(a) Each person employed to serve as an administrative judge or hearing officer within the executive branch shall, within the six-month period following the date of such employment, participate in a program of training for administrative judges and hearing officers conducted by the department of human resources, division of training. The department shall issue a certificate of participation to each judge or officer whose attendance is satisfactory.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-5-324

  • Administrative judge: means an agency member, agency employee or employee or official of the office of the secretary of state, licensed to practice law and authorized by law to conduct contested case proceedings pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 4-5-102
  • Hearing officer: means an agency member, agency employee or employee or official of the office of the secretary of state, not licensed to practice law, and authorized by law to conduct a contested case proceeding pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 4-5-102
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character, including another agency. See Tennessee Code 4-5-102
  • Policy: means any statement, document, or guideline prepared or issued by any agency pursuant to its delegated authority that merely defines or explains the meaning of a statute or a rule. See Tennessee Code 4-5-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) An administrative judge or hearing officer who hears contested cases referred to the office of the secretary of state by a public institution of postsecondary or higher education involving allegations of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking shall annually participate in training that satisfies the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. § 1681 ), the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f) ), and the federal regulations implementing those statutes, as amended.
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