Idaho State Board of Chiropractic Physicians
Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2004
Roll Call: Dr. Dennis Harper, Chair
Dr. Zane Sterling, Vice-Chair
Dr. James Hollingsworth
Others present: Rayola Jacobsen, Bureau Chief
Budd Hetrick, Deputy Bureau Chief
Roger Hales, Administrative Attorney
Sandee Hitesman, Secretary
Meeting was called to order at 12:40 p.m.
by Chair, Dr. Dennis Harper.
The minutes from the January
14, 2004 board meeting were reviewed. Motion
was made by Dr. Sterling to have the sentence that states, “and the
Chiropractic Assistants are allowed to also diagnose and perform diagnostic
procedures if under the direct supervision of a Chiropractic Physician”
stricken from the minutes. Seconded
by Dr. Hollingsworth, carried.
The board approved the minutes with the
changes noted above made.
Ms. Jacobsen gave the legislative report.
The Senate committee’s are scheduled to finish business on Friday.
The Legislature should finish next week.
There is legislation running at this time that would add the drinking and
wastewater operators licensing board to the Bureau.
DEQ will maintain the licensing of the facilities, but the Bureau will be
licensing the operators. This new board will impact all board budgets, by taking a
share of the Bureau’s indirect expenses.
The Bureau has requested additional staff positions, which will result in
additional personnel expense for the boards.
Ms. Jacobsen gave the Investigation
report.
There were 15 complaints in fiscal year 2000.
One is waiting legal review. There
were 15 complaints for fiscal year 2002. Two
of those are still under investigation. There
were 14 complaints in fiscal year 2003. Five
of those complaints have been closed, seven are under investigation and two are
waiting legal review. There have
been 13 complaints so far for fiscal year 2004, and all are currently under
investigation. The Bureau is reviewing complaints on a regular basis, and will
be requesting Board determinations prior to closing a complaint.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
approve the investigation report. Seconded
by Dr. Sterling, carried.
Ms. Jacobsen gave the financial
report.
The board has $16,780.93 left in appropriation, and a cash balance of
$70,340.77. The board should finish out this fiscal year in the black.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
approve the financial report. Seconded
by Dr. Sterling, carried.
Dr. Sterling did a comparison of the fees
from Fee Facts and the Idaho Industrial Commission.
Dr. Sterling will give this comparison to Sandee who will distribute to
the rest of the board. Fee Facts
does have a list of fees for the State of Idaho.
The Idaho Industrial Commission does not have a list of fee’s for CMT
codes 98941 through 98943. Dr.
Sterling noted that the Idaho Industrial Commission has three different codes
listed for Radiology. One code is
for taking X-rays. The second code
is to read the X-ray, and the third code is for doing both.
Dr. Sterling noted that the manual to be
sent out for Peer Review training is complete and awaiting Dr. Mayo’s
approval. The board asked to review
the manual before sending out to the Peer Review Committee members. Dr. Sterling will send the manual to Sandee to be distributed
to the board for review.
Continuing education requests for approval
were reviewed.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
approve 16 hours of continuing education for the seminar entitled ACC-RAC 2004
“Best Practices”, being presented by the Association of Chiropractic
Colleges. Seconded by Dr. Sterling,
carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Sterling to deny the
request for 30 hours of continuing education for the seminar entitled Crucial
Conversations Mastery Course Approval, being presented by Extraordinary
Development, Inc. Seconded by Dr.
Hollingsworth, carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
have Sandee E-mail the respondent back asking him to contact the person in
charge of the Whole Body Kinesio Taping seminar, and have that person send in a
request for continuing education approval.
Seconded by Dr. Sterling, carried.
Applicant CHIR-RJC-10-23-2003 was reviewed
for licensure. It was noted that
the board has the authority to request this applicant come before the board, or
require the applicant to take an examination.
The board discussed having the applicant take a State Examination that
would be administered by the board.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to have the Bureau contact the applicant and request he appear before the board. The board would administer an examination at that time to determine the applicant is of good moral character and capable of again practicing in the State of Idaho.
There was no second and the motion died.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
have the board appoint two board members to attend a special meeting at which
time an examination will be conducted to determine if the applicant is of good
moral character and capable of again practicing in the State of Idaho.
Seconded by Dr. Sterling, carried. Dr.
Hollingsworth and Dr. Sterling will be the two board members to attend this
special meeting and conduct the examination.
Applicant DCA-GJH-1-10-2003 was reviewed
for licensure.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to go
into executive session to consider application records exempt from disclosure as
provided in chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code.
Seconded by Dr. Sterling, carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
come out of executive session. Seconded
by Dr. Sterling, carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
refer the application for applicant DCA-GJH-1-10-2003 to Attorney, Roger Hales,
for review. Seconded by Dr.
Sterling, carried.
The board discussed payment of dues for
ACBA. The board denied payment of
these dues.
The board reviewed a request for waiver of
the $250.00 reinstatement fee. The
applicant sent in his renewal fee, but did not answer the questions on the
renewal form. The completed renewal
form was received in the Bureau office after the expiration date.
Motion was made by Dr. Hollingsworth to
deny the request to have the reinstatement fee waived, and direct legal council
to draft a letter to set forth the basis of the boards decision.
Seconded by Dr. Sterling, carried.
The board decided to schedule a conference
call board meeting at a later date.
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