18VAC85-15-30: Criteria for an agency subordinate

A. An agency subordinate may include board members, professional staff or other persons authorized and deemed by the board to be knowledgeable by virtue of their training and experience in administrative proceedings involving the regulation and discipline of health professionals to conduct an informal fact-finding proceeding.

B. The executive director shall maintain a list of appropriately qualified persons to whom an informal fact-finding proceeding may be delegated.

C. The board may delegate to the executive director the selection of the agency subordinate who is deemed appropriately qualified to conduct a proceeding based on the qualifications of the subordinate and the type of case being heard.