Board Meeting Minutes

BOARD MEETING
May 2, 2005
Tieszen Law Office Conference Room
Pierre, South Dakota
9:00 am.    

  1. Attendance: Present were Dr. Olson, Dr. Stekly, Dr. Bartlett, Dr. Garrity,  Dr. Watson, Ann Meyer, and Naomi Cromwell. 

  2. Approve Minutes of Board Meeting on February 8, 2005: Correction of minutes of 02/08/05. Attendance to read Dr. Bartlett, not Dr. Barnett. Dr. Stekly moved, seconded by Dr. Garrity to approve the corrected minutes of 02/08/05. Motion carried.

  3. Treasurer's Report: March 31, 2005 balance is $21,820.20; March 31, 2004 was $23,023.37.  Dr. Garrity moved, seconded by Dr. Bartlett, to approve the treasurer’s report.  Motion carried.

  4. Board review and approve CE courses:

    a. Retinal Consultants-5 hrs. 05/19/05-Fargo, ND
    b. Montana Optometric Association-May 11-14, 2005-Boseman, MT-18 COPE hrs
    c. Northern Rockies Optometric Conf.-Jackson Hole,WY-07/21-23/05-18 Cope hrs
    d. Mountain West Council-May 19-22-Las Vegas, NV-cope or cope pending courses

    Motion by Dr. Bartlett, seconded by Dr. Garrity, to approve above the CE courses. Motion carried.

  5. Motion to go into closed session. Motion to go out of closed session.

  6. ARB0 Annual Meeting- June 19-21, 2005-Dallas, TX.  Dr. Stekly will represent the Board at this meeting.

  7. Special requirement for inactive license. 20:50:08:05-Naomi will work on 20:50:08:05 and give recommendations to the Board at next meeting.

  8. Minimum Examination 20:50:07:01-Last paragraph allows for special procedures that may not require a refractive exam. No need to change 20:50:07:0.1

  9. Old Business:
    a. Ownership of records: HIPPA has no guideline for optometric record retention.

    b. ARBO Tracking: It is not available to individual state. Each OD must be responsible for sending in education hours.

    c. AOA licensure by endorsement: Board reviewed endorsements from other states.  At next meeting, we need to submit.

    d. Board’s investigator: Dr. Steve Anderson will be our investigator.

  10. New Business:

    a. Review contracts for 2005-06. Dr. Watson will retire 06/01/06.  Tieszen Law Office asks for an hourly raise from $90.00 to $100.00. SDOS educational payment will remain $4000.00.

    b. Motion to go into closed session. Motion to go out of closed  session. Dr. Bartlett moved, seconded by Dr. Stekly, to have Naomi Cromwell review 20:50:04:09 and 20:50:04:11. Motion carried.

    c. Advertise for new Board secretary-Will review resumes at next meeting.

    d. Review Board’s title “South Dakota State Board of Examiner in Optometry”.

    e. License renewal fee has been $175 since therapeutic licensure. The fees have not kept up with inflation. Dr. Stekly moved, seconded by Dr. Garrity, to change Rule 20:50:02:08 to a fee of $200.00 beginning year 2006-07.

  11. Time and place of next meeting: The next meeting will on September 12, 2005, 9:00 am at Tieszen Law Conference Room.