Idaho State Board of Optometry
Minutes
of July 09, 2004
ROLL CALL: Gary Walker, Chair
Steven Snapp, Vice Chair
John Rietz, Board Member
Daniel Tiller, Board Member
BUREAU
STAFF: Rayola
Jacobsen, Bureau Chief
Budd Hetrick, Deputy Bureau Chief
Sandee
Hitesman, Office Specialist II
Roger Hales, Administrative Attorney
Vice Chair, Gary Walker, called the meeting
to order at 9:00 a.m.
Motion was made by Dr. Tiller to elect
board member Gary Walker as Chairman and Dr. Steven Snapp as Vice Chairman of
the State of Idaho Board of Optometry,. Seconded
by Dr. Rietz, carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Snapp to approve the
minutes of the May 21, 2004 Board meeting minutes as amended.
Seconded by Dr. Tiller, carried.
Ms. Jacobsen gave the legislative report
and submitted proposed legislation to update the wording in Section 54-1507
regarding annual renewals.
Motion was made by Dr. Tiller to accept the
proposed legislation. Seconded by
Dr. Snapp, carried.
At the last board meeting, the board had
requested that two follow up letters be sent to those licensee’s who did not
renew their license on time. The
bureau presented a cost analysis showing the total cost to the Board for the
first year of approximately, $1600.00, or about $66.47 per letter. Most of the first year’s expenses would be for programming
and development costs. After the
first year, the cost per letter would be approximately $7.50.
Motion was made by Dr. Snapp to approve
sending out two follow up letters, with the second letter being certified, to
all licensees who do not renew their license by the expiration date. Seconded by Dr. Tiller, carried.
Mr. Hetrick gave the financial report.
The online financial report is now generated directly from the Bureau’s
financial system. Past financial
reports can also be accessed from the website.
The board had $5,594.09 in appropriation and a cash balance of $1,927.32
at the end of 2004 fiscal year. The board’s special account had $40,623.26 in
appropriation with a cash balance of $53,525.33 at the end of 2004 fiscal year.
The Bureau is currently working on the budgets for fiscal year 2005.
Motion was made by Dr. Rietz to move
$10,000.00 from the board’s special account to the Bureau account.
Seconded by Dr. Tiller, carried.
The Bureau received notification from the
Treasure’s office stating that deposits made to the board’s special account
will now have to be made separately from those deposited to the Bureau account.
The only way to accomplish this would be to ask each licensee to send in
two different checks for each license. One
check would be for the Bureau account, and one would be for the special account.
The board asked the Bureau to contact the
treasurer’s office for clarification. The
Bureau will contact the chairman when they receive clarification, and a board
meeting will be set up if needed.
Mr. Hetrick gave the investigation
report.
There were 7 complaints for fiscal year 2004.
Two of those complaints are closed and three are still under
investigation. One complaint is pending disciplinary action and one is
awaiting board determination. There
were two complaints for fiscal year 2003. One
is still under investigation.
The board reviewed complaint OPT-P1-1-2004-8:
Motion was made by Dr. Snapp to appoint a
Deputy Attorney General as a special prosecutor to analyze the complaint and
determine possible prosecution. Seconded
by Dr. Tiller, carried.
The board discussed the definition of an
Optician. It was noted that an
Optician can be trained on the job.
Commercial practice was discussed further.
The board had previously discussed appointing a sub-committee to
investigate commercial practices. Roger
Hales noted that the board might have to equally investigate every commercial
practice in Idaho. Dr. Tiller, Dr.
Rietz and Roger Hales were asked to be the members of the sub-committee to
discuss a law or rule change regarding commercial practices.
Dr. Walker will get information to the sub-committee members along with
the information Mr. Benton receives from the State of Tennessee.
The sub-committee will review this information and compile further
information and have a report ready for the next board meeting.
The Board reviewed the Bureau prepared
insert, for each renewed license, that notes the address of the Board’s
website.
Motion was made by Dr. Snapp to approve the
above insert. Seconded by Dr. Rietz,
carried.
Correspondence from the Department of
Finance regarding consumer credit was discussed.
Motion was made by Dr. Snapp to post this
notice on the board’s website, and take the consumer credit notice to the next
Optometric Association Meeting and have Larry Benton post in the next
association newsletter. Seconded by
Dr. Tiller, carried.
OPT-DLW-05-21-2004:
Application for licensure by endorsement was reviewed.
Motion was made by Dr. Tiller to approve
the application for licensure. Seconded
by Dr. Snapp, carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Tiller to set the
next Optometry board meeting for October 29, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. here at the
Bureau of Occupational licenses. Seconded
by Dr. Rietz, carried.
The board noted that they would like to
reserve conference call meeting for winter months.
Motion was made by Dr. Tiller to adjourn at 10:35 a.m. Seconded by Dr. Snapp, carried.
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