NAC633.454. Hearing officer or panel: Authority of Board; duties; findings and recommendations.

     1. The Board may appoint a hearing officer or panel to preside over and conduct a hearing concerning a disciplinary proceeding in the manner set forth in chapter 622A of NRS.

     2. If the Board appoints a hearing officer or panel pursuant to subsection 1, the Board may:

     (a) Revoke the appointment and assume responsibility for presiding over and conducting the hearing; or

     (b) Designate another hearing officer or panel to preside over and conduct the hearing.

     3. If a hearing officer or panel presides over and conducts a hearing concerning a disciplinary proceeding, the hearing officer or panel shall, after the close of all evidentiary hearings, file with the Board and serve on each party to the hearing written findings and recommendations that include, without limitation:

     (a) A proposed order;

     (b) The findings of fact and conclusions of law of the hearing officer or panel;

     (c) The reasons and bases for its findings of fact and conclusions of law; and

     (d) The recommendations of the hearing officer or panel.

     4. Pursuant to NRS 622A.300, the written findings and recommendations of a hearing officer or panel are subject to review by the entire Board.

     5. Upon review of the written findings and recommendations of a hearing officer or panel, the Board may, subject to the provisions of NRS 233B.124 and subsection 5 of NRS 622A.300, approve, reject or modify the written findings and recommendations, in whole or in part, and may take any other action that the Board deems appropriate to resolve the case.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Osteopathic Med. by R208-05, eff. 2-23-2006)