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Current through June, 2024
Part 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
				definitions apply throughout the Rules of Practice of the Office of
				Professional Regulation:
(A)
			 Administrative Law Officer: A hearing officer appointed pursuant to
			 3 V.S.A. §
												129(j) to hear contested
			 cases regarding denials of licensure or disciplinary matters.
(B) Appellate Officer: A hearing officer
			 appointed pursuant to
			 3 V.S.A. §
												123(e) to hear appeals of
			 board decisions filed pursuant to
			 3 V.S.A. §
												130a.
(C) Director: Director of the Office of
			 Professional Regulation, Office of Secretary of State.
(D) Docket Clerk: The Docket Clerk in the
			 Office of the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation.
(E) Filing (when used as a noun): Any
			 petition, application, complaint, motion, exhibit, or any other document or
			 thing of any description which is required or permitted to be filed with a
			 hearing authority in connection with a pending case.
(F) Hearing authority: The board or
			 commission regulating a profession or occupation or a hearing officer appointed
			 by a board or commission; for auctioneers, the Secretary of State or a hearing
			 officer appointed by the Secretary of State; for professions or occupations
			 regulated by the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation with
			 advisors, the administrative law officer appointed by the Secretary of State;
			 and the appellate officer assigned by the Director of the Office of
			 Professional Regulation.
(G)
			 Hearing Officer: A hearing officer appointed by a board pursuant to
			 3 V.S.A. §
												129(f) to whom a case has
			 been referred.
(H) Office: The
			 Office of Professional Regulation in the Office of the Secretary of
			 State.
(I) Order of Notice: An
			 order issued by a hearing authority listing persons entitled to receive notice
			 of a proceeding before a hearing authority and copies of all documents filed in
			 the proceeding.
(J) Party: In a
			 disciplinary hearing and appeal, the licensee and the State of Vermont,
			 represented by the Office of the Attorney General or by Special Counsel; in a
			 license denial hearing before a board or commission, the applicant; in a
			 license denial hearing before an administrative law officer, the applicant and
			 the Director; in an appeal from a license denial hearing before a board or
			 commission, the applicant and the hearing authority; in an appeal from a
			 license denial hearing before the administrative law officer, the applicant and
			 the Director.
(K) Person: Any
			 individual, group, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or other entity
			 or organization.
(L) Presiding
			 Officer: Legal counsel authorized by a hearing authority under
			 3 V.S.A. §
												129(g)(3) to preside at
			 hearings.
(M) Respondent: In a
			 disciplinary proceeding, the party against whom a specification of charges has
			 been filed.