Hawaii Medical Board Meeting

Date:

Thursday, 08/11/2022

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

HAWAII MEDICAL BOARD

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

 

AGENDA

 

Date:               August 11, 2022

 

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). 

 

Virtual

Participation:   Virtual Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar (use link below)

 

https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/98805534768

 

Phone:            (669) 900-6833

Meeting ID:     988 0553 4768

 

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email your testimony to medical@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to: Attn: Hawaii Medical Board, 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 specified date and time.  This information will be provided on the Board’s website at http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/board-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

 

2.               Approval of the Open Session and Executive Session Minutes of the July 14, 2022, 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 HRS section 92-5(a)(4) to review the executive session minutes.

 

3.               Applications for License/Certification:

 

The Board will enter into Executive Session pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §§ 92-5(a)(1) and 92-5(a)(4) to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for professional or vocational licenses cited in section 26-9 or both and to consult with the board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

 

A.               Applications:

 

(i)               Physician (Permanent/Endorsement):

 

a.     Natasa Dragicevic, M.D.

 

b.     Dennis Y. Fong, M.D.

 

(ii)              Physician (Permanent/Non-Endorsement):

 

a.     Krupa Pathak, M.D.

 

b.     Jose A. Silva, M.D.

 

c.      Mark A. Pithan, M.D.

 

(iii)            Physician Assistant:

 

a.     Maria T. Schotte, PA-C

 

B.               Ratifications List (See attached list)

 

(i)               List

 

4.               Unfinished Business:

 

A.               Federation of State Medical Boards, Inc. (FSMB):

 

(i)               Policy on Physician Illness and Impairment: Towards a Model that Optimizes Patient Safety and Physician Health (Policy).

 

The Board will consider FSMB’s Policy and the working group’s recommended amendments to its questions on its initial and renewal applications regarding addiction, dependency, or habituation to alcohol and other substances. 

 

5.               Chairperson Report

 

A.               Farewell and thank you to Jone Geimer-Flanders, D.O. and Peter Halford, M.D.

 

B.               Frequency of Board meetings

 

6.               Next Meeting:              Thursday, September 8, 2022

 

Virtual Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar

                                               

and

 

In-Person                               Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, First Floor

Meeting                                  HRH King Kalakaua Building

Location:                                335 Merchant Street

                                               Honolulu, HI 96813

7.               Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Ahlani Quiogue at (808) 586-2699 or medical@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.

 

8/1/22