Respiratory Care Board of California

December 13, 2004 Board Meeting Agenda

Respiratory Care Board of California
BOARD MEETING

PUBLIC SESSION AGENDA

December 13, 2004
Santa Clara County Training and Conference Center
1641 N. 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 299-6889

8:30 AM - 4:30PM

Mission Statement:
"To protect and serve the consumer by administering and enforcing the Respiratory Care Practice Act and its regulations in the interest of the safe practice of respiratory care."

8:30 AM
1. Call to Order

 
2. Hearings for Petitions for Reinstatement of RCP Licensure
 
 
a. Petitioner: Renee Frank
 
 
b. Petitioner: Richard S. Wigton Jr.
 
 
c. Petitioner: Donald J. Sanders
 
 
d. Petitioner: Terry L. Christofferson
 
 
e. Petitioner: Thomas F. Garlipp

CLOSED SESSION

The Board will convene into Closed Session, as authorized by Government Code section 11126(c)(3), to deliberate each petition for reinstatement listed in item 2 and will reconvene into open session at approximately 1:30 PM.

12:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM
3. Approval of June 24, 2004 Public Session Minutes

 
4. Executive Officer's Report
Stephanie Nunez, Executive Officer
 
 
a. California Performance Review
 
 
b. California Licensed RCPs Holding CRT/RRT Credentials
 
 
c. Office of State Printing Memorandum of Understanding
 
 
d. CSRC: Respiratory Care Summit
 
 
e. CSRC: Greater Bay Area Chapter Meeting
 
 
f. Medtrade Spring Conference
 
 
g. General Report

 
5. Professional Licensing Committee Report
Larry L. Renner, RCP, Chair
Richard L. Sheldon M.D., Member
 
 
a. Respiratory Care in California DVD
 
 
b. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Review and Recommendations
 
 
c. Pulmonary Function Testing Review and Recommendations
 
 
d. Polysomnography Review and Recommendations
 
 
e. Home Care Review and Recommendations
 
 
f. Enforcement and Outreach Alternatives
 
 
g. General Report

 
6. Education Committee Report
Barbara M. Stenson, RCP, Chair
Kim Cooper Salinger, MBA, RRT, Member
 
 
a. Law and Professional Ethics Course Implementation Plan
 
 
b. Proposed Ethics Course Regulatory Language
 
 
c. Student Criminal Background Checks
 
 
d. General Report

 
7. Executive Committee Repor
Scott J. Svonkin, President
Kim Cooper Salinger, MBA, RRT, Vice-President
 
 
a. Strategic Goals and Objectives
 
 
b. Sunset Review Recommendations
 
 
c. Fiscal Review
 
 
d. Fee Reduction Scenarios
 
 
e. General Report

 
8. Enforcement Committee Report
Vacant, Chair
Gary N. Stern, Esq., Member
 
 
a. Enforcement Statistics

 
9. Legislative/Legal Affairs Committee Report
Scott J. Svonkin, Chair
Gary N. Stern, Esq., Member
 
 
a. Legislative Committee Agenda and Guidelines
 
 
b. 2004 Legislation
 
 
c. 2005 Proposed Legislation
 
 
d. S 2707 and HR 2905 Federal Legislation
 
 
e. General Report

 
10. Election of Officers

 
11. 2005 Meeting Planning

 
12. Future Agenda Items

 
13. Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda

4:30 PM
Adjournment

PLEASE NOTE: Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Time and order of agenda items are subject to change at the discretion of the President. Meetings of the Respiratory Care Board are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the Public Meetings Act. In addition to the agenda item which addresses public comment, the audience will be given appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board, but the President may, at his discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak. Contact person: Stephanie Aguirre; telephone: (916) 323-9983

The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs disability-related accommodations or modifications in order to participate in the meeting shall make a request, no later than six (6) working days before the meeting, to the Board by contacting Stephanie Aguirre at (916) 323-9983 or sending a written request to: Stephanie Aguirre, Respiratory Care Board, 444 North 3rd Street, Suite 270, Sacramento, CA 95814.