Summer 2000
State Lines
New York
Three reports have recently been presented to the New York State Board of Regents by the Office of the Professions that are part of a series of discussions that deal with emerging issues affecting professional regulation.
Cross-Jurisdictional Professional Practice describes recent initiatives in telepractice, including the advantages and concerns related to the use of technology in the practice of the professions across state borders.
Telepractice provides an overview of the key issues that involve telepractice, and gives examples of its use nationally.
Corporate Practice of the Professions answers such questions as who can legally provide services to the public; whether a non-licensee may own all or part of a
professional practice; and, whether a general business corporation may employ a professional licensee to provide professional services to the public.
Each of these reports may be accessed at www.op.nysed.gov/news.htm
OregonOregon has established the Health Licensing Office as an independent agency and the Senate confirmed Susan K. Wilson as Director of the new agency. The Legislature separated the Health Licensing Office from the Department of Human Services, Health Division and the Health Related Licensing Boards. The Office will continue to direct the operations of the following boards: Board of Athletic Trainers; Body Piercing Licensing Program; State Board of Cosmetology; State Board of Denture Technology; State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery; Advisory Council on Electrologists and Permanent Color Technicians and Tattoo Artists; Advisory Council on Hearing Aids; Respiratory
Vermont
The Vermont Office of
Professional Regulation's annual report is online and
may be viewed by visiting
http://vtprofessionals.org/opr
/pubs/annual/18/rpttxt.htm
The report contains
information on all 37 professions regulated by the office as well as other
administrative categories including receipts and expenditures, complaint
activity, examinations and numbers of licensees.
There are also several sunrise reports available at
http://vtprofessionals.org/downloads/
sunrptdwn.htm
Professions reported on include speech and language pathologists and
audiologists, respiratory therapists, certified lay midwives, alcohol and
drug counselors, and electrologists.
Calendar
2000BASIC & SPECIALIZED NCIT September 11-13
Wyndam Hotel
305-374-0000
Miami-Biscayne Bay, Florida
CLEAR Annual
Business Meetings
September 12-14
Wyndam Hotel
305-374-0000
Miami-Biscayne Bay, Florida
September 14-16
Wyndam Hotel
305-374-0000
Miami-Biscayne Bay, Florida
BASIC NCIT
October 2-4
Sacramento, California
2001
CLEAR Mid-year Meeting
January 3-6
Town and Country Resort Hotel
619-291-7131
San Diego, California
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Links of the
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The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) may be accessed at http://www.npdb-hipdb.com
The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care offers links to Child Care Licensure Regulation in the US at http://www.nrc.uchsc.edu/states. html
Professional Examination Service (PES) has announced a call for applications for their 2000 Grant Awards Program. Information available at http://www.proexam.org/grant00a.htm