A. Consultation
Legal and/or ethics consultation shall be available to the PEC at the discretion of the Chair and Executive Director.
B. Budget
1. In keeping with the practices of ACPE, the Commission chair shall prepare a budget that allows for two meetings annually.
2. The Commission may meet and conduct its business through telephone calls or internet voice connection.
C. Avoiding bias, conflict of interest
It is expected that anyone invited to participate in any aspect of reviewing, mediating, investigating or adjudicating an ethics complaint will decline if they have a conflict of interest or personal or professional relationship with a part or entity that would lead to bias or the perception thereof. Should a replacement be required for the Commission’s work, the Chair will appoint another current or former Commission member.
D. Non-Disclosure Statement
All persons involved in processing complaints of ethics violation who have access to information from confidential student records in the course of the review are required to sign the non-disclosure statement (Appendix P- 1).
E. Review/revisions of standards and/or Processing Complaints of Ethics Violations in ACPE
The PEC Chair and Chair-elect in consultation with the Standards Committee Chair will review these guidelines every five years. The Standards Committee will review and present changes to the PEC members for acceptance. The updated manual is submitted by the PEC to the Board of Representatives for approval.