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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EAF1DD"><b><u>RULEMAKING NOTICE</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EAF1DD">Please find attached a <b>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking</b> and Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<u>Rule Caption</u>: Resident client progress notes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<u>Rule Summary</u>: The proposed amendment removes the requirement that post-degree supervisors must countersign residents’ client progress notes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The agency requests public comment on whether the options should be considered for achieving the rule’s substantive goals while reducing negative economic impact of the rule on business. Please email your comments to
<a href="mailto:laree.felton@state.or.us"><span style="color:windowtext">laree.felton@state.or.us</span></a> or mail them to the Board’s office at 3218 Pringle Road SE, Ste. 130, Salem, OR 97302. All comments must be received no later than
<u>5:00 p.m. on 2/28/14</u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EAF1DD"><b>Website:</b> The above documents, along with rule text (for the proposed rules, new language underlined, deleted language with strike-through), are available at
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OBPE"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oregon.gov/OBPE</span></a> under “Headlines.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><b><u>Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey</u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We would appreciate if you could take a moment to complete the Board’s 2013 customer satisfaction survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/obpe"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/obpe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The survey is short and anonymous (unless you choose to identify yourself). It helps the Board to understand what we are doing well and any areas
that may need improvement. If you can think of any specific suggestions or feedback that may be helpful, please provide this info at the end of the survey.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We take your feedback seriously! Comments in the past have led to numerous improvements for the benefit of our stakeholders. Examples include a
greater availability of information on the website, the increase in jurisprudence exam from twice a year to once a month, the applicant tracking login feature, and the supervisor registry.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DBE5F1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For technical questions about the survey, please email LaReé:
<a href="mailto:laree.felton@state.or.us">laree.felton@state.or.us</a> Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">You are receiving this email because you are either a licensee, applicant/resident, or an interested person who has requested to be on the Board's mailing list. This listserv does not
allow replies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">OBPE Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:green">Data Classification: Level 1, Published</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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