The Board regularly receives inquiries from practitioners and stakeholders on matters ranging from application criteria to scope of work, and a myriad of other topics.

We seek to explain that there are several reasons why the Board can’t always provide precise answers to these inquiries. First, the Board must always stay within the limits of authority the legislature gave it, and some questions can inadvertently push the Board toward those limits. For example, complete answers can end up amounting to advisory opinions, and our legislature hasn’t given us the authority to issue advisory opinions. Another reason is that the Board must avoid making policy statements that could be seen as expanding the scopes of practice. The Board cannot expand scopes of practices in that way; scopes of practice can only be expanded by formal rulemaking. Another reason is that oftentimes your particular circumstances must be taken into account—and while you might share the circumstances you believe are important, you might unintentionally leave out key factors. Because the Board does not know all your circumstances, it must take care not to inadvertently provide an answer that might be misleading. Finally, determining how laws apply to your circumstances can amount to legal advice—and because the Board is not an attorney, it cannot provide you with legal advice.

With all that said, we still welcome your inquiries, will work to provide you with helpful information, and trust that you understand our limitations.