345.030. Duties of board.
Duties of board.
345.030. 1. The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce theprovisions of sections 345.010 to 345.080, evaluate the qualifications ofapplicants, supervise the examination of applicants, issue licenses, andshall investigate persons engaging in practices which appear to violate theprovisions of sections 345.010 to 345.080.
2. The board shall conduct such hearings and keep such records andminutes as shall be necessary to an orderly dispatch of business.
3. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations whichestablish ethical standards of practice and may amend or repeal the same.Rules and regulations shall be adopted that ensure consumer protectionrelated to hearing instrument dispensing that meet or exceed those providedunder sections 346.007 to 346.250, RSMo, and rules and regulationspromulgated pursuant thereto.
4. Regular meetings of the commission shall be held at such times andplaces as it prescribes, and special meetings may be held upon the call ofthe chairperson or by request of at least two other members of thecommission, but at least one regular meeting shall be held each year.
5. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authorityof sections 345.010 to 345.080 shall become effective unless it has beenpromulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.
(L. 1973 H.B. 329 § 6, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1995 S.B. 69, et al., A.L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. , A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)