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Conducting Commission Meetings
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-08-.05
(1)
The Commission will hold regularly scheduled, public meetings to consider applications for
certificates of need, and to conduct other business.
(2)
Meetings of the Commission will be under the direction of the Chair, or in the Chair’s absence
or at his/her request, the Vice-Chair or other designated member as determined by the Chair.
The meetings will be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, except where
otherwise provided by rule or statute.
(3)
All motions for the approval or disapproval of certificates of need and for Commission
Determinations will be determined by roll call vote. Except where otherwise provided by rule
or by statute, matters other than the approval or disapproval of a certificate of need and
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Commission Determinations may, at the discretion of the Chair or acting Chair, be
determined by voice vote.
(a)
Any Commission member present and voting on a matter which has been determined
by a voice vote may request that a roll call vote be taken. In the event such a request is
made, a roll call vote will be taken. No additional debate or discussion will be allowed
on the matter, unless otherwise appropriate under applicable rules of parliamentary
procedure.
(b)
Conditions placed upon the granting of a certificate of need should be included in the
motion for approval, or an amendment thereto, and determined in accordance with
these rules.