2001 Awards Program
CLEAR is now accepting nominations for its 2001 awards program. Nomination
forms and additional information about the five awards CLEAR gives can be
found on our web site at
http://www.clearhq.org/awardsmain.htm. Please
remember the deadline for the 2001 awards program is May 16, 2001. Should
you have any questions, please contact Adam Parfitt via e-mail at
aparfitt@mis.net or by phone at (859) 269-1503.
Job Listings
Eight job postings of interest to the regulatory community can now be found at
http://www.clearhq.org/job_vacancies.htm. To submit information about a
vacancy, please contact Adam Parfitt via e-mail at aparfitt@mis.net or by
phone at (859) 269-1503.
Interested in Sponsoring an NCIT?
Sponsoring an offering of the National Certified Investigator/Inspector
Training (NCIT) program is easy. If your agency (or a group of agencies) can
guarantee 60 attendees for a Basic Program, or 30 attendees for a
Specialized Program, that's all it takes. In fact, even if you don't have
quite that many people to guarantee, CLEAR staff can work with you to locate
attendees from other places in order to make up the necessary number. The
form for prospective hosts is online
(http://www.clearhq.org/NCIT_Hosting_Form.htm).
Upcoming programs are scheduled for Sacramento, California (Basic April
30 - May 2; Specialized May 14-16) and San Antonio, Texas (Basic and
Specialized both on September 11-13). An additional offering will be held in
Madison, Wisconsin, likely during June. View the most current schedule and
register for training by visiting http://www.clearhq.org/ncitofferings.htm
Reminder: attendees of CLEAR's Specialized NCIT program are eligible to
receive a $25 discount on their registration fee if they register within
eighteen months of completing the Basic program.
CLEAR Exam Review
The winter 2001 issue of CLEAR Exam Review is in the mail. One copy is sent
out as a membership benefit to each member of record, but for many of you
who don't see it on a regular basis, this journal is still one of CLEAR's
best-kept secrets. Some agencies carry individual memberships for their
staff and board members, which at $30 per year for both issues, is a
bargain. This issue contains the following items and more, much more:
- an article on Testing Across the Nation by Sandra Greenberg ("explores
several technology solutions that facilitate key credentialing processes"),
- a legal piece, "Whose License is it Anyway," by Dale Atkinson which looks at
questions surrounding federal government authority over state-issued
licenses,
- "Detecting and Preventing Cheating on Credentialing Examinations" by Gregory
J. Cizek who writes that "Overall, the evidence on the problem of cheating
on tests is in. Cheating is occurring with increasing frequency."
2001 Annual Conference
The Texas Health Professions Council will host CLEAR's annual conference
scheduled for September 13-15 in San Antonio. The Program Committee, working
under the leadership of Program Co-Chairs Sandra Greenberg, Donna Mooney,
and Gail Siskind, is putting the finishing touches on the conference flyer
which will be mailed to you soon. It will also be made available online.
Online Payments Accepted
CLEAR is pleased to accept payment online via PayPal (www.paypal.com). It is
now possible to pay for membership subscriptions, training and conference
registrations, as well as for publications available on CLEAR's web site
(www.clearhq.org).
CLEAR Resource Briefs
Now that Resource Briefs is published initially online, solicitations
for papers is ongoing. Guidelines for submissions may be found at
http://www.clearhq.org/RB_Guidelines.htm.