Board of Speech Language Pathologists, Audiologists & Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING

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1 Board of Speech Language Pathologists, Audiologists & Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Board REGULAR BOARD MEETING Friday, August 1, :00 a.m. Regulations and Licensing, Toney Anaya Building, 2550 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM DRAFT I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Chair, Keith Rohr called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. and a quorum was determined present. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Keith Rohr Lillian Grijalva Stephen Frazier Dr. Richard Cram Victoria Smidt Michael Langner Wesley Miller Dr. Elaine Almquist, Audiologist Richard Meyer Bridget Guenther Stephen Frazier Dr. Timothy Frost OTHERS PRESENT: Jennifer Salazar, Assistant Attorney General Amanda Urioste, Board Administrator Ruth Romero, Administrative Assistant Annette Thompson-Martinez, Team Leader 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: MOTION was made by Mr. Frazier to approve the Agenda as presented. SECONDED by Mr. Langner MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Board decided all future agenda items and process for placing items on the agenda would be further discussed in open forum.

2 Page 2 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 1, 2013 MOTION was made by Mr. Langner to approve the minutes as amended. SECONDED by Ms. Smidt MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Board discussed corrections necessary in approving the minutes as amended. 4. NEW BUSINESS: 4.1 Ratification of Licenses MOTION was made by Mr. Meyer to approve, accept and ratify RLD s approval of licensees issued between 11/1/13 thru 7/31/14 as presented. SECONDED by Ms. Smidt MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Board discussed with Ms. Salazar and administrative staff the topic of ratification of licenses. Exhibit A license ratification list attached 4.2 Dr. Michael Kaplan, President NM Speech-Language and Hearing Association Dr. Kaplan brought the board up to date concerning a survey done by ASHA on unlicensed Speech Language assistants. After discussion by the board with Dr. Kaplan, it was decided the topic would be placed on the next agenda for further discussion, and possible action. Board Chair Mr. Rohr called for a 5 minute recess at 11:32am Board Chair Mr. Rohr reconvened the meeting at 11:39 am Introduction of New Board Members & Staff All board members and RLD staff introduced themselves along with their title. 4.3 Discussion of Statute Changes Statute changes presented by Ms. Salazar and discussed by the board. MOTION was made by Ms. Guenther to approve the proposed substantive statute changes made to 61-14B-12.1, 61-14B-2, 61-14B-21 and 61-14B-13 as amended. SECONDED by Mr. Langner MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

3 Page 3 MOTION was made by Ms. Guenther to delegate grammatical changes to the statute to the current rules committee as well as Mr. Miller. SECONDED by Mr. Langner MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. After discussion the board decided to table making the changes to the statute which would include a change to the language from hearing aid dispenser to hearing aid specialist. The proposal also included the use of the IHS definition of hearing aid specialist instead of the current definition of hearing aid dispenser. Amended definition to bilingual multicultural endorsement should read bilingual multicultural endorsement means and endorsement issued to a qualified speechlanguage pathologist recognizing the speech-language pathologist to use those languages in which the speech-language pathologist has demonstrated a proficiency to provide speech-language pathology services. Mr. Langner will speak to Senator Bill Burt regarding the sponsorship of the bill. 4.4 Open Meetings Resolution Ms. Salazar reviewed and explained the Open Meeting Resolution. MOTION was made by Mr. Miller to approve the Open Meeting Resolution as Amended. SECONDED by Mr. Langner MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Board Chair Mr. Rohr called for a 10 minute recess at 1:01 pm Board Chair Mr. Rohr reconvened the meeting at 1:13 am 5. Old Business 5.1 Rules Committee Update Ms Smidt and Ms Salazar reviewed all proposed rule changes. MOTION was made by Dr. Cram to move forward with discussed rule changes as proposed to sections , , , , , , , , , , & SECONDED by Mr. Miller. Mr. Frazier opposed. MOTION PASSED Board recommended that 48 months be added to qualifications of license under MOTION was made by Mr. Langner have a rules hearing associated with the next meeting SECONDED by MS. Smidt MOTIONED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

4 Page 4 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION: MOTION was made by Mr. Langner to go into closed session pursuant to Section (H)(1) and (3) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss matters pertaining to the issuance, suspension, renewal or revocation of a license. SECONDED by Mr. Meyer Roll Call vote as follows: Keith Rohr-yes Lillian Grijalva-yes Stephen Frazier-yes Wesley Miller- Yes Victoria Smidt-yes Dr. Richard Cram-yes Bridget Guenther- yes Richard Meyer- yes Michael Langner-yes Dr. Timothy Frost-absent Entered into executive session at 2:24 p.m. DECISIONS ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Back on the record. 3:08 p.m. Applications 6.1 Teresa Moore MOTION was made to by Ms. Smidt to deny application and refer to the Attorney General s Office for the issuance of a Notice of Contemplated Action. Action based on conviction of a felony, previous disciplinary action as it relates to section 61-14B-21 A2 & A 16 SECONDED by Mr. Langner. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 6.2 Timothy Lewis Mistakenly placed on the agenda NO action taken or necessary. 6.3 Susan Bennett MOTION was made to by Ms. Smidt to deny application and refer to the Attorney General s Office for the issuance of a Notice of Contemplated Action. Action based on falsification of information on application as it relates to section 61-14B-21 A1 SECONDED by Mr. Miller. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Request made by the board to have a reminder from the compliance liaison in the letter to each applicant state that they are not licensed or allowed to practice. Complaints

5 Page 5 7. OPEN FORUM FOR DISCUSSION Mrs. Urioste and Annette updated the board on the sunset report and tentative date for the sunset hearing. Board has requested all meeting packets be sent to board members 10 days prior to meeting. Ms. Wrobel the Boards & Commissions Division Director explained the sunset process and hearing for the board members. Ms. Salazar clarified that there is a possibility as part of the sunset process it could be that this board would be consolidated with another board. Agenda items for the next meeting were given to Ms. Urioste. Budget discussion by administrative staff and board meetings. Request made for a loop receiver. Future board meeting locations discussed. 8. FUTURE BOARD MEETING November 21 st Rule Hearing and Regular Board Meeting. Time and location in ABQ TBD 9. ADJOURNMENT ADJOURN: There being no further business; MOTION made by Mr. Miller to adjourn the meeting at 4:00pm.SECONDED by Mr. Langner MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. SUBMITTED BY: Amanda Urioste, Board Administrator APPROVED BY: Keith Rohr, Chair Date Date