Board of Acupuncture

Date:

Thursday, 12/07/2023

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:                      December 7, 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

 

Agenda:                 The agenda was posted to 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 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

 

2.             Approval of Open Session and Executive Session Minutes of the October 5, 2023, Meeting

 

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) to review the executive session minutes.

 

3.             Executive Officer’s Report

 

a.       Update on Hawaii Administrative Rules Title 16 Chapter 72

b.       2024 Board meeting schedule

 

4.             Applications

 

The Board may enter into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with section 92-5(a)(1), 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

 

None.

 

Interns

 

None.

 

5.             New Business

 

a.       Hawaii Acupuncture Medicine Association (“HAMA”) legislative update

 

HAMA will provide an update regarding their ideas for the upcoming legislative session.

 

b.       Legislative delegation for 2024 session

 

The Board may choose up to two acupuncturists with whom the Executive Officer may consult in case bills relating to acupuncture are scheduled for hearings in between scheduled Board meetings.

 

6.             Unfinished Business

 

a.       Discussion of the upcoming legislative session

 

 

7.             Next Meeting:                    February 1, 2024

                               

In-Person                             Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

Meeting                               HRH King Kalakaua Building

Location:                             335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                                                              Honolulu, HI 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 December 5, 2023. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

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

 

11/27/2023