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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RULEMAKING NOTICE</span></u></b><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"">Please find attached the following
<b>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing</b> and Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rule Caption</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: Removes “Thirty-Day Letter” requirement from investigation process.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rule Summary</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: The proposed amendment modifies the Board’s investigation process by eliminating
the “Thirty-Day Letter” step required prior to commencing procedures for imposing sanctions. Currently, subsequent to the completion of an investigation and prior to issuing a notice of proposed action, the Board must first issue a letter
<span style="color:black">specifying allegations and requiring a response from the respondent within 30 days. This rule amendment would remove that requirement.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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">laree.felton@state.or.us</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 February 22, 2017</u>. A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on February, 2016 at 3218 Pringle Road SE, Salem, OR 97302.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Website:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> 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:purple">www.oregon.gov/OBPE</span></a> under “Headlines.”<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,<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>
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