Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2201 - Licensed Professional Counselors, Board of Examiners of › Chapter 3 - Organization › Rule 30-2201-3.4 - Oral Proceedings on Proposed Rules

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Scope. This rule
				applies to all oral proceedings held for the purposes of providing the public
				with an opportunity to make oral presentations on proposed new rules and
				amendments to rules before the Board pursuant to §
									25-43-3.104.
B. When Oral Proceedings will be scheduled on
				Proposed Rules. The Board will conduct an oral proceeding on a proposed rule or
				amendment if requested by a political subdivision, an agency, or ten (10)
				persons in writing within twenty (20) days after the filing of the notice of
				the proposed rule.
C. Request
				Format. Each request must be printed or typewritten, or must be in legible
				handwriting. Each request must be submitted on standard business letter-size
				paper (8-1/2 inches by 11 inches). Requests may be in the form of a letter
				addressed to the Board and signed by the requestor(s).
D. Notification of Oral Proceeding. The date,
				time, and place of all oral proceedings shall be filed with the Secretary of
				State's office and mailed to each requestor. The oral proceedings will be
				scheduled no earlier than twenty (20) days from the filing of this information
				with the Secretary of State.
E.
				Presiding Officer. The Chairperson or his/her/their designee, who is familiar
				with the substance of the proposed rule, shall preside at the oral proceeding
				on a proposed rule.
F. Public
				Presentations and Participation.
1. At an oral
				proceeding on a proposed rule, persons may make oral statements and make
				documentary and physical submissions, which may include data, views, comments,
				or arguments concerning the proposed rule.
2. Persons wishing to make oral presentations
				at such a proceeding shall notify the Board at least one business day prior to
				the proceeding and indicate the general subject of their presentations. The
				presiding officer in his/her/their discretion may allow individuals to
				participate that have not previously contacted the Board.
3. At the proceeding, those who participate
				shall indicate their names and addresses, identify any persons or organizations
				they may represent, and provide any other information relating to their
				participation deemed appropriate by the presiding officer.
4. The presiding officer may place time
				limitations on individual oral presentations when necessary to assure the
				orderly and expeditious conduct of the oral proceeding. To encourage joint oral
				presentations and to avoid repetition, additional time may be provided for
				persons whose presentations represent the views of other individuals as well as
				their own views.
5. Persons making
				oral presentations are encouraged to avoid restating matters that have already
				been submitted in writing.
6. There
				shall be no interruption of a participant who has been given the floor by the
				presiding officer, except that the presiding officer may in his/her/their
				discretion interrupt or end the partisan's time where the orderly conduct of
				the proceeding so requires.