Board of Acupuncture

Date:

Thursday, 02/02/2023

Start Time:

01:00 PM

Place:

Virtual Videoconference Meeting: Zoom Webinar and In-Person Location: 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

 

A G E N D A

 

Date:               February 2, 2023

 

Time:              1:00 p.m.

 

In-Person       Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

Meeting          HRH King Kalakaua Building

Location:        335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

Virtual             Virtual Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar

Participation: https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/95782594999

 

Phone:            (669) 900-6833 

 

Meeting ID:    957 8259 4999

 

Agenda: Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) section 92–7(b).

 

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email 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.

 

INTERNET ACCESS:

 

To view the meeting and provide live oral testimony, please use the link at the top of the agenda. You will be asked to enter your name. The Board requests that you enter your full name, but you may use a pseudonym or other identifier if you wish to remain anonymous. You will also be asked for an email address.  You may fill in this field with any entry in an email format, e.g., *****@***mail.com.

 

Your microphone will be automatically muted. When the Chairperson asks for public testimony, you may click the Raise Hand button found on your Zoom screen to indicate that you wish to testify about that agenda item.  The Chairperson will individually enable each testifier to unmute their microphone. When recognized by the Chairperson, please unmute your microphone before speaking and mute your microphone after you finish speaking. 

 

PHONE ACCESS:

If you cannot get internet access, you may get audio-only access by calling the phone number listed at the top on the agenda. 

 

Upon dialing the number, you will be prompted to enter the Meeting ID which is also listed at the top of the agenda.  After entering the Meeting ID, you will be asked to either enter your panelist number or wait to be admitted into the meeting.  You will not have a panelist number.  So, please wait until you are admitted into the meeting. 

 

When the Chairperson asks for public testimony, you may indicate you want to testify by entering “*” and then “9” on your phone’s keypad.  After entering “*” and then “9”, a voice prompt will let you know that the host of the meeting has been notified.  When recognized by the Chairperson, you may unmute yourself by pressing “*” and then “6” on your phone.  A voice prompt will let you know that you are unmuted.  Once you are finished speaking, please enter “*” and then “6” again to mute yourself.

 

For both internet and phone access, when testifying, you will be asked to identify yourself and the organization, if any, that you represent.  Each testifier will be limited to five minutes of testimony per agenda item.

 

If connection to the meeting is lost for more than 30 minutes, the meeting will be continued on a specific date and time. This information can be found on the Board’s website https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/acupuncture/meeting_schedule/

 

Instructions to attend State of Hawaii virtual board meetings may be found online at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/files/2020/08/State-of-Hawaii-Virtual-Board-Attendee-Instructions.pdf.  

 

1.         Call to Order, Public Notice, Quorum

 

2.         Approval of Board Minutes of the October 6, 2022 Meeting

 

3.         Executive Officer’s Report

 

a.    Update on letter to Department of Health to support licensed acupuncturists being added to the list of providers who can order lab tests

 

b.    Proposed Draft 21 – Amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) Title 16, Chapter 72

 

c.     2023 delegation for the legislative session

 

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-1393       NICOLE ANN WADHWA-SCHIFF

ACU-1394       ROGER BATCHELOR

ACU-1395       AIME LOUISE ADAMS

ACU-1396       JONGHAN KANG

ACU-1397       KAI WING WAI

ACU-1398       JANINE MARIE SWENBERG

 

Interns

 

R-22121004    RENATA MAE LLOYD

R-22621002    MINORI SAMBE

R-22621003    CLAUDIA HENRIQUEZ ROMERO

R-22621004    JENICA E SPRINGER

R-22621001    ELISHA SIRENA ZEITLER

R-22805002    ELIZABETH FERRIS FRIEBEL

R-22729001    FRANCHESCA LEIGH WANTLAND

R-22729002    MEGHANE AYA HERNANDEZ

R-22729003    DALETH ROSE PYZEL

R-22729004    DARBY TANAPORN SHERMAN

R-22729005    EVA FLORENCE RAPP

R-22805001    HELEN DEBORAH FLYNN

R-22815003    AKI TACHIKI CAMPBELL

R-22821001    AMAMDA T PROVENZANO

R-22815002    YU Y PHILLIPS

R-22815001    MEHANA FISHER

R-221023001 JUSTYN LAURIANA BONOMI

R-221205003 CHRISTINE A LEONARD

R-221205004 RUBY LEE GEE

R-221007001 DAVID ROBERT MOORE

 

b.    Applications

 

Acupuncturists

 

1.    Natan Bar-Shimon

 

5.         2023 Legislation

 

a.    HB 641 RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE

 

Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaiʻi 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 complete continuing education as determined by the board. Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity.

 

b.    SB 845 RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE

 

Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaiʻi 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.

 

c.     SB 946 RELATING TO ACUPUNCTURE

 

Makes comprehensive updates to chapter 436E, Hawaiʻi 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 complete continuing education as determined by the board. Allows the board of acupuncture to issue licenses by reciprocity.

 

6.         New Business

           

a.    Discussion on acupuncture intern permits

 

7.         Unfinished Business

 

a.    None

                                   

8.         Next Meeting:              April 6, 2023

PVL Examination Room 330

HRH King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, Third Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

9.         Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Risé Doi 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.

 

1/25/2023