Board of Acupuncture

Date:

Thursday, 08/10/2023

Start Time:

02:00 PM

Place:

PVL Exam Room 330, King Kalakaua Building, 3rd Floor, 335 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Agenda

BOARD OF ACUPUNCTURE

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

 

A G E N D A

 

Date:                August 10, 2023

 

Time:               2:00 p.m.

 

In-person

Meeting

Location:          PVL Exam Room 330

HRH King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, Third 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.         Election of Officers

 

3.         Approval of Minutes of the June 15, 2023 Meeting

 

4.         Executive Officer’s Report

 

a.                   Update on Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) 16-72

 

5.         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-1412         KYOUNGYI PYO

ACU-1413         CARA E SPINELLI

ACU-1414         GIULIANA ELIZABETH GASPARIN QUERO

ACU-1415         BRITTANY R C FREITAS

ACU-1416         JENNIFER GOODMAN

 

Interns

 

R-23720001       BENIGNA R TAYLOR

R-23720002       SAM SIL Y CANNON

R-23720003       SUZANNE M SAVIANO

R-23721001       GABRIELLE H FILTER

R-23726002       ALEXIS A M EINOLGHOZATI

R-23726003       RHIANNON M HSU

R-23726004       MEI XUE

R-23731001       KENTO KIHARA

 

b.       Applications

 

Acupuncturists

 

1.       Siriporn Jang

 

6.         New Business

 

a.       None

 

7.         Unfinished Business

 

a.       Discussion on revising the Acupuncture License application which will include clarification that the NCCAOM Foundations of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture with Point Location, and Biomedicine exam modules are required for licensure

 

 

8.         Next Meeting                

 

                  Date:                      October 5, 2023

                  Time:                      1:00 p.m.

                  In-Person:               Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

                                                King Kalakaua Building

                                                335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                                                Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

                                               

8.         Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Risé Doi at 808-586-2696 or email acupuncture@dcca.hawaii.gov  as soon as possible, preferably by August 7, 2023. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

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