Board of Acupuncture

Date:

Thursday, 06/02/2022

Start Time:

01:00 PM

Place:

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813

Agenda

 

BOARD OF ACUPUNCTURE

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

 AMENDED – A G E N D A

 

Date:              June 2, 2022

 

Time:             1:00 p.m.

 In-person

Meeting

Location:    Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

                      HRH King Kalakaua Building

                       335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

Agenda:         Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by HRS section 92-7(b).

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please submit your testimony to acupuncture@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to Attn: Board of Acupuncture, P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801. We request submission of testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Board members.

 1.         Call to Order, Public Notice, Quorum – HRS §92-3 Open Meetings and HAR §16-72-67 Oral Testimony

 

2.         Chair’s Report

a.         Approval of Minutes of the April 7, 2022 Meeting

b.         Proposed Draft 18 – Amendments to HAR Title 16, Chapter 72

 

The Board may enter into Executive Session to consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) section 92-5(a)(4).

 

3.         Executive Officer’s Report

a.            2022 Legislature

1)            SB2276 SD2 HD2 – Relating to Acupuncture

Description: Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding acupuncture practitioners to reflect modernized scopes of practice, titles, and licensing and renewal requirements. Beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium commencing 7/1/2025, requires licensees to obtain thirty hours of continuing education per licensing biennium. Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)


4.         Applications

 

The Board may move into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”), and/or to consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4), HRS.

 

a.    Ratifications

Acupuncturists

ACU 1376      ASHER LORING

ACU 1377      MELISSA PULICICCHIO

ACU 1378      JASON NAOKI TSUJIMURA

ACU 1379      JILL ALISON STEVENS

b.    Applications

 

Acupuncturist Intern

 

David R. Moore

5.         Next Meeting:                      

                  Date:                     Thursday, August 4, 2022

                  Time:                    1:00 p.m.

                  In-Person:           Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

                                                King Kalakaua Building, 1^st Floor

                                                335 Merchant Street

                                                Honolulu, Hawaii 96813                                  

6.         Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Lee Ann Teshima at 808-586-2696 and/or acupuncture@dcca.hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting.  If a response is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. 

 

Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille or electronic copy.