Board of Acupuncture

Date:

Wednesday, 08/23/2023

Start Time:

09:00 AM

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:               August 23, 2023

 

Time:              9:00 a.m.

 

In-person

Meeting

Location:        Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

                        HRH King Kalakaua Building

                        335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

Virtual             Virtual Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar

Participation: https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/88221154080

 

Phone:            (669) 900-6833 

 

Meeting ID:    882 2115 4080

 

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 Zoom 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 – 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

ACU-1417       YOUNG JIN GI

 

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

R-23807002    RENEE C HANEL

 

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

                                               

9.         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 21, 2023. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.