May 22, 2006 Regular Board Meeting
9:00 a.m. (MDT)
Rapid City, SD
The Board convened at 9:02 a.m. The Secretary called the roll.
Board members present:
Raye Jeanne Blundell, President
Valerie Hinzman, Vice President
Jamie Clark, Secretary
Gail Dawn
Absent:
David Banker
Also present:
Peggy Verville of Rapid City
Bridget Myers of Sioux Falls
Leonard Gardner of Sioux Falls
Brett Koenecke, Executive Secretary
The agenda was corrected to add election of officers. Moved by Hinzman, seconded by Dawn, all in favor.
The minutes of April 18 were considered. Motion to approve by Dawn, second by Clark, all in favor.
The minutes of April 26 were considered. Motion to approve by Hinzman, second by Clark, all in favor.
The Board discussed correspondence. Koenecke reported that the Board had received a contact from someone regarding the practice of Rolfing. Rolfing was discussed briefly, and it was discussed that Chuck Sutton of Yankton might practice Rolfing in that locale. It was moved by Dawn, seconded by Clark, to respond to the contact asking for contact information and more information before making a decision. All in favor.
The FY ’07 budget was considered, and expenditures of $62,844 over that time frame were proposed. The Board expressed its wish and desire that the operations of the Board cost less. However, it was determined that doing so would not be in the best interests of the public. Motion by Hinzman, second by Dawn, to approve the FY ’07 budget at $62,844. All in favor.
The Board moved to consider further the rules proposal from April 18. It was determined to post the oral comments on the Board’s website for the review and perusal of interested people. Peggy Verville spoke on CPR and temporary licensure. The Board discussed the NCBTMB test and then reinforced its prior determination that prospective licensees can take either one and do not need to take both.
At approximately 10:47, the Board was joined by Peggy Larson and Sandy Fenhaus from Headlines Academy in Rapid City.
The Board considered the rules in numerical order.
Motion by Dawn, second by Hinzman, to make amendments to 20:76:02:01 regarding returning and refunding of the application fees. All in favor.
Motion by Clark, second by Hinzman, to strike “by the Board” from 20:76:02:02. All in favor.
Motion to amend by Hinzman, seconded by Clark, to amend 20:76:02:05 to read as follows:
The Executive Secretary may return an incomplete application. The Board shall take final action upon any application no later than six months after submission.
All in favor.
The Board reviewed 20:76:03:01 at length and determined to make no changes.
The Board considered 20:76:04:03. It was moved by Dawn, seconded by Clark, to remove the last sentence of the proposed language. All in favor.
The Board considered licensure fees. The Board discussed fees and determined that fees could come down in the future if the number of licensees exceeds 500 by a comfortable margin. No changes were made to any of the fee proposals. The board noted that a number of them are statutory.
The Board considered the continuing education requirements. Regarding 20:76:05:02, Clark moved, Hinzman seconded, to delete CPR from the proposal. All in favor.
Clark moved, Dawn seconded, to delete the ethics requirement from the same section. All in favor.
Clark moved, Dawn seconded, to change the continuing education requirement to 16 hours over the 2-year period. All in favor.
It was moved by Dawn, seconded by Hinzman, to change the electronic delivery requirement to 4 hours. That motion lost 1-2.
The Board broke for lunch at 11:59 a.m. and reconvened at 1:04 p.m.
Dawn moved, Hinzman seconded, to move the electronic delivery requirement to 8 hours. After discussion, all voted in favor.
It was moved by Dawn, seconded by Hinzman, to rewrite ¶ 20:76:05:04 as follows:
A qualifying activity is any course with a clear purpose and objective which maintains, improves, or expands the skills and knowledge relevant to the licensee’s field of practice. Self-study activities, including internet courses, reading books or articles, or auditing video/audio tapes are not qualifying activities unless testing or examination with formal recorded passing scores are obtained. Contact hours must be obtained in qualifying activities related to the licensee’s profession. Qualifying contact hours may be earned in any jurisdiction.
All in favor.
It was moved by Hinzman, seconded by Clark, to add “associations or” between “professional” and “repositories.” in ¶ 20:76:05:06. All in favor.
The Board discussed the language of 20:76:05:07. Hinzman/Clark moved to strike the entire section. All in favor. The Board stated its recognition that statute allows the Board to reflect on hardships and would rely on that rather than the statements in the Code. The Board moved to renumber ¶¶ :08 to :07 and :09 to :08. All in favor.
Hinzman moved, Clark seconded, to amend the second paragraph of 20:76:06:01 to remove the third sentence. All in favor.
The Board finished reviewing the proposed rules by noting that the malpractice insurance limits appeared to be appropriate, as did the nomenclature, considering that malpractice is the term used in statute. It was moved by Hinzman, seconded by Dawn, to accept the rules and submit them for further consideration in the rules process. All in favor.
At this time, the Board opened elections for its officers to serve for the upcoming year. Clark nominated Hinzman for president. A unanimous ballot was cast in favor of Hinzman for president of the Board.
Clark nominated Dawn for vice president. A unanimous ballot was cast for Dawn.
Hinzman nominated Clark for secretary, and a unanimous ballot was cast for Clark.
Those officers will take their positions on July 1st.
The Board discussed the agenda for its upcoming meeting in Sioux Falls. The Board expressed its desire that the following things be placed on the agenda:
The board considered a request to hold a meeting in Sioux Falls prior to the meeting of the Rules Review committee. The board discussed the request and noted that the cost of doing so might very well outweigh the benefit where the meeting was concerned. It was determined that no meeting would be scheduled.
At 2:50 p.m., the Board went into executive session to discuss a legal matter. At 3:05, the Board came out of executive session, took no action, and adjourned.
