directs the committee to conduct an investigation as described in (c) of this section and the department concludes that suspension of the provider's approval pending resolution of the complaint is necessary to prevent an undue risk of harm to the public, the department will notify the provider that the department intends to suspend the provider's approval under this chapter pending resolution of the complaint and that the provider may contest the suspension determination by providing to the department, within three days after the date of the notification under this subsection, a written statement as to why suspension is not necessary to prevent an undue risk of harm to the public. The department will consider the provider's statement, make a final determination as to whether the provider's approval under this chapter should be suspended pending resolution of the complaint, and will notify the provider of that final determination. If the department's final determination is that the provider's approval under this chapter should be suspended, the suspension takes effect upon the provider's receipt of notification of that final determination.(e) Within 14 days after the date of the notification of allegations under (c) of this section, the provider shall submit to the committee, on the response form furnished by the department, a sworn statement in response to the allegations in the complaint. The provider shall cooperate with the investigation of the complaint by providing to the committee any documents or information requested by the committee. The provider's failure to respond to the allegations or to cooperate with the committee's investigation as required by this subsection may result in revocation of the provider's approval. The committee shall place in the complaint file the provider's response statement, any other documents or information provided to the committee under this subsection, and any other material considered by the committee in its investigation.(f) Upon completion of its investigation, the committee shall prepare for the complaint file a report of the results of the committee's investigation and a recommendation for department action regarding the complaint, and shall forward the complaint file to the department. The committee's recommendation may be that the department (2) continue the provider's approval under this chapter with conditions designed to correct the violation, if the committee considers the violation to be a minor one that does not create an undue risk to the public and is amenable to correction within a specified period of time; or(3) revoke the provider's approval under this chapter.(g) If, after review of the complaint file, including the committee's report and recommendation under (f) of this section, the department decides to(1) take no action on the complaint, the department will notify the provider of the decision, will furnish the provider with a written report of the decision and will retain a copy of the notification and report in the complaint file;(2) continue the provider's approval under this chapter with specified conditions designed to correct the violation, the department will notify the provider of the continued approval and conditions, will furnish the provider with a written report of the decision, including a statement of the reasons for the conditions, and will retain a copy of the notification and report in the complaint file;(3) revoke the provider's approval under this chapter, the department will notify the provider of the revocation decision, will furnish the provider with a written report of the decision, including a written statement of the reasons for revocation and instructions for requesting a review of the decision, and will retain a copy of the notification and report in the complaint file.(h) A provider who receives notification of a decision under (g)(2) or (3) of this section has 30 days from the date of the notification to request review of the decision in the manner described in 22 AAC 30.060(a). If the provider timely requests review as provided in this subsection, the department's review of the decision will be conducted as described in 22 AAC 30.060. If a timely request for review is not received as provided in this subsection, the revocation or the placement of conditions takes effect on the 31st day after the date of the notification of the decision under (g) of this section.(i) After resolution of a complaint under this section, the department will inform the complainant of the disposition of the complaint.(j) In this section, "violation" means a violation of a requirement for provider approval under this chapter, a violation of a supervision condition placed on the approval as described in 22 AAC 30.040, or a violation of a standard of care in 22 AAC 30.200.Eff. 11/2/2002, Register 164Authority:AS 33.30.011
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