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California
The California Acupuncture Board's 2002-2003 Strategic Plan contains a detailed history of the numerous changes in California’s regulation of the acupuncture profession since 1972 and details the board's accomplishments and plans for the future.

Kentucky
HB296 requires state agencies authorized to issue profesional or occupational licenses to determine as a prerequisite for licensure that a candidate is not in default on repayment obligations to financial aid obligations administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.

Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Division of Professional Registration's new Board of Registration of Perfusionists issued its first licenses in September. Sixty six applicants successfully met the requirements for licensure.

New York
A new social work licensure law will go into effect September 1, 2004. The Office of the Professions of the New York State Education Department has posted information on the law and the regulatory drafting process. There are four basic changes in the new law:

1. It replaces the title "Certified Social Worker (CSW)" with a new title "Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)" and retains the same requirements;
2. It adds a new license, "Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)," which actually mirrors the current "P" psychotherapy privilege requiring three years of supervised experience, but also adds a specific educational requirement for the license, namely, "a core curriculum which includes clinical content" to be defined in regulation, and an exam requirement, which most likely will be the ASWB Clinical exam;
3. It retains the "R" psychotherapy privilege, which requires six years of supervised experience (three additional years following the LCSW); and
4. It defines and restricts the practices of "Licensed Master Social Work" and "Licensed Clinical Social Work" to social work licensees.

Other Links
Nursing Home Compare, a search tool from Medicare.gov, permits consumers to compare the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the United States.

The National State Auditor's Association (NSAA) Audit Report Search Site is growing. Twenty eight states are now articipating by placing brief report summaries in the database. The NSAA, a component of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, with the assistance of the New York State Office of the State Comptroller, developed this site to facilitate communication between state auditors across the United States. The site consists of summary paragraphs describing key information contained in issued audit reports. Each summary paragraph provides a link to obtain the complete report.

Art Therapy Resources
Art Therapy Association of Quebec
Art Therapy Association of British Columbia
The British Association of Art Therapists
American Art Therapy Association
Australian Art Therapy Association
Latvian Art Therapy Conference
Vancouver Art Therapy Association
El Centro Integral de Terapia de Arte en Mexico (Integrative Center of Art Therapy)

New In CLEAR’s Library
Milestones 2002, Annual Report of The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.

2001-2002 Annual Report, the 64^th for the Superintendent of Insurance, Province of New Brunswick.

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