OK ST BD OF EXAMINERS FOR LONG TERM CARE ADMS. 7-22-2015

MINUTES

The Regular Board meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (OSBELTCA) was held July 22, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting location was at the Shepherd Mall Office Complex, 2401 NW 23rd, OSBELTCA Conference Room, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Bill Pierce, Vice-Chair, presided over the meeting.

Advance notice of this regularly scheduled meeting was transmitted to the Oklahoma Secretary of State on October 30, 2014 and posted on the OSBELTCA website on July 21, 2015. The agenda was posted in a prominent public view on the front doors of the Shepherd Mall Office Complex located at 2401 NW 23rd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 21 at 9:00 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT

Mr. Bill Pierce, Vice-Chair, OK City

Ms. Nancy Poteete, Sec-Treasurer, Norman

Ms. Pat Bean, OK City

Mr. Brett Coble, Ardmore

Ms. Georgia Devening, Choctaw

Ms. Susan Haws, Glenpool

Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Tulsa

Mr. Bill Weaver, OK City

MEMBERS ABSENT

Ms. Susan Barnes, Chair, Edmond

Mr. Curtis Aduddell, OK City

Ms. Nancy Atkinson, OK City

Dr. Scott Calhoon, OK City

Ms. Jacki Millspaugh, OK City

Ms. Lisa Pever, OK City

OTHERS PRESENT

Mr. Gaylord Z. Thomas, Executive Director

Ms.Tiffany Wythe, Assistant Attorney General

Ms. Ginger Dean

Ms. Pam Duren

Ms. Melissa Holland

Mr. Ed Hendrix

Mr. Andrew Mireles

Ms. Heather Kay

Ms. Gina Yates

Ms. Sue Wantland

Ms. Cheryl O’Neill

Ms. Shelby Hill

Ms. Jenail Willis

Ms. Michele Huckabee

Mr. Bill Pierce, Vice-Chair, called the meeting to order and stated that we were in compliance with the Open Meeting Act and Authority.

Mr. Pierce asked Ms. Pam Duren to call roll to establish a quorum.

Present were Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. There was a quorum.

Mr. Bill Pierce asked the public to introduce themselves to the Board members.

Mr. Pierce asked the Board members to review the minutes of the 6-24-15 Board meeting.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve the minutes of the 6-24-2015 Board meeting. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble and Mr. Bill Weaver. Negative – None. Abstaining – Ms. Susan Haws.

In the absence of Mr. Curtis Aduddell, Chair of the Education Committee, Mr. Gaylord Z Thomas, Executive Director, gave the Education Committee report.

Mr. Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding granting the request of a Nursing Home Administrator’s license.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that Ms. Shelby Hill met the requirements for becoming a Nursing Home Administrator.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve Ms. Shelby Hill as a Nursing Home Administrator. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that Ms. Cheryl O’Neill met the requirements for becoming a Nursing Home Administrator.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Mr. Bill Pierce, to approve Ms. Cheryl O’Neill as a Nursing Home Administrator. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Mr. Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding granting the request of a Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrator’s License.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that Mr. Andrew Mireles met the requirements for becoming a Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrator.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve Mr. Andrew Mireles as a Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrator. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Mr. Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding granting the Certified Assistant Administrator’s Certifications.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that Ms. Michele Huckabee met the requirements for becoming a Certified Assistant Administrator.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve Ms. Michele Huckabee as a Certified Assistant Administrator. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that Ms. Gina Yates met the requirements for becoming a Certified Assistant Administrator.

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve Ms. Gina Yates as a Certified Assistant Administrator. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Licenses were presented at this time.

Mr. Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding the following requests for continuing education for Long Term Care Administrators:

Pharmcare USA

510 N. Arapaho, Hydro, OK

Pharmcare U “Oklahoma’s Sweet 16”

Metro Tech, 1900 Springlake Dr, OK City, OK

9-16-2015

Requesting 6 CEUs

Motion was made by Ms. Pat Bean, seconded by Mr. Bill Weaver, to approve the aforementioned program for Long Term Care Administrators. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

OK State Department of Health

1000 NE 10th St., OK City, OK

Bridging the Gap-Building a Better Life-Residential Care Provider Training

Moore Norman Tech Center, 13301 S. Penn Ave., OK City, OK

8-11-2015

Requesting 6 CEUs

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve the aforementioned program for Long Term Care Administrators. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Ms. Nancy Poteete, Chair of the Finance Committee, informed the Board members that they had two reports in their packet which included the Summary of Receipts and Disbursements and the 6 Digit Object of Expenditure Report and pointed out that we had more available cash this fiscal year than we did at the end of the last fiscal year. Also, Ms. Poteete informed the Board that our budget for FY2016 had been approved by the Budget Division of Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). Discussion followed.

Ms. Tiffany Wythe, Assistant Attorney General for the Board, led the review and discussion regarding the Executive Order 2015-33-Licensure Board Anti-Trust. Ms. Wythe, after lengthy explanations, informed the Board that we were not in violation of this Order. Discussion followed.

Mr. Gaylord Z Thomas led the review and discussion regarding the qualifications to enter Administrator University. Mr. Thomas informed the Board that there was a hand-out within their packet informing them of the General Requirements within each licensure type and summarized this for the Board. There was discussion regarding a candidate who was unable to attend the upcoming Administrator University (AU) beginning July 30, 2015 because he did not have a Bachelor’s Degree conferred to date. Discussion followed.

Mr. Gaylord Z Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding the request of the following administrators to become Certified Preceptors:

Tabitha Bundy

Jodi Coatney

Jeff Gregston

Chris Olson-Gruszeczki

Greg Guymon

Joy Hill

Julie Kuiper

Linda Smith

Scott Steinmetz

Danna Wise

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to approve the aforementioned list as Certified Preceptors. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – None.

Mr. Gaylord Z Thomas led the review, discussion and possible action regarding the Probable Cause Committee Report.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that the Probable Cause Committee recommended that there was no probable cause regarding 15-038(D).

Motion was made by Ms. Nancy Poteete, seconded by Mr. Brett Coble, to accept the recommendation of the Probable Cause Committee that there was no probable cause regarding the aforementioned case. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – Ms. Pat Bean and Mr. Bill Weaver.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that the Probable Cause Committee recommended that there was no probable cause regarding 15-015(P).

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to accept the recommendation of the Probable Cause Committee that there was no probable cause regarding the aforementioned case. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – Mr. Bill Pierce.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that the Probable Cause Committee recommended that there was no probable cause regarding 14-141(HB).

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Pat Bean, to accept the recommendation of the Probable Cause Committee that there was no probable cause regarding the aforementioned case. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Pat Bean, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – Ms. Nancy Pfeifer and Mr. Brett Coble.

Mr. Thomas informed the Board that the Probable Cause Committee recommended that there was no probable cause regarding 15-044 (P).

Motion was made by Mr. Bill Weaver, seconded by Ms. Nancy Poteete, to accept the recommendation of the Probable Cause Committee that there was no probable cause regarding the aforementioned case. Motion carried with voting as follows: Affirmative – Ms. Georgia Devening, Ms. Nancy Poteete, Ms. Nancy Pfeifer, Mr. Bill Pierce, Mr. Brett Coble, Mr. Bill Weaver and Ms. Susan Haws. Negative – None. Abstaining – Ms. Pat Bean.

Mr. Gaylord Z. Thomas, Executive Director, gave his report as follows:

1.  FALL AU CLASS UPDATE: The Fall AU class for NHAs is scheduled to start next Thursday, July 30th, and we have a full class (25) enrolled and more slated to attend the following class which should start in January 2016.

2.  CONFERENCE ROOM EXPANSION UPDATE: Our request is still on someone’s radar as I was recently requested to show them how frequently the conference room is used over a 3 month period. The wheels of progress are still turning but we cannot expect anything to occur until probably 2016 beyond discussions and some pre-approvals if we can get them.

3.  BOARD SEAT VACANCY UPDATE: Chris Bruehl from the Governor’s office is still actively working to fill our vacant seat (Res Care Administrator seat).

4.  UPCOMING EVENTS/DATES:

Next NAB Review (Joe Townsend): July 27-28

AU begins – July 30

NAB Executive Committee Meeting August 19-22 (Michigan, NAB funded for me)

Next Board Meetings - August 26, September 23

FYI - Out of town (Parents Weekend at USAF Academy) – Labor Day weekend (Sep 3-8)

Under New Business there was discussion regarding microphones for the Board Room.

The meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

MS. NANCY POTEETE, SEC-TREASURER

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