Board of Medical Licensure's Proposed New Rule - Update May 3, 2012
To: All ONP Members
From: Benny Vanatta, ONP Executive Director
Subject: Board of Medical Licensure meeting cancelled
STOP THE PRESSES, the Board of Medical Licensure (BOML) has cancelled their May meeting on the rules proposal.
Yesterday, Lee Slater, ONP attorney, and I, met with Lyle Kelsey, staff, and the Attorney General Liaison for the BOML. After much discussion, Lyle agreed to cancel the May meeting and agreed to (for the second time) a meeting with ONP and other stakeholders, to discuss problems and solutions, will be held in June or July. Until then, you may stop sending letters.
I won't go into all the things we discussed, but we stayed with the proposed rules and the problems we saw from our perspective. Lyle agreed with some of our conclusions, agreed the proposed rules were probably premature, and that a discussion among stakeholders would hopefully come to a mutual agreement.
Thank you for your support to the profession you represent. I hope you were gearing up for patient letters, physician letters, letters from yourself, and planned to be present on the day. That is what it is always going to take to be successful. Let your fellow NPs know the war is not over, just the battle. Make sure you operate in a lawful, legal method that brings pride to your profession.
On another note, for those of you who know Susan Byrd Grandle, from OKC, thank her for her huge donation to ONP to assist with our legal bills in this endeavor. I do not have her permission to tell you the amount, or give you the ability to contact her, but be assured it was appreciated. If there are others, please know it will be put to good legal issue use.
Thanks again. We will keep you informed.
Board of Medical Licensure's Proposed New Rule - Update April 26, 2012
To: All ONP Members
From: Benny Vanatta, ONP Executive Director
Subject: Latest information to members - Board of Medical Licensure's proposed new rule
The Executive Board has been spending long hours planning our response to the latest attack from the Board of Medical Licensure (BOML). Talking points and guidelines are listed below that will aid you in writing your letters to BOML.
Click here to download a sample letter.
Click here to download the talking points/guidelines for NPs.
Click here to download the talking points/guidelines for patients.
Click here to download the talking points/guidelines for supporting physicians.
ONP has again hired attorney, Lee Slater. Lee and I have scheduled a meeting with the Board of Medical Licensure's Executive Director to discuss this latest proposed rule. As you know, we were promised a meeting of stakeholders to discuss the situations that led to these proposed rules. That meeting never took place and we will be asking why that hasn't happened.
Please plan to attend the BOML meeting, Thursday, May 17th, at 9:00 am, at 101 NE 51 Street, OKC. We want to pack the room. Very few will have an opportunity to speak, but your presence is important.
I want to let you, our membership, know that your board is working very hard. Every avenue is being explored to remedy the current situation. We will keep you informed through email and the ONP website. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email me and I will do my best to get you an answer.
Thank you for being a member of ONP.
Call to Action: Board of Medical Licensure's Proposed New Rule - April 19, 2012
The Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure has proposed a new rule (different from the February proposed rule). Click here to read the new proposed rule. If you need further explanation, please contact Benny Vanatta or any ONP Board Member.
We need all NPs to attend the Board of Medical Licensure's meeting on May 17th, at 9:00 am, at 101 NE 51 Street, OKC. Click Here to read the meeting docket. We will need you, your patients, and supporting physicians to write letters. Talking points and other information will be on the website as soon as it becomes available.
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