west virginia board of dental examiners report of the biennium for ...

The next order of business was information concerning future meetings of the following agencies or associations:Central Regional Dental Testing Service, 2011 Annual MeetingFederation of Association of Regulatory Boards, 2011 Annual MeetingNorth East Regional Boards, 2011 Annual MeetingSouthern Conference of Dental Deans & Examiners, 2011 Annual MeetingThe following members plan to attend the Southern Conference of Dental Deans & Examiners Meeting in January2011: Drs. Smith, Conard, Edwards, Meadows and Paletta.The following members plan to attend the North East Regional Board Annual Meeting in January 2011: Drs.Smith, Conard, Edwards, Gerber, and Paletta, Mrs. Arceneaux and Mr. Ford.The following members and staff plan to attend the American Association of Dental Boards mid-year meetingin April 2011: Darlene Ratliff-Thomas, Mr. Ford and Mrs. Arceneaux, Drs. Smith, Conard, Edwards, Meadows, andPaletta.The next order of business were newsletters and press releases from the following agencies, which weredistributed for information purposes only. Central Regional Dental Testing Service, The Dental Assisting National Boards(3), The Kentucky Board of Dentistry, The National Practitioner Data Bank (3), The West Virginia Board of Medicine, andWest Virginia Dental Association (3).The next order of business was a copy of a letter from the Commission on Dental Accreditation to the VeteransAdministration Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, concerning it’s resolution to discontinue the accreditationstatus of the advanced general dentistry education program, which was distributed for information purposes only.The next order of business were the ByLaws of the Central Regional Dental Testing Service as adopted by theirSteering Committee at it’s August 2010 Annual Meeting, which were distributed for information purposes only.The next order of business was the announcement of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors of the Dental AssistingNational Boards, which was distributed for information purposes only.The next order of business was a letter from the Dental Assisting National Boards requesting the Board and it’sstaff report any potentially fraudulent certificates or suspected misuse of a DANB Certification or service mark, which wasdistributed for information purposes only.The next order of business was the notification of Test Construction Vacancies with the Joint Commission onNational Dental Examinations, which was distributed for information purposes only.The next order of business was a letter from Frank Recker and Associates concerning advertising of credentialsin West Virginia, which was accepted as information.The next order of business was a discussion about retired licensure status. The Board directed the staff todiscontinue issuing retired renewal certificates and upon motion by Dr. George D. Conard, Jr., and properly seconded byDr. Craig L. Meadows and passed by majority vote, the Board will no longer send newsletters to retired dentists.The next order of business was the purchasing card report and quarterly financial reports, which were acceptedas distributed.The next order of business was information concerning the State Auditor’s Training Seminar for Boards, whichwas distributed for information purposes. Mr. Ford, Ms. Ratliff-Thomas, Mrs. Combs and Mr. Harman will attend theSeminar.The next order of business was an Anesthesia Committee Report concerning proposed changes to the anesthesialaw, which includes requiring a three operator model for classes 3A, 3B and 4, and clean up and modernize to the AmericanDental Association Guidelines section six.The next order of business was a letter from Dr. Richard McClung the review process being utilized by the WVCHIPS program for limited Orthodontic coverage. The Board directed the staff to inform Dr. McClung the issue is outsidethe Board’s jurisdiction as it is an insurance issue.The next order of business was a discussion of licensing issues concerning graduate students.15