Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2825 - RULES OF PROCEDURE › Chapter 1 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Rule 30-2825-1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
For Part 2825, Chapter 1 only, the following terms have the
				  meanings indicated:
A. Allegation: a
				claim or accusation of a violation of the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law
				and/or the laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of nursing.
B. Appellant: a Respondent who
				makes an appeal to the Full Membership of the Board, to a chancery court, or to
				a higher court.
C. Board: the
				Mississippi Board of Nursing, including its members and employees acting on its
				members' behalf.
D. Board Hearing
				Panel: the three-member panel of the Board designated to hear disciplinary
				proceedings, pursuant to
Miss. Code Ann.
Section
				73-15-31.
				Members of the Board shall be designated to sit on a Board Hearing Panel on a
				rotating basis.
E. Case Review
				Committee: an inter-departmental committee of Board staff, assembled for the
				purpose of reviewing allegations of violations of the Mississippi Nursing
				Practice Law and/or the laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of
				nursing.
F. Complaint Counsel: the
				attorney retained by the Board to prosecute licensees pursuant to the
				Mississippi Nursing Practice Law.
G. Executive Director: the chief executive
				officer or other designee employed by the Board to run the day to day
				operations of the Board.
H. Formal
				Complaint: a formal document publicly charging a Respondent with a violation of
				the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law and/or the laws, rules and regulations
				governing the practice of nursing and noticing Respondent of date and time of
				Formal Hearing.
I. Informal
				Conference: an informal review or meeting, occurring at any time prior to the
				Board entering any order with respect to the allegation, between the Case
				Review Committee, Board, and/or Board Hearing Panel and the Respondent or legal
				representative to fully explore the issues involved in the allegation and to
				facilitate the disposition of the allegation.
J. Licensee: any individual licensed to
				practice by the Board as a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or
				Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Mississippi.
K. Mississippi Nursing Practice Law: Sections
				73-15-1,
et seq.
, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated.
L. Respondent: a licensee or
				applicant against whom the Board has initiated a formal or informal
				action.
M. Time Period: unless
				indicated otherwise, when the period is stated in days or a longer unit of
				time:
1) In computing any period of time
				prescribed or allowed by these rules, the day of the event that triggers the
				period shall not be included.
2)
				Every day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall
				be included.
3) The last day of the
				period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
				legal holiday, as set forth in Mississippi statute. In such case, the period
				continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday,
				or legal holiday.