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OREGON BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING

DRAFT MEETING AGENDA – January 4, 2013 8:30 am – Portland State Office Building, Room 445

(Times are estimated)

Proposed Agenda 1. Call to order (8:30 am) 2. Amendments to proposed agenda

Executive Session (in accordance with ORS 192.660(2)(k))

1. Investigation cases 2. Report/update on disciplinary cases administered without Board appearance

Working lunch (12:00 to 12:30 pm) Public Session (1:00 pm)

1. Approval of October 23, 2012 meeting minutes 2. Approval of November 8, 2012 special meeting minutes 3. Ratification of licenses issued 4. Disciplinary cases vote 5. Committee updates

Old Business

1. Update on budget process for 2013-15 fiscal biennium 2. Update on proposed legislative concepts for 2013 -- To prohibit any form of medical imaging unless

properly prescribed by a medical professional, for medical or diagnostic purposes. 3. Update on efforts to recruit Board members

New Business:

1. Appearance before the Board by the Oregon Society of Physician Assistants, which is seeking to allow PAs to do fluoroscopy.

2. Temporary license rule amendment? – Does the Board wish to place a time limit for graduates who wish to utilize a temporary license following graduation and prior to earning a credential?

3. Temporary license: Should we expand the temporary license rule to allow current licensees (not just students or recent graduates) to obtain temporary licensure for post-primary pathway (similar to the current provisional license)?

4. Limited permits—should we require limited permit holders to re-take and pass the ARRT LXMO examination after their permit has been inactive/expired for a certain number of years?

5. Since provisional licenses are currently issued to expire on Dec. 31, 2013, should we stop issuing new ones at some date (e.g. four or six months) prior to December 31, 2013.

6. Review proposed updates to OBMI Overview of Guidelines for Limited School Instructors 7. Discussion of possible Board endorsement of the proposed federal CARE Act (S. 3338/H.R. 2104)

Public Comment (3:00 pm) Adjourn All Board meetings are open to the public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to 971-673-0216.

2013 Meeting Dates Board meeting – Friday, Jan. 4 Board Meeting – Friday, April 5 Board Retreat – Thursday, July 11 Board Meeting – Friday, July 12 Board Meeting – Friday, Oct. 11

OREGON BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING DRAFT MEETING AGENDA – April 5, 2013

8:30 am – Portland State Office Building, Room 1-C (Times are estimated)




Working lunch (12:00 to 12:30 pm) Public Session (1:00 pm)

1. Approval of previous board meeting minutes 2. Ratification of licenses issued 3. Disciplinary cases vote 4. Committee updates

Old Business

1. Update on budget process for 2013-15 fiscal biennium 2. Update on 2013 legislative session in Salem

a. OBMI’s proposed legislation for 2013 -- To prohibit any form of medical imaging unless properly prescribed by a medical professional, for medical or diagnostic purposes;

b. SB 420 -- required report after mammogram shows dense breast tissue; c. Other legislation of interest.

3. Current rulemaking to update the limited school guideline for instructors document (documents are on the OBMI website at http://www.oregon.gov/OBMI/Pages/OBMI-Limited-X-Ray-School-Instructors-2013-Proposed-Rules.aspx).

a. Consideration of public comments b. Board consideration re: approval of rules

New Business

1. Proposed rulemaking: c. Temporary license (for recent graduates) d. Provisional license (for licensees adding modalities) e. Requirements for reinstatement of LXMOs who have been expired for several years

Other Business Public Comment (3:00 pm) Adjourn All Board meetings are open to the public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to 971-673-0216.

2013 Meeting Dates Board Meeting – Friday, April 5 Board Retreat – Thursday, July 11 Board Meeting – Friday, July 12 Board Meeting – Friday, Oct. 11

http://www.oregon.gov/OBMI/Pages/OBMI-Limited-X-Ray-School-Instructors-2013-Proposed-Rules.aspx

http://www.oregon.gov/OBMI/Pages/OBMI-Limited-X-Ray-School-Instructors-2013-Proposed-Rules.aspx

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OREGON BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING DRAFT MEETING AGENDA – July 22, 2013

Conference Room “B” Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, 3600 NW Samaritan Drive, Corvallis OR

(Times are estimated)


Election of Board Officers 1. Chair 2. Vice-Chair



Working lunch (~12:30 to 1:00 pm) Public Session (~1:00 pm)


Old Business

1. Update on budget process for 2013-15 fiscal biennium 2. Update on 2013 legislative session in Salem

a. OBMI’s legislation – signed by the Governor, effective 1-1-14 – To prohibit medical imaging unless properly prescribed by a medical professional, for medical or diagnostic purposes;

b. Other legislation impacting medical imaging. 3. Current rulemaking:

a. Consideration of public comments on current proposed rules. b. Decision whether to adopt permanent rules -- two items in one rulemaking:

i. Applicable to limited permits: Require limited permit holders whose permit has expired for a period greater than 24 continuous months to go back to school and pass the ARRT test again;

ii. Applicable to full licensure candidates: Twenty-four month deadline for a school graduate to apply for a temporary license.

c. Delayed effective date for implementation of the new rule? 4. Update on transition to credentialing requirement that goes into effect January 1, 2014

a. Provisional licensure – to extend beyond 1-1-14 or not? New Business

1. Update on a recent request to the OBMI to revisit whether persons with RCES or RCIS credential should be permitted to move the table during fluoroscopic procedure

2. Update from Radiation Protection Services on computed tomography (CT) operator rules that RPS is proposing.

2013 Remaining Meeting Dates Board Meeting – Monday, July 22 Board Meeting – Friday, Oct. 11

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3. Seek Board clarification of interpretation of OAR 337-010-0030(5) that says that limited permit students “are allowed three attempts to pass an ARRT exam.” Does that mean they can sit for the exam no more than three times (total) or that they can sit for a particular exam section no more than three times?

4. Approve an amendment to Board Policy 0008 to reflect recent Board-approved changes in LXMO instructor manual – limited permit instructor’s license must be current and in good standing for at least one year two years.

5. Should we do FBI checks on new license applicants? We would have to adopt an administrative rule to charge new applicants the fee (currently $52) to cover the cost.

Other Business Public Comment (~3:00 pm) Adjourn All Board meetings are open to the public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to 971-673-0216.

OREGON BOARD OF MEDICAL IMAGING DRAFT MEETING AGENDA – October 11, 2013

Room 1-D, Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland OR (Times are estimated)


Executive Session (in accordance with ORS 192.660(2)(k)) 1. Investigation cases 2. Board consideration of disciplinary actions administered without Board appearance

Working lunch (~11:30 to 12:00 pm) Public Session (~12:00 pm)


a. CE Committee: New numbering procedure to give the same course I.D. number to CE courses that have the same content. Should CE courses be approved on a two-year cycle to reflect license renewal cycle?

Old Business 1. OBMI’s sonography legislation – Panel discussion with interested persons -- Resume discussion of 2012

proposed legislation to require sonographers to pass at least one registry exam in any subspecialty category in which they practice.

2. Update/final review on transition to credentialing requirement that goes into effect January 1, 2014 a. Troy Juniper, Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande

3. Post-primary license rulemaking – a. consideration of public comments b. Board action

4. Physician Assistants doing fluoroscopy – update a. Does the Board wish to authorize a separate PA fluoroscopy permit, similar to California?

5. CT operator rules – update a. CT dexa scans – Can bone densitometry limited permit holders do them?

6. FBI fingerprint background check for new licensees -- update 7. Approve an amendment to Board Policy 0008 to reflect recent Board-approved changes in LXMO instructor

manual – limited permit instructor’s license must be current and in good standing for at least one year two years.

8. Legislative update—Legislation of interest with rulemaking coordinated by other state agencies: a. Rulemaking for SB 420 (Dense breast tissue notification requirement) b. Rulemaking for SB 683 (Physician self-referral legislation) c. Revisit 2012 effort to pursue legislation to restructure the Board

Other Business Office update: (Budget update; shredding old files; update on scanner; online survey results) Public Comment (~3:00 pm) Adjourn Except for executive sessions, all portions of Board meetings are open to the public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to 971-673-0216.

2014 Meeting Dates

January 17, 2014

April 25, 2014

July 18, 2014

October 17, 2014

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