ALC-Occupational Licensing Review Subcommittee
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thank you all for being here today so we have been called to order I have no comments except to welcome our group from Arkansas State University go Red Wolves glad you all are here
and before I go any further I'm going to give representative Jack Ledeman personal privilege to say a few things Jack thank
Representative Jack Ladyman
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you mr. chairman yeah I wanted to recognize the group from ASU here that is here today they're the 2026 2027 student cohorts of Arkansas State University Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences and we got a big group here and
I'd like for them to stand and we recognize them thank you
representative Lehman folks our next order of business is to consider a Motions to suspend the rules and take up the supplemental report And I do I have a motion
I have a motion and I have a second All in favor.
I have a motion a second all in favor say aye Any opposed say aye or say they Seeing none
Speaker 8
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It has been passed has been reviewed and this report
stands as reviewed Next is item E folks are now on item D this is a review of supplement report for the Arkansas Farm Protection License Board and without objection okay come on up come on
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up senator if you want to review it without me
Sarah Moore
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it's okay ma'am if you will identify yourself yes sir lacy kochner counsel for the department of labor and licensing thank you and i'm here to answer any questions that you might have on behalf of the fire protection licensing board in our occupational report that we've submitted so i'm happy to answer any questions that come up
members are there any questions seeing none i'm sorry i've got one here representative brown you're recognized thank
Representative Matt Brown
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you mr chair i was a little distracted when you first sat down did you say some fees have gone up
Sarah Moore
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no ma'am we have not had any fee increases okay thank you only question thank you members are there any other questions
seeing none without objection this report stands as reviewed moving on to item E which is a review of reports from occupational authorization entities the Arkansas Department of Health radiation control section thank you all for being here today and if you would please identify yourself thank you mr. chair
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Craig Smith with attorney with the Arkansas Department of
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Health mr. chair Charles Thompson attorney Arkansas Department of Health Shane David branch chief health systems licensing and certification Department
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of Health thank you you may continue thank you mr. chair members we appreciate the opportunity to be here and present our occupational licensing report for this cycle ADH started licensing radiologic technologists under Act 10 71 of 1999 so we've been doing it a while our authority regard includes full licensure and as and what is referred
to as limited scope licensure and limited scope licensure is licensure for specific areas of the body that that not necessarily needing a full scope and it increases economic opportunities for those that don't want to pursue full licensure fees have been unchanged since the inception of the program in 1999 and in fact there's a fee cap statute fee cap set forth in the statute and That's $75, which actually we have not reached. ADH does not have a fund balance, and in recent years, we've actually been running a deficit.
There are certain exceptions for licensure in the statute. That includes mostly medical field, obviously. That includes medicine, dentistry, optometry, among a few others. ADH is cognizant of and complies with automatic licensure provisions for service members, which there were three in the most recent full calendar year. We have Dr. Shane David, who is the branch chief over this licensure program here to help with any questions, as well as Mr. Smith.
I'd be happy to take some. Representative Layman, you're a
Representative Jack Ladyman
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recognizer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yeah, I was looking at your income and your expenses, and you were about $53,000 short last year, and you said you run
Speaker 26
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a deficit. How do you cover that? Appreciate the question. It's through cost allocation measures throughout that branch. You know, that may change, but right now we're able to cover that deficit
through the cost allocation spread across other programs. So is this
Representative Jack Ladyman
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temporary? You think you can cover that? Not going to have to increase fees? As of right
Speaker 26
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now, we think we're okay. And if that changes, we'll be sure to let you know. Okay. Thank
you. Representative Richardson, sir, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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had a quick question with regards to, uh, apprenticeship. You guys don't offer that. Do you plan on doing that at some point to, um,
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we're not aware of any current apprenticeship programs, but if any are made available, we'll certainly, we certainly have provisions in our rules that allow for that. Okay. Thank you. Members are there any other questions
seeing none without objection this report stands as reviewed thank you members thank you
Members will next hear from the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy.
And if you will please recognize yourself Matt Gilmore department health
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Lindsay Kinsey health board director of the physical therapy board. Thank
Chair
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you and you may continue So miss Kinsey
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is going to just give a quick overview and then we'll
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take any questions y'all have a Quick overview to the board
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is we are little bit short sorry about that and comprised of four licensed physical therapists and one public member for a total of five voting members and we are
a licensed and regulatory organization laws are established to set forth the standards for practice of physical therapy continuing education testing and to define the scope and limitations of the practice the board receives investigates and adjudicates complaints against the licensees. Our board licensees physical therapists and physical therapy assistants. We have currently have 2,808 physical therapists and 1,781 physical therapy
assistance for a total of 4,589 licensees overall. We are a member of the Compact Commission and there are 222 physical therapists through the Compact and 82 physical therapist assistants who currently hold Compact privileges in Arkansas. We've seen an increase in our licensees from this time in 2021 through 2026 we show 15.1 increase in pts 9.8 percent in ptas and 13.1 overall
we've tried to do a few things to help increase our number of licensees we have lower than the average fees even before we lowered all of our fees across the board in 2023 we also offer a $200,000 scholarship. We approve and issue licensees quickly. We work closely with the Arkansas Physical Therapy Association, as well as the different CAPTE-accredited schools.
As stated previously, we are a member of the compact for nearly five years now. And within that compact, we all have to meet the same requirements as well. And we all have comparable requirements for initial licensure. I think we're happy to take any questions y'all have. And thank
Chair
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you. Representative Bentley, ma'am, you're recognized. Thank you, Chairman.
Representative Mary Bentley
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Thank you all for being here today. So just want a little more details on this $200,000 scholarship. Is that to one individual? but how many folks are available to get that scholarship? It's 10 a year. 10 a year.
Okay. Thank you. Just curious. Thank you. Representative
Representative Jack Ladyman
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Ladyman, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Well, I'll tell you what, you all have some of the lowest fees I've ever seen, so that's really good. And you've got a large balance, $1.1 million,
and it's great that you're doing $200,000 scholarships. How long have you been doing that scholarship, and is that drawing your balance down at all? Yes, sir.
Matt Gilmore
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That and the fee reductions is doing that. The scholarship's been in place, I believe, since 2023, so it hasn't been going very long. We had to do some policy and guidelines around that, so it took a little while to get that going, but I do think it will pick up, and that will help. But, um, you know, I think they try to be as frugal as possible.
And so they've, you know, um, there was legislation that y'all ran in 2023, I think as well, that required the fee reductions. And so we were trying to stick to that and, and that will draw it down and it gives that money back to the licensees. Well, y'all are
Representative Jack Ladyman
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doing a good job. We need, need you to teach a
class. Thank you. Members, are there any other questions? Seeing none without objection this report stands as reviewed
Thank you We are now moving on to item F other business Members do you have any other business you would like
to discuss? Seeing none we are adjourned Thank you.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Comments by the Co-Chairs
C. Consideration of a Motion to Suspend the Rules and Take Up Supplemental Report
D. Review of Supplemental Report from Occupational Authorization Entity: Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board [Exhibit D]
E. Review of Reports from Occupational Authorization Entities:
F. Other Business
G. Adjournment
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Senator Dave Wallace Chair
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Representative Jack Ladyman
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Sarah Moore
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Representative Matt Brown
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Representative R. Scott Richardson
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Chair
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Representative Mary Bentley
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Matt Gilmore
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