Region II
Marriott Riverside Hotel
APRIL 30, 2004
Minutes
Attended:
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Jenni
Raake |
Doug
Orens |
Brad
Carmen |
Gary
Halfhill |
Mary
Samoriga |
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Jeffrey
Davis |
Marc
Mays |
Andrea
Yagodich |
Mary
Reed |
Pat
Roth |
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Tom
Cahill |
Ray
Sibberson |
Debra
Lierl |
Craig
Black |
Mike
Moore |
|
Bob
Fischer |
Jeff
Jones |
Norma
Alex |
Nancy
Colletti |
|
|
Ray
Reed |
Ed
Conway |
Toni
Perez |
|
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Meeting called to order 10:35
Pledge of Allegiance
Minutes of the February meeting
were distributed motion to approve the minutes by Jenni Raake, second by Jeff
Jones. Minutes approved by the BOD.
On-Going
Business
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Treasure Report written, the
Executive Board approved the budget in a conference call on March 11, 2004. Craig
stressed that the State Meeting and the AARC is the source of income for the
OSRC. Craig thanked the planning committee of the State Meeting for a job well
done up to this point, Craig feels the conference is strong and has a potential
to be profitable.
Craig would like to purchase the Quicken Software
for the treasurer. The board supports this as long as the cost remains low.
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State Meeting Update, Jeff Davis
reported that the State Meeting is set. Jeff had a hard copy of the front of
the brochure to show everyone. The target date for the brochures to be mailed
is May 14th. Jeff will have
extra copies for anyone who needs them, please contact him after May 14th
if you would like copies to distribute. Jeff stressed at this point we need
vendors, so please try to recruit vendors from your area, there will be a
vendor agreement on the OSRC website. www.osrc.org.
Jeff reports at this time that expenses are on track with the budget. Jeff
invited anyone interested to the planning committee meeting following the BOD
meeting.
Mary Samorgia reported that the video she was
working on of Christopher Reeves will not be possible at the meeting; however
there is a speaker from Christopher Reeves foundation that will be speaking at
the conference.
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Nominations, Mary Reed reported that she
received nominations from February meeting, along with some others. Still needs
nominations for Junior District Reps. as well as all elected position except
for treasurer. Mary encouraged the district reps to find potential nominees. Up
to date nominations are, President Elect, Ed Conway, Vice President, Jeffrey
Davis, Secretary Beth Cooper, Delegates, Mary Samoriga, Gary Halfhill, Joe
Huff, Jerry Edens, and David Lucas. District Junior Representative, Southern
District Norma Alex, Western, Anita Adams.
Pat Roth will handle mailing of the ballots. Ballots
need to go out by June 15th, so elected officials can be announced
at the State Meeting in August.
Acceptance of the By-Laws could change ballot, if
By-Laws have been approved by the AARC, the position of Executive BOD could be
affected except for Secretary as that position is up for nomination this year.
Debbie Lierl will check with the AARC to see where the By-Laws stand.
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ORCB Update, Marc Mays thanked
everyone for nominating him to the ORCB. Issue of non- licensed practitioners
running Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers. Ohio code specifically states that no non
licenses practitioner should run the chambers.
Conscious sedation, sub group drafting rules for the board to consider.
Tom Cahill presented a draft of these rules to the BOD. HB 105 there are
175-200 DME companies in the State of Ohio that are seeking licenses. There was
a meeting of interested parties of which the OSRC was not invited. Doug has
forwarded a letter to the Senate Health Committee expressing concerns of the
OSRC.
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Protocol, Gene Andrews was unable to
attend the meeting; Doug reported there was a small meeting in February with
Chris Logsdon about the protocol issue. A result of the meeting, a sub
committee has been formed to develop guidelines for writing protocols.
Recommended that all protocols have pre-printed orders to follow. Gary Halfhill
reported some organizations dislike the name protocol and suggest that the name
be changed to anything other than protocol.
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HB 105 Update, this issue was
covered in Marc Mays report above.
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Conscious Sedation Update, Tom Cahill
from Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati approached the ORCB about this issue in
October 2003. He asked the ORCB if administration of Katamine by Therapist was
under our scope of practice for conscious sedation. After investigation it was
found that this would fall under our scope of practice. Tom has written
guidelines for the administration and handed them out at the BOD meeting today.
Jenni Raake suggested contacting Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City,
for advice on writing guidelines as they do administer drugs for conscious
sedation. Chris Logsdon feels that the ORCB will approve this issue.
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AARC Contract Update, There has
been several states that have banned together on this issue and have allowed a
lawyer to read the contract and give input. A lawyer from Connecticut has read
the contract but was very vague on comments made. Ray Sibberson feels that the
contract needs to be distributed to the BOD for review and comments, please
remember that this is confidential and should remain so. Most of the contract
makes sense and is what we are doing already. The question comes into play with
what makes the society not in good standing with the AARC. This is anything
that the OSRC would do to undermine the AARC, i.e., if at the State Meeting we
would allow Advance to pass out their magazine. Also brought up if someone from
the board were asked to write an article for Advance and accepted would that be
undermining the AARC? Please review the contract and direct any comments to
Doug.
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Competency, Mike Neuendorff developed
a competency program and presented it to the ORCB. The ORCB felt that the
competency program was good but thought it would be too difficult to recertify
therapist. Mike decided that he would like to resign as chair of the competency
committee and did so at the December meeting. Doug would like to keep moving
forward with this. Greg Nichols will contact former members of the committee to
see if there is interest in continuing to move forward with this issue.
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Committee Reports
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President Elect, Jenni Raake, no report
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Secretary, Ed Conway, minutes of
February meeting distributed
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Treasure, Craig Black, written
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Western District, Nancy Colletti, no
report. Nancy is also taking charge of
the sputum bowel teams. She is rounding up teams for the State Meeting in
August; if you have a team please let her know. Ray Reed asked if there was
funding for a student team to be represented at the Nationals in December.
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Northeast, Jeffrey Davis, no report
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Nominations, Mary Reed, report given
earlier in meeting, need nominations.
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Northwest, Gary Halfhill, report
written
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Elections, Pat Roth, no report
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Delegate, Debbie Lierl, no report
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Vice President, Bob Fischer, no report
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Membership, Mary Samoriga, written
report. Membership has been on the increase. Some of this increase is do to the
student incentive, working on letter for the student membership to encourage
continued membership after graduation.
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Public Relations, Mary Samoriga, written
report. Mary has been calling hospitals throughout the State, to participate in
their staff meetings to promote membership and awareness of the OSRC. Southern
District, Toni Perez, report written. On May 11&12 the Southern
District has teamed up with 3 TGIF Friday restaurants to help raise money for
the OSRC. The OSRC will receive 10% of food purchases when the customer
presents a coupon with the OSRC name on it.
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Eastern District, Ray Reed, the Eastern
District is planning a seminar for educational purposes. They are also involved
in the ALA Asthma Walk.
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Critical Care, Tom Cahill, no report
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Region II, Jeff Jones, the conference
had good attendance and vendor support.
Doug
Orens motioned to adjourn the meeting, Bob Fischer second the motion meeting
adjourned 12:15
Next
meeting: Monday August 2nd at the State Meeting in Columbus. The
meeting will be held at the Hilton in Easton.
Respectively Submitted,
Ed
Conway