N.H. Admin. Code § Int 206.01

Current through Register No. 45, November 7, 2024
Section Int 206.01 - Complaints of Licensee Misconduct; Requests for Licensee Response
(a) Any person may make a written complaint charging a licensee or an unlicensed interpreter with misconduct under RSA 326-I:14, II The complaint shall be filed at the board's offices in Concord. The complaint may be filed in an alternative format under Int 205.02.
(b) The person making the complaint shall include the following information in the complaint filed with the board:
(1) The name and address of the complainant;
(2) The name, if known, business address and phone number and or other contact information of the licensee or the unlicensed interpreter against whom the complaint is directed; and
(3) The specific facts and circumstances which are believed to constitute professional misconduct.
(c) A complaint alleging misconduct that occurred more than 2 years prior to the filing date of the complaint shall be rejected unless the complaint also alleges that the misconduct could not have been reasonably discovered within the 2 year filing period.
(d) The board shall reject any complaint that does not meet jurisdictional requirements or is not properly filed. The board shall accept for investigation properly filed complaints within its jurisdiction.
(e) Once a complaint is accepted, a docket number shall be assigned to each matter which shall appear on all subsequent correspondence, notices, orders or decisions of the board.
(f) Once a complaint is accepted, the board shall notify a licensee or an unlicensed interpreter that a complaint of professional misconduct has been filed against him or her. The licensee or unlicensed interpreter shall have 30 days to respond to the complaint in writing or in alternative format pursuant to Int 205.02. The board shall notify the complainant and the licensee or the unlicensed interpreter against whom the complaint has been filed of the board's decision to undertake an investigation. Notice shall be served upon all parties by certified mail.

N.H. Admin. Code § Int 206.01

#7852-B, eff 3-12-03, EXPIRED: 3-12-11

New. #9942, INTERIM, eff 6-18-11, EXPIRED: 12-15-11

New. #10040-B, eff 12-16-11; ss by #10359, eff 6-14-13