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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Sent on behalf of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Ruby R. Jason, MSN, RN, NEA-BC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Oregon State Board of Nursing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All Interested Parties: <br>
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The Oregon State Board of Nursing filed Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for Administrative Rule Hearing. The hearing for OAR 851-031 will be held on
<u>August 15, 2021, at 9:00 a.m.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The revisions to rules address:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Changes as determined by the Board.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Changes to align with HB 4003 to clarify requirements for Veterans seeking to challenge the national LPN exam if they were LPNs in the Army or Air Force.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">To make permanent the temporary rules adopted in February 2022 to align with HB 4003.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This hearing will be held <u>in person</u> at the Oregon State Board of Nursing</b> located at 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Portland, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to attend the in-person hearing and wish to provide written testimony* regarding the Administrative Rule hearings, please email the OSBN Rules Coordinator, Ruby Jason, at
<a href="mailto:ruby.jason@osbn.oregon.gov">ruby.jason@osbn.oregon.gov</a>, no later than 5:00 p.m. on
<b><u>August 22, 2022</u></b>. If email is not available, please mail written testimony to the Oregon State Board of Nursing, 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Portland, OR, 97224. Please be sure to include your name and phone number and the Administrative
Rule Chapter(s) related to your testimony. The Board will consider the testimony and vote on the Administrative Rule amendments during the public session Board meeting on September 15, 2022.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Copies of the Administrative Rule filing paperwork and rule text are available on the OSBN website under the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/osbn/Pages/board-meetings.aspx">Meetings</a> page which includes the meeting notice:
<a href="file:///C:/Users/GSimmons/Downloads/Notice_Div31_RuleHearing%20(1).pdf">
Notice_Div31_RuleHearing (1).pdf</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*NOTE: Written testimony and comments sent (email or mail) to other than the Rules Coordinator Ruby Jason shall not be considered.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ginger Simmons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Assistant <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon State Board of Nursing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, OR 97224<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">971-673-0638<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Our Mission:
</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">The Oregon State Board of Nursing protects the public by
</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">regulating nursing education, licensure and practice.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#2E75B6">Oregon State Board of Nursing, 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97224</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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