SEC 4 of ARTICLE II states the powers and duties of the Board. What does quasi-judicial mean?

SEC 4 of ARTICLE II states the powers and duties of the Board. What does quasi-judicial mean?

• A. rule making
• B. investigative
• C. adjudicative
• D. interpretive

Answer: (B)

Quasi-judicial means adjudicative: the body acts much like a court by holding hearings, weighing evidence, applying the law to the facts, and issuing a decision that affects the rights or liabilities of the parties involved. It's about deciding specific cases and rendering binding outcomes, not about creating broad rules or merely gathering information. For example, when a board investigates a complaint, determines what happened from the evidence, and issues an order or penalty based on that determination, that is a quasi-judicial action. In contrast, rulemaking is a quasi-legislative activity (creating general rules), and interpretive or investigative functions deal with clarifying rules or gathering facts rather than issuing case-by-case decisions.

Quasi-judicial means adjudicative: the body acts much like a court by holding hearings, weighing evidence, applying the law to the facts, and issuing a decision that affects the rights or liabilities of the parties involved. It's about deciding specific cases and rendering binding outcomes, not about creating broad rules or merely gathering information. For example, when a board investigates a complaint, determines what happened from the evidence, and issues an order or penalty based on that determination, that is a quasi-judicial action. In contrast, rulemaking is a quasi-legislative activity (creating general rules), and interpretive or investigative functions deal with clarifying rules or gathering facts rather than issuing case-by-case decisions.