Board Meeting Agenda
March 28, 2024
Department of Consumer Affairs North Market Hearing Room 102 1625 North Market Sacramento, CA 95834
The meeting will be Webcast provided there are no unforeseen technical difficulties. To view the Webcast, please visit: https://thedcapage.blog/webcasts/
Continuing Education Information for Attendance
11:00 a.m. - Call to Order, Establishment of Quorum
- President's Opening Remarks
- October 24, 2023 Meeting Minutes Approval
- Legislation of Interest
- Two-Year Bills
- AB 477 (Waldron) Legislative review of state boards
- AB 996 (Low) DCA: continuing education: conflict-of-interest policy
- SB 802 (Roth) Licensing boards: disqualification from licensure: criminal conviction
- Introduced in 2024
- AB 1891 (Weber) Community colleges: allied health programs
- AB 2269 (Flora) Board membership qualifications: public members
- AB 2862 (Gipson) Licenses: African American applicants
- AB 3127 (McKinnor) Reporting of crimes: mandated reporters
- SB 1067 (Smallwood-Cuevas) Healing arts: expedited licensure process: medically underserved area or population
- SB 1451 (Ashby) Professions and vocations
- Discussion and Possible Action Related to Proposed Regulations, Title 16, California Code of Regulations, Section 1399.365, Basic Respiratory Tasks and Services
- Professional Qualifications Committee Update & Discussion (Raymond Hernandez, Chair, Michael H. Terry, Member)
- Draft 2024 Workforce Survey for Review, Discussion and Possible Action Strategic Plan Goal 2.3: Evaluate current respiratory care educational requirements and revise, as necessary, to support practice standards and patient safety.
- AB 927 (Statutes of 2021) Community Colleges Statewide Baccalaureate Degree Program: Process and Impact on Respiratory Care Education Programs Strategic Plan Goal 2.4: Collaborate with professional organizations and schools to perform a needs assessment for the advanced respiratory practitioner role in California to address the projected shortage of physicians and the evolving role of being a physician extender.
- Proposed Meeting Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Temecula, CA (Concurrent with the California Society for Respiratory Care’s (CSRC’s) Annual Meeting)
- Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda
- Future Agenda Items
- CLOSED SESSION (Not open to the public)
- Adjournment (Est 2:30 p.m.)
Public Comment: Public comment will be accepted after each agenda item and toward the end of the agenda for public comment not related to any particular agenda item. The President may set a time limit, as needed.
Strategic Plan Licensing Goal 2.2: Develop and promulgate regulations identifying basic respiratory tasks and services and disseminate information to pertinent state agencies and licensed facilities in response to the implementation of Senate Bill 1436.
The Board may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section that is not included on this agenda, except to decide whether to place the matter on agenda of a future meeting (Government Code section 11125, 11125.7(a)).
Pursuant to subdivision (c)(3) of Government Code section 11126, the Board will meet in closed session to consider proposed disciplinary actions, stipulated settlements, and petitions for modifications/termination of probation.
Notice
Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. Time and order of agenda items are subject to change at the discretion of the President. Meetings of the Respiratory Care Board are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the Open Meeting Act. In addition to the agenda item which addresses public comment, the audience will be given appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the Board. Public comments may be subject to a time limit, at the discretion of the Board President. Members of the public will not be permitted to “yield” their allotted time to other members of the public to make comments. The public may comment on items not on the agenda, but Board members cannot discuss or take action on items not on the agenda. The agenda is available on the Board’s website at www.rcb.ca.gov. This meeting may be anceled or changed without any notice. For verification, please check the Board’s website at www.rcb.ca.gov or call (916) 999-2190.
The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs a disability-related accommodation or modification in order to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting Paula Velasquez at (916) 999-2190 or sending a written request to: Paula Velasquez, Respiratory Care Board, 3750 Rosin Court, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95834. Providing your request at least seven (7) business days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodation.
