37-3-203. Powers and duties. The board may:
     (1) adopt rules necessary or proper to carry out parts 1 through 3 of this chapter. The rules must be fair, impartial, and nondiscriminatory.
     (2) hold hearings and take evidence in matters relating to the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in the board;
     (3) aid the county attorneys of this state in the enforcement of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter and the prosecution of persons, firms, associations, or corporations charged with violations of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter;
     (4) establish a program to assist and rehabilitate licensed physicians who are found to be physically or mentally impaired by habitual intemperance or the excessive use of addictive drugs, alcohol, or any other drug or substance or by mental or chronic physical illness;
     (5) select an executive secretary to be hired by the department to:
     (a) provide services to the board in connection with the board's duties under this chapter;
     (b) assist in prosecution and matters of license discipline under this chapter; and
     (c) administer the board's affairs; and
     (6) fund additional staff, hired by the department, to administer the provisions of this chapter, by increasing license fees as necessary.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 94, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 83, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 283, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 436, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 419, L. 1993.