The committee shall have the power to:
- Promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, all rules that are necessary for the implementation and administration of this chapter;
- Establish the fees to be paid for temporary permits and for initial licensure, renewal or reinstatement of a license, late renewal of a license, and replacement of a lost license, at a level that is adequate to pay all the expenses of implementing and administering this chapter, in accordance with § 63-1-137;
- Review and approve or reject the application of each person who applies for licensure as a polysomnographic technologist;
- Biennially review and approve or reject each application for license renewal;
- Issue, in the board’s name, all temporary permits and all approved licenses and renewal of licenses;
- Collect or receive all fees, fines, and money owed pursuant to this chapter and pay the fees, fines and money into the general fund of the state;
- Deny, suspend, revoke, restrict, or impose one (1) or more conditions on a license, as the committee deems necessary or appropriate at the time a license is issued, renewed, or reinstated, or as a sanction imposed at the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing;
- Issue private advisory letter rulings to any person licensed under this chapter who makes a request for a ruling regarding any matter within the committee’s jurisdiction; provided, however, that the ruling shall affect only the licensee making the inquiry and shall have no precedential value for any other contested case or inquiry before the committee;
- Develop a code of ethics for the practice of polysomnography in this state;
- Develop standards of care for the practice of polysomnography in this state;
- Develop standards for the educational and clinical training of polysomnographic technologists, including the evaluation of the accreditation status of educational programs in polysomnography;
- Develop criteria for the evaluation of applications for licensure submitted by registered polysomnographic technologists who are licensed in other states;
- Develop continuing education requirements that shall be met by licensed polysomnographic technologists; and
- Conduct disciplinary hearings in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and impose whatever sanctions the committee deems appropriate on an applicant or licensee.