NAC640E.210. Complaints against licensee or applicant; investigation.

     1. The Executive Officer shall receive a complaint against a licensee or an applicant for a license to engage in the practice of dietetics from any person.

     2. The Executive Officer shall forward each complaint to the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or its successor organization for investigation of the complaint. If the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or its successor organization refuses to investigate the complaint, the Executive Officer may conduct an investigation.

     3. If, after reviewing the findings of an investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 2, the Executive Officer finds grounds for taking disciplinary action, the Executive Officer shall, after notice and hearing, issue a decision in the matter.

     4. The failure of a licensee to cooperate with an investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 2 constitutes grounds for disciplinary action against the licensee.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R090-12, eff. 12-20-2012)