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Sargent's Court Reporting Service, Inc. (814) 536-8908 1 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2 BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS 3 4 F I N A L M I N U T E S 5 6 MEETING OF: 7 8 STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY 9 10 TIME: 9:32 A.M. 11 12 Board Room C 13 One Penn Center 14 2601 North Third Street 15 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 16 17 Tuesday, August 7, 2018 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 1

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2

BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS 3

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F I N A L M I N U T E S 5

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MEETING OF: 7

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STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY 9

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TIME: 9:32 A.M. 11

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Board Room C 13

One Penn Center 14

2601 North Third Street 15

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 16

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018 18

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State Board of Massage Therapy 1 August 7, 2018 2

3 4 BOARD MEMBERS: 5 6 Becky D. Lesik, LMT, Chairperson 7 Katelin Lambert, Deputy Commissioner, on behalf of Ian 8 J. Harlow, Commissioner of Professional and 9 Occupational Affairs 10 Gloria E. Rosado, LMT, Vice Chairperson/Secretary, 11 Professional Member 12

Camille Baughman, BS, MA, LMT, Professional Member 13 Jamie H. Corey, LMT, Professional Member 14 Mary Meyers, LMT, Professional Member - Absent 15 Nancy M. Porambo, MS, LMT, CNMT, NCTMB, Professional 16 Member 17 Linda A. Chamberlain, MS, BSN, RN, CNDLTC, Secretary 18 of Health Designee 19 Jessica A. Nelson, Office of Attorney General Designee 20 Shea M. Rhodes, Esquire, Public Member - Absent 21 22 23 BUREAU PERSONNEL: 24 25 Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel 26

Peter D. Kovach, Esquire, Board Counsel 27 Adam L. Morris, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 28 Monty J. Batson, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 29 David Smith, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 30 Cynthia K. Montgomery, Esquire, Deputy Chief 31 Counsel/Regulatory Counsel, Department of State 32 Carol J. Niner, Board Administrator 33 34 Julie Snader, Deputy Director, Bureau of Finance and 35 Operations 36 Kimberly A. Mattis, Director, Bureau of Finance and 37 Operations 38 Kimberly Adams, Chief of Fiscal Management, Board of 39 Finance and Operations 40

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State Board of Massage Therapy 1 August 7, 2018 2

3 4 ALSO PRESENT: 5 6 Carolyn Hubert-Black, LMT, CE Provider in Philadelphia 7 Edward Portley Jr., LMT, CE Provider in Philadelphia 8 Nina M. Kottcamp, LMT, NCBTMB, Harrisburg Area 9 Community College 10 Richard Caufman 11 Han Ryoo, Ph.D., MSOM, LMT, HR School of Alternative 12

Therapy/Ace Training School 13 Carrie Shaley, LMT, Honor Your Body Wellness 14 Stephanie Shull, WellSpan 15 Katie Cassidy, LMT, Hand & Stone, Balance by Katie 16 Natalie Cook, The Winter Group 17 Shirley Scranta, LMT, American Organization for 18 Bodywork Therapies of Asia, International School of 19 Shiatsu 20 Laura B. Embleton, Government Relations Director, 21 Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals 22 23 24 25 26

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*** 1

State Board of Massage Therapy 2

August 7, 2018 3

*** 4

The regularly scheduled meeting of the State 5

Board of Massage Therapy was held on Tuesday, August 6

7, 2018. Becky Lesik, LMT, Chairperson, called the 7

meeting to order at 9:32 a.m. 8

*** 9

[Chairperson Lesik requested that all cell phones be 10

turned off and audience members register. She 11

welcomed Thomas Davis, Esquire, as the new Board 12

Counsel.] 13

*** 14

Appointment – Legal Office Presentation 15

[Adam L. Morris, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, provided a 16

presentation outlining the role of the Prosecutorial 17

Division in the licensing, regulation, and 18

disciplinary enforcement process. 19

Mr. Morris welcomed David Smith, Esquire, as a 20

new Board Prosecutor. Mr. Morris described the State 21

Board of Massage Therapy as a complaint-driven Board, 22

where all complaints must be investigated. He noted 23

the Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation (BEI) 24

acquires facts to determine whether or not a case 25

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should be prosecuted. He stated the Board receives a 1

lot of sexual misconduct, unlicensed practice, and 2

lapsed licensed practice complaints. 3

Mr. Morris discussed immediate temporary 4

suspension cases that do not come before the full 5

Board, noting Ms. Corey as the Board’s Probable Cause 6

Screening Committee that cannot discuss details 7

because of a possible conflict with the case if the 8

matter comes to the full Board for a resolution. He 9

also reviewed the regulatory work for the Board. 10

Mr. Morris noted approximately 119 files per year 11

from 2015 to 2017. 12

Chairperson Lesik welcomed Mr. Smith.] 13

*** 14

Report of Prosecutorial Division 15

[Monty J. Batson, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 16

the Consent Agreement for File No. 18-72-006317.] 17

*** 18

Appointment – Bureau of Finance and Operations Budget 19

Presentation 20

[Julie Snader, Deputy Director, Bureau of Finance and 21

Operations; Kimberly A. Mattis, Director, Bureau of 22

Finance and Operations; and Kimberly Adams, Chief of 23

Fiscal Management, Bureau of Finance and Operations 24

introduced themselves. 25

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The Board was referred to the license population 1

from FY13-FY14 to FY18-19, noting license population 2

at 9,104 with a recent increase of 9 additional 3

licensees. 4

Ms. Mattis referred to the revenue by source for 5

FY16-17 and FY17-18. She noted that the bulk of the 6

revenue came through renewals and applications, which 7

is 86 percent of the Board’s revenue. 8

Ms. Mattis reviewed Board expenses, stating the 9

fiscal years run from July 1 through June 30. She 10

noted that FY17-18 just closed on June 30, but 11

expenses may still be incurred through the end of 12

October and anticipates additional expenses between 13

now and October. 14

Ms. Mattis broke down expenses into 15

administrative costs and legal costs. She noted Board 16

expenses as direct charges, timesheet-based charges, 17

and licensee-based charges. She discussed 18

administrative costs for FY16-17 and FY17-18. She 19

noted that the Board’s budget should accommodate for 20

expenses anticipated during the renewal cycle in 21

January. 22

Ms. Mattis reviewed legal costs including 23

professional compliance office, enforcement and 24

investigation, and legal. She noted expenses for 25

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FY16-17, FY17-18, and FY18-19. 1

Ms. Mattis discussed the financial status of the 2

Board, where the revenue and expenses are put 3

together. She estimated expenses for the FY17-18 4

budget, noting the new FY18-19 in the red. She stated 5

the Board has been using excess funds in the 6

augmentation account from other entities to make the 7

Board solvent, and noted the impact from the fee 8

increase in 2014. 9

Ms. Mattis noted FY18-19 revenue. She projected 10

that 2021 as the first year for the Board to be in the 11

black since the Board was established due to the fee 12

increase. 13

Ms. Mattis reviewed Board member expense 14

categories. She noted expenses for the last biennial 15

renewal period for FY16-17 and FY17-18. She noted the 16

budgets for FY18-19 and FY19-20.] 17

*** 18

Introduction of Audience 19

[Chairperson Lesik requested the introduction of 20

audience members.] 21

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[Han Ryoo, Ph.D., MSOM, LMT, HR School of Alternative 23

Therapy/Ace Training School, provided a brief summary 24

of his educational and professional background. He 25

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explained that he provides a valuable massage therapy 1

education to help students develop a successful 2

career. Mr. Ryoo voiced his opinion that the State 3

Board relied on communications from the National 4

Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork 5

(NCBTMB) to reach a conclusion about the school. He 6

believed NCBTMB sent a letter to the State Board in 7

2016 making a number of erroneous and exaggerated 8

claims. Mr. Ryoo stated the school opened in 2010, 9

was approved by NCBTMB, granted a school code without 10

issues, and granted renewal over the next five years 11

without any issues. 12

Mr. Ryoo claimed that NCBTMB put the school 13

through an unending, unprofessional, and unfair 14

process following its application for renewal in April 15

2015 and was denied a school code. The final letter 16

denied the school code, citing problems previously 17

addressed. He did not realize NCBTMB would send 18

erroneous claims to the State Board affecting 19

graduates. 20

Mr. Ryoo reviewed his process for revising the 21

curriculum and increasing class hours. He requested 22

that the State Board grant a license for the current 23

students.] 24

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[The Board recessed from 10:20 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.] 1

*** 2

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 3

We have a motion on the floor for Gloria 4

to be Secretary of the State Board of 5

Massage Therapy. 6

MS. BAUGHMAN: 7

Second. 8

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 9

Camille seconds. All those in favor? 10

All those opposed? Any abstentions? 11

[The motion carried unanimously.] 12

*** 13

Report of Board Counsel 14

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, discussed the 15

proposed Fees regulation (16A-724). He received over 16

400 comments over the last 30 days regarding the 17

proposed regulation amending Section 20.3 related to 18

fees. He stated the regulation would increase the 19

application fee for initial licensure from $65 to 20

$100, increase the CE for approval of a continuing 21

education program from $65 to $100, and increase the 22

biennial fee from $75 to $200. 23

Mr. Davis stated the comments suggested a smaller 24

or incremental fee increase. He noted comparison fees 25

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between massage therapists and nurses, noting 1

approximately 9,100 licensed massage therapists and 2

221,000 licensed nurses in the Commonwealth. 3

Mr. Davis stated the current proposal covered 4

approximately four years. The Board requested new 5

budget numbers. 6

Chairperson Lesik stated the regulation permitted 7

massage therapists to work in a cosmetology setting, 8

noting the expectation for the Massage Therapy Board 9

to incur the cost of inspections, which was not 10

included in the budget. 11

Mr. Davis stated that the Independent Regulatory 12

Review Commission (IRRC) has a right to weigh in on 13

the proposal. He is hopeful for a reply from IRRC, a 14

final Board vote in September, and the strong 15

possibility for promulgation of the regulation for the 16

next renewal. 17

Mr. Kovach added that the Professional Licensing 18

Committee, as well as both the House and Senate, may 19

submit comments on regulations. 20

Mr. Davis discussed the continuing deficit of the 21

Board until the regulation is promulgated. He stated 22

the current projections lead to a surplus within the 23

next decade. 24

Ms. Kottkamp noted concerns regarding massage 25

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therapists paying inspection fees, suggesting an 1

option that businesses pick up the costs of an 2

inspection fee, not licensed massage therapists. She 3

also noted a decline in enrollment in massage therapy 4

nationwide. 5

The Board discussed the continuing education fees 6

and the continued downward trend in massage therapy. 7

Mr. Kovach discussed the Board's inability to 8

impose a fee on facilities, the fees for service, and 9

the Board's costs to process applications. 10

Mr. Davis pointed out that the Board is created 11

by the legislature for two specific purposes. One is 12

to regulate the profession and the other is to protect 13

the public. Mr. Davis discussed the Board’s 14

responsibility to pay for the legislatively mandated 15

programs and hearings. 16

Chairperson Lesik noted the Pennsylvania Bulletin 17

for legal issues, the opportunity to discuss issues in 18

a Board room or emailing the Massage Therapy Board. 19

Mr. Davis discussed professional associations 20

advocating for the Board. 21

Ms. Shull challenged the Board and the 22

prosecution to be more vigilant in collecting fees and 23

exploring alternative avenues for achieving solvency. 24

She suggested combining Boards and reducing resources 25

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to reduce state costs. 1

Ms. Hubert-Black commented that the Board should 2

consider application fees to make the Massage Therapy 3

Board solvent.] 4

*** 5

Report of Commissioner 6

[Katelin Lambert, Deputy Commissioner, on behalf of 7

Ian J. Harlow, Commissioner of Professional and 8

Occupational Affairs, discussed the Pennsylvania 9

Licensing System (PALS), noting the stabilization and 10

the development of the system. Ms. Lambert reviewed 11

the new functionality updates with PALS Tips and PALS 12

support desk. 13

Ms. Lambert offered to return to the Board to 14

demonstrate the changes to the system and the renewal 15

process. She noted an activity section with checklist 16

items that can be reviewed after the submission of an 17

application. She reviewed the ability to make changes 18

to an application. 19

Chairperson Lesik noted the need for CE provider 20

documentation to verify education. Ms. Lambert stated 21

the CE applications are still in the process of being 22

configured in PALS and instructions could be updated. 23

Ms. Lambert agreed to review the language on the 24

applications and follow up with the Board at its next 25

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meeting.] 1

*** 2

[Katelin Lambert, Deputy Commissioner of Professional 3

and Occupational Affairs, exited the meeting at 4

11:30 a.m.] 5

*** 6

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, clarified a 7

previous statement regarding projections. He stated 8

the older projection was based on 100 percent renewal, 9

and the new projection was based on an 85 percent 10

renewal.] 11

*** 12

[Peter D. Kovach, Esquire, Board Counsel, provided an 13

overview of the Executive Session process and offered 14

a copy of the presentation.] 15

*** 16

Miscellaneous – City of Philadelphia Ordinance 17

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, discussed a 18

proposed expanding ordinance that affects massage 19

therapists in Philadelphia related to human 20

trafficking. Mr. Davis noted the Massage Therapy Act 21

and recommended that the Board keep apprised of 22

expanding ordinances in the metropolitan areas. He 23

stated that an ordinance cannot preempt state law and 24

can only expand upon it. 25

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Ms. Embleton stated that Associated Bodywork & 1

Massage Professionals was engaging in the Philadelphia 2

ordinance. She noted that Hand & Stone and the 3

American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) were also 4

engaging. Ms. Embleton works on these ordinances at 5

the local level and will make a national statement 6

regarding Philadelphia. 7

It was discussed that the Philadelphia Zoning 8

Board uses masseuse and masseur as a wrong connotation 9

for licensed professionals.] 10

*** 11

Cannabidiol (CBD) Article 12

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, stated Counsel 13

cannot give legal advice to anyone outside of the 14

Board regarding cannabinoids. Mr. Davis noted the 15

fight between the federal government and state 16

government in this matter and suggested hiring a 17

private attorney for legal advice. 18

Mr. Davis stated only definitive announcements 19

will be posted to the website.] 20

*** 21

Correspondence – Federation of State Massage Therapy 22

Boards (FSMTB) Massage Therapy Licensing Database 23

(MTLD) Memorandum of Understanding 24

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, discussed the 25

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national database for massage therapy practitioners. 1

Mr. Davis believed this third-party database would 2

send very little other than what is already publically 3

available. 4

Chairperson Lesik explained an initial request 5

from the member Boards of the Federation of State 6

Massage Therapy Boards. Mr. Ed Bolden is the 7

President of the Federation of State Massage Therapy 8

Boards. Chairperson Lesik noted a Memorandum of 9

Understanding. She discussed the need for IT and 10

legal to design encryption software data 11

specifications at no cost to the Board and the 12

benefits of a single point of access for relevant 13

information to supporting massage therapy licensing 14

Boards, licensure eligibility determination, and 15

public protection mission. She stated FSMTB cannot 16

populate this database with prelicense information and 17

that information and continuing education data comes 18

back via the member Boards. 19

Chairperson Lesik stated licensees and applicants 20

will benefit from the single point of access approach 21

to this disclosure of information, as well as from the 22

storage of their documentation. 23

Mr. Davis discussed his review of the Memorandum 24

of Understanding. He contacted Sonja Way regarding 25

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the Massage Therapy Licensing Database (MTLD) Policy & 1

Procedures Manual. Laura Simmons at FSMTB responded, 2

stating that the MTLB Policy & Procedures Manual was 3

replaced by the Terms of Use for ease of use. 4

Mr. Davis noted his concerns with the Memorandum 5

of Understanding (MOU) as far as ownership of the 6

data. He was advised by the Department of State's 7

contract liaison to obtain additional information 8

should the Board vote to participate. The Attorney 9

General or the Office of General Counsel still may 10

advise the Board to not enter into the contract. 11

Ms. Rosado questioned whether the Massage Therapy 12

Licensing Database (MaTiLDa) would just be the state 13

of Pennsylvania. Chairperson Lesik explained that any 14

infractions conducted in a regulatory setting would be 15

in MaTiLDa. 16

Ms. Niner clarified the National Practitioner 17

Data Bank Self-Query required for all new applicants. 18

Mr. Kovach defined the National Practitioner Data Bank 19

as a statutory construction under the Social Security 20

Act for all health-related Boards that require a query 21

to the data bank when applying for licensure. He 22

stated that the data bank will provide notice of any 23

disciplinary action. He noted the reporting 24

requirements. 25

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Ms. Corey suggested contacting DEG, which is the 1

technical software writing business that FSMTB has 2

contracted to build MaTiLDa. Chairperson Lesik 3

requested legal to make the suggested contact. 4

The Board agreed to turn this issue over to legal 5

and IT to obtain additional information.] 6

*** 7

Approval of Minutes of the June 12, 2018 meeting 8

[The Board discussed a motion issue.] 9

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 10

Are there any other additions or 11

corrections to the minutes? I need a 12

motion from the Board to approve the 13

minutes for June. 14

MS. COREY: 15

So moved. 16

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 17

Second. 18

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 19

Linda seconds. All those in favor? All 20

those opposed? Any abstentions? 21

[The motion carried unanimously.] 22

*** 23

[Chairperson Lesik requested Board approval for 24

Mr. Davis to attend the FSMTB Annual Meeting in 25

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October.] 1

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 2

Now, if we are done with the discussion, 3

we need a motion from the floor. 4

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 5

I’ll make the motion for Board Counsel 6

to attend. 7

MS. COREY: 8

I’ll second. 9

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 10

All those in favor? All those opposed? 11

Any abstentions? 12

[The motion carried unanimously.] 13

*** 14

[Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, addressed 15

Section 3(f) of the law under forfeiture of 16

membership, referring to a Board member who has missed 17

3 meetings within an 18-month period. 18

Ms. Niner requested another Board member take 19

over the responsibilities of the Education Review 20

Committee.] 21

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 22

I need a motion from the floor that 23

Nancy Porambo be on the Education Review 24

Committee. 25

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MS. BAUGHMAN: 1

I so move. 2

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 3

I need a second. 4

MS. ROSADO: 5

I second. 6

7

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 8

All those in favor? All those opposed? 9

Any abstentions? 10

[The motion carried unanimously.] 11

*** 12

[The Board recessed for lunch from 12:26 p.m. until 13

1:00 p.m.] 14

*** 15

[Pursuant to Section 708(a)(5) of the Sunshine Act, at 16

1:00 p.m. the Board entered into Executive Session 17

with Thomas Davis, Esquire, Board Counsel, and Peter 18

D. Kovach, Esquire, Board Counsel, for the purpose of 19

conducting quasi-judicial deliberations on a number of 20

matters currently pending before the Board and to 21

receive the advice of Counsel. The Board returned to 22

open session at 2:12 p.m.] 23

*** 24

[Chairperson Lesik noted a Regulatory Committee 25

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Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 17, 2018, at 1

12:30 p.m., the day before the September 18, 2018 2

Board meeting. 3

Chairperson Lesik noted the Board meeting on 4

December 4, 2018. 5

Ms. Corey updated the Board on the status of 6

FSMTB policy resolutions, noting the September Board 7

meeting to review and make a decision on the proposed 8

resolutions.] 9

*** 10

MOTIONS 11

MR. DAVIS: 12

Number 10 on the agenda is a consent 13

agreement. Based on the Board’s 14

discussion in Executive Session, I 15

believe the Chair would accept the 16

motion to approve the Consent Agreement 17

in File No. 18-72-006317. 18

MS. COREY: 19

So moved. 20

MS. PORAMBO: 21

Second. 22

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 23

Jamie first. Nancy seconds. Anymore 24

discussion? All those in favor? All 25

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those opposed? Any abstentions? 1

[The motion carried. The Respondent’s name is Greta 2

Lynn Denny, LMT.] 3

*** 4

MR. DAVIS: 5

Next, we have adjudications and orders. 6

Number 3 on today’s agenda, which is 7

File No. 17-72-03578, Shanice Lataye 8

Adams, LMT. 9

Based on the Board’s discussions in 10

Executive Session, I believe the Chair 11

would accept the motion to adopt as 12

final the proposed Adjudication and 13

Order of the Hearing Examiner in the 14

Adams’ matter as I just read. 15

MS. PROAMBO: 16

So moved. 17

MS. BAUGHMAN: 18

Second. 19

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 20

All those in favor? All those opposed? 21

Any abstentions? 22

[The motion carried unanimously.] 23

*** 24

MR. DAVIS: 25

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Based on the Board’s discussions in 1

Executive Session, I believe the Chair 2

would accept the motion to adopt as 3

final the proposed Adjudication and 4

Order of the Hearing Examiner in the 5

following matter, which is Xiuqin Li, 6

File No. 18-72-01657, which is No. 4 on 7

the agenda. 8

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 9

Motion from the floor? 10

MS. ROSADO: 11

So moved. 12

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 13

Second. 14

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 15

Gloria moves. Linda seconds. All those 16

in favor? All those opposed? Any 17

abstentions? 18

[The motion carried unanimously.] 19

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MR. DAVIS: 21

Number 5 on today’s agenda is the 22

application of Albert William Bowker 23

Jr., licensure for massage therapist. 24

Based on the Board’s discussions in 25

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Executive Session, I recommend a motion 1

provisionally denying the application. 2

MS. COREY: 3

So moved. 4

MS. PORAMBO: 5

Second. 6

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 7

Nancy seconds. Jamie first. All those 8

in favor? All those opposed? Any 9

abstentions? 10

[The motion carried unanimously.] 11

*** 12

MR. DAVIS: 13

Numbers 6 and 7 on today’s agenda, 14

applications for licensure as a massage 15

therapist of Heehwa Choi Polowski and 16

Shannon Lee Hardner. 17

Based on the Board’s discussions in 18

Executive Session, I recommend a motion 19

provisionally denying the applications. 20

MS. BAUGHMAN: 21

So moved. 22

MS. NELSON: 23

Second. 24

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 25

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Camille first. Jessica seconds. All 1

those in favor? All those opposed? Any 2

abstentions? 3

[The motion carried unanimously.] 4

*** 5

MR. DAVIS: 6

Next is No. 8 on the agenda, Citation 7

Appeal of Tiffany A. Rendall, File No. 8

17-72-13295. 9

Based on the Board’s discussions in 10

Executive Session, I believe the Chair 11

would accept the motion to adopt as 12

final the proposed Adjudication and 13

Order in relation to the citation in 14

that matter. To be clear, we are 15

adopting the citation and denying the 16

appeal. 17

MS. ROSADO: 18

So moved. 19

MS. PORAMBO: 20

Second. 21

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 22

Linda first. Nancy seconds. All those 23

in favor? All those opposed? Any 24

abstentions? 25

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[The motion carried unanimously.] 1

*** 2

MR. DAVIS: 3

Number 9 on the agenda is the matter of 4

application to licensure of Jessica 5

Danielle Silvas, File No. 18-72-004869. 6

Based on the Board’s discussions in 7

Executive Session, I recommend a motion 8

approving the application with a 9

typographical correction on page 1 of 10

the order, moving the July date to the 11

August date. 12

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 13

So moved. 14

MS. COREY: 15

Second. 16

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 17

Linda, so moved. Jamie seconds. All 18

those in favor? All those opposed? Any 19

abstentions? 20

[The motion carried unanimously.] 21

*** 22

MR. DAVIS: 23

Numbers 11, 13, and 14 on the agenda, 24

Application for licensure of Christopher 25

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Cole, Lori Cornell, and Pedro Castro. 1

Based on the Board’s discussions in 2

Executive Session, I recommend a motion 3

approving these applications. 4

MS. PORAMBO: 5

So moved. 6

MS. COREY: 7

Second. 8

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 9

Nancy first Jamie seconds. All those 10

in favor? All those opposed? Any 11

abstentions? 12

[The motion carried unanimously.] 13

*** 14

MR. DAVIS: 15

Numbers 12 and 15 on the agenda, Juanita 16

Gonzalez and Lillian Kim. 17

Based on the Board’s discussions in 18

Executive Session, I would recommend the 19

motion provisionally denying these 20

applications. 21

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 22

So moved. 23

MS. BAUGHMAN: 24

Second. 25

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CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 1

Linda first. Camille seconds. All 2

those in favor? All those opposed? Any 3

abstentions? 4

[The motion carried unanimously.] 5

*** 6

Adjournment 7

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 8

We need a motion to adjourn. 9

MS. CHAMBERLAIN: 10

So moved. 11

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 12

Linda moved. 13

MS. BAUGHMAN: 14

Second. 15

CHAIRPERSON LESIK: 16

Camille seconds. All those in favor? 17

All those opposed? Any abstentions? 18

[The motion carried unanimously.] 19

*** 20

[There being no further business, the State Board of 21

Massage Therapy Meeting adjourned at 2:23 p.m.] 22

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minutes of the State Board of Massage Therapy Meeting, 6

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and that the minutes accurately summarize the 8

substance of the State Board of Massage Therapy 9

Meeting. 10

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Minute Clerk 15

Sargent’s Court Reporting 16

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STATE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY 1 REFERENCE INDEX 2 August 7, 2018 3

4 TIME AGENDA 5 6 9:32 Official Call to Order 7 8 9:35 Appointment – Legal Office Presentation 9 10 9:45 Report of Prosecutorial Division 11 12

9:45 Appointment – BFO Budget Presentation 13 14 10:20 Recess 15 10:30 Return to Open Session 16 17 10:32 Report of Regulatory Counsel 18 19 11:20 Report of Commissioner 20 21 11:36 Miscellaneous 22 23 11:40 Correspondence 24 25 11:51 Approval of Minutes 26

27 12:26 Lunch 28 1:00 Return to Open Session 29 30 1:00 Executive Session 31 2:12 Return to Open Session 32 33 2:12 Motions 34 35 2:23 Adjournment 36 37 38 39 40

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