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 edwolfs, glad you all are here. and before I go
any further I'm gonna givepresentative Jack Ladyman personal privilege to say a few things Jack
Representative Jack Ladyman
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3:06
thank you Mr Chairman. yeah I wanted to recognize the group from Asus that here that is here today they're the 2026227 student cohorts of Arkansas State Universityed laboratory and radiationciences and we got a big group here and I'd like for them
to stand and we recognize them
Thank you Representative Lehmann Folks our next order of business is to consider a motion to suspend the rules and take up the supplemental report and do I have a motion? I have a motion
and I have a second. all in favor I have a motion second
all in favor say aye any opposed sayy aye or say nay see none
it has been passed has been reviewed and this
E Ffore now on adamd this is a review of a supplementary report for the Arkansas Fire Protection Licence Board and without objection
Speaker 10
4:43
come on up come on up Senator, if you want to review it
Sarah Moore
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5:01
without me it's ok ma'am if you will identify yourself sir Lacey Kirchner counsel for the department of laborbor andliccensing. and I'm here to answer any questions that you might have on behalf of the fire protection liccensing Board in our occupational report that we've
submitted so happy to answer any questions that come up. Members are there
any questions See none I'm sorry I've got one herepresentative Brown you're recognized thank you Mr Chair. I
Representative Matt Brown
Unverified
5:35
was a little distracted when you first sat down did you say some fees have gone up? No ma'am, we have
Sarah Moore
Unverified
5:41
not had any fee increases. OK thank you
that was 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
Speaker 21
6:28
if you would please identify yourself. thank you raig Smith with attorney with the
Speaker 23
6:33
Arkansas Department of Health Mr Chair Charles Thompson attorney Arkansas department of Health. Shane David branch chief Healthystems licensing and certification department of healthalth. Thank you you may
Speaker 26
6:41
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 1071 of1999 so we've been doing it a while our authority regard includes full licensure and as and what is referred to as limited scope licenger and limited scope licenger is licensure for specific areas of the body that that not necessarily needing a full scope and it it increase s economic opportunities for those that don't want to pursue full licensure ees have been unchanged since the inception of the program in 1999 and in fact there's a
feeca statute fee caps set forth in the statute and that's75 dollars which actually we don't 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 licenger in the statute that includes me mostly medical field obviously that includes medicine dentistry, optometry among a few others Adh is cogniz of and and complies with automatic licensure provisions for service members and which there were three in the
most recent full calendar year we have Do Shane David who's the is the branch chief over this licensure program here to help with any questions as well as Mr. Smith be happy to take some
Rips of ladyman you're recognizer thank you Mr Chairman. yeah, I
Representative Jack Ladyman
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8:13
was looking at your income, your expenses and you were about53,000 short last year and
you said you run a deficit. how do you cover
Speaker 26
8:23
that? appreciate the appreciate the question it's cau through cost allocation measures throughout that branch you know we met that that may change but right now we're able to cover that deficit through cost allocation spread across other programs so is this temporary you think you can cover
Representative Jack Ladyman
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8:38
that not gonna have to increase fees as of right now we think we're ok and
Speaker 26
8:42
if we if that changes we'll be sure to let you know thank you
Representative Richardson, ir, you are recognized thank you, Mr Chair. I just had a
Representative R. Scott Richardson
Unverified
8:56
quick question with regards to apprenticeship. you guys don't offer that do you plan on doing that at some point to we're not aware of any current apprenticeship
Speaker 24
9:10
programs but defender are made available we'll certainly we certainly have provisions in our rules that allow for that 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 of healthalth.
Speaker 44
10:27
Lindseay Kinzy healthal board director of the physical therapy boardard. Thank
Chair
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10:31
you and you may continue So Misss Kinsey is
Speaker 47
10:37
gonna just give a quick overview and then we'll take any questions y'all
Speaker 46
10:45
have. Um, a quick overview of the board is we are
Speaker 44
10:50
a little bit short sorry about that comprised of four licensed physical therapists and one public member for a total of5 voting members. 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 2808 physical
therapists and 1781 physical therapy assistance for a total of4,589 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 fifteen.1% increase in PTs 9.8% 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 lower and all of our fees across the board in 2023. we also offer a $200,000 scholarship we approve an issue licensees quickly
we work closely with the Arkansashysical therapy association and as well as the different cappty accredited schools as stated previously we're a member of the compact for nearly 5 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
Chair
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13:06
think we're happy to take any questions y'all have. and thank youpresentative Bentley.
Representative Mary Bentley
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13:15
ma'am you're recognized thank you chairman thank you all for being here today. So just want a little more details on this $200,000 scholarship is that to one individual is that how many folks are available to get that scholarship's it's 10 a year a year ok thank you just curious thank you. Representativeladyman you're recognized sir.
Thank you Mr Chairman. Well I'll tell you what you
Representative Jack Ladyman
Unverified
13:37
all have some of the lowest fees I've ever seen so that's 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 that in the in the
Matt Gilmore
Unverified
13:58
fee reductions is doing that the scholarship's been in place I believe since 2023. so it's it hasn't been going very long and
it you know 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 you know I think they try to be as frugal as possible and so they've you know there was legislation that y'all ran in 2023 I think as well that required the fee reductions and so we we're 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 doing a good job we need need you to teach a class. Thank you.
Members are there any other questions See 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
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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Speakers
Senator Dave Wallace Chair
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Representative Jack Ladyman
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Speaker 8
Speaker 10
Sarah Moore
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Representative Matt Brown
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Speaker 21
Speaker 23
Speaker 26
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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Speaker 24
Speaker 44
Chair
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Speaker 47
Speaker 46
Representative Mary Bentley
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Matt Gilmore
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