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Update!

Rule changes passed through the House…with much debate.  I was not there, but this is the recap I heard.

IBOL board showed up on Monday wanting to negotiate with us.  They wanted the 2:1 education substitution back into the rules since it was dropped when they put the mandatory 50% education rule in.  The House agreed to drop the 50% rule, just like the Senate.  IBOL told them they needed more time to revise and rework the rules (to basically put the 2:1 education substitution back in).  One representative tired to pass a motion to give them more time to go back and re-write the rules.  The vote was so close on the motion that they had to do a full role call.  The motion to give them more time to work on the rules luckily did not pass.

The House agreed with the Senate and told the Board that they needed to work with their stakeholders BEFORE trying to pass rules so they did not end up in this situation again.

So as it stands, the rules should be signed into law as written with only the 50% mandatory education rule removed.

Notable changes:

·        The stair step system is removed from treatment exam progression (meaning you don’t have to hold a class three for four years before you can take a class 4 as long as you meet the education and experience requirements)

·        Experience can be substituted at a 1:1 ratio for education rather than the old 2:1 ratio.

·        Responsible charge is removed from the lab exam requirements.

·        Lab experience can count for 50% of treatment experience and vice versa just like all the other experience for experience substitutions.

Once again, thank you everyone for the support that you provided on many levels fighting these rules changes throughout the entire process.  I think the best thing that can hopefully come out of all of this is the IBOL Board realizing that we care, we have a voice, and we are watching what they do.  This certainly won’t solve all the Board’s problems (like fairly and uniformly administering the new rules), but it is certainly a start!

Laurelei Ball