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Oregon Health Licensing Agency's Licensing Line
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May 21, 2008
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| June 4 Event to Highlight Proposed Legislation, Fee Changes |
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OHLA regulates multiple health and related professions
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The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) invites licensees, stakeholders and other interested parties to attend Change Is the Solution: Today's Vision, Tomorrow's Reality, a preview event highlighting recent and proposed changes at OHLA.
Change Is the Solution: Today's Vision, Tomorrow's Reality will focus on the following, with opportunity for audience comment and questions:
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Agency Reorganization / Service Improvements
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Proposed Licensing Fee Changes
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Agency Proposed Legislation
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Gaining Compliance through Education
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Public Comment / Questions & Answers
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Time: 9-11:30 am
Location: First-Floor Auditorium, Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Building, 700 Summer Street NE, Salem
RSVP to OHLA Agency Board & Rule Analyst Cerynthia Murphy at 503-373-1816 or via e-mail to cerynthia.murphy@state.or.us.
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| Proposed Fee Changes: OHLA Rulemaking Starts in June |
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Comment during the public rulemaking process
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Starting in June, OHLA plans to file proposed revisions to agency Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) that revise licensing fees for all OHLA-regulated professions.
Following is a tentative administrative rulemaking schedule:
June 13: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking / Hearing to be filed
July 23: Public Rulemaking Hearing
September 1: Effective date for adoption of proposed rule changes
Please visit www.oregon.gov/OHLA on June 13, when the proposed rules are expected to be filed.
Questions and comments about the proposed rules should be sent to Dixie Bryant, OHLA Operations and Policy Analyst Lead, at 503-373-1911 or via e-mail at dixie.l.bryant@state.or.us.
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| OHLA Board, Council Meetings Wrap Up for Season on June 6 |
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Photo courtesy Oregon Department of Agriculture
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The Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) meets at 10 am on Friday, June 6, for a regularly scheduled meeting that wraps up the first half of OHLA volunteer citizen board and council meetings for 2008.
Board and council meetings commence again on September 9, when the Board of Denture Technology meets at 9 am.
All board and council meetings are held at OHLA in Salem unless otherwise indicated.
Click here for a schedule of all board and council meetings through 2008.
OHLA will be conducting a series of conference calls with all OHLA boards and councils in August to review proposed changes to OHLA central agency rules, specifically changes in licensing fees for all OHLA-regulated professions.
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| Board, Council Members Needed to Fill Vacancies |
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Interested in serving on a board or council?
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OHLA is currently looking to fill recent vacancies on the nine volunteer citizen boards and councils the agency oversees. Appointments are made by the Governor's Office of Executive Appointments.
Following are current openings on OHLA boards and councils. Applicants complete and submit an Executive Appointments Interest Form if interested in a particular position.
Interested? Contact OHLA Operations and Policy Analyst Lead Dixie Bryant at at 503-373-1911 or via e-mail at dixie.l.bryant@state.or.us for more information on the specific board or council opening.
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