(a) The State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists shall adopt such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to administer this chapter.
(b) The Chair and the Secretary of the State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists may administer oaths and subpoena witnesses.
(c) The board, if moneys are appropriated therefor, may employ and fix the compensation of such assistants, clerks, stenographers, typists, and other employees to serve at the pleasure of the board, and acquire such office space, furniture, supplies, equipment, and other such proper conveniences as may be reasonably necessary for the performance of their duties under this chapter.
(d) (1) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for continuing education as a means to maintain professional competency.
(2) The standards shall be established in a manner to assure that a variety of approved continuing education programs are available to registered disease intervention specialists, including, but not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes, seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension courses, home study programs, articles published, and scientific papers published.
(3) The continuing education units shall be awarded for direct participation in courses approved by the board.
(e) The board may contract with another agency or association to perform part or all of the duties in establishing procedures to record and retain data on all registered disease intervention specialists in good standing.
Section: Previous 17-98-202 17-98-203Last modified: November 15, 2016