Approved
Minutes of
The North Carolina State Board of Optometry met in
Present for the station set up and orientation on Thursday
afternoon were the following Clinical Examiners: Drs. Tom Bull, Kenny Bumgarner,
Ania Hamp, David King, Don MacQueen, Maggie Metwalli, Sandra
Moore, Brett Munn, Eric Oberdorf and Robert
Rosenstein. Present as observers were
Dr. Scott Philippe (on Friday), Dr. Alan Price (on Saturday), and Dr. James
Williams (on Sunday).
At its first business meeting on Saturday evening following the second
day of examinations, the President called the meeting of the Board to order at
Closed Session. In closed session, Mr. Loper
discussed with the Board the current status of the litigation with the Medical
Board. After Mr. Loper
provided his analysis and responded to questions from the Board Members on
matters of legal positions and legal advice, the Board voted to return to open
session a
Report of the Probable Cause Committees There were two Probable Cause Committees,
one consisting of Ms. Mitchell, Dr. Robinson and Mr. Loper,
the other consisting of Dr. Rafferty, Dr. Robinson and Mr. Loper. The Committees met separately in the offices
of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge
and Rice, first with Dr. Mark Flora and his attorney, then with Dr. Joseph Bazemore
and his attorney . Ms. Mitchell and Dr.
Robinson reported for the Committee in the matter of Joseph Bazemore,
O.D. On a motion by Dr. Anderson
seconded by Dr. Edwards and carried unanimously, the recommendations of the
Committee were approved and the Executive Director was instructed to have the
Board’s Attorney forward the letter of concern with the conditions set forth
therein to Dr. Bazemore for his signature. Dr.
Rafferty and Dr. Robinson reported for the Committee in the matter of Mark
Flora, O.D. On a motion by Dr. Edwards
seconded by Dr. Anderson and carried unanimously, the recommendations of the
Committee were approved and the Executive Director was instructed to have the
Board’s Attorney forward the letter of concern with the conditions set forth
therein to Dr. Flora for his signature.
Review of Complaints. The Executive Director reported that no new
complaints had been received since the last meeting of the Board.
Approval of Minutes On a motion by Dr. Edwards seconded by Dr. Anderson and
carried unanimously, the Minutes of the Meeting held in
Clinical Examiners Honorarium. On a motion by Dr. Banks seconded by Dr.
Anderson and carried unanimously, five days honorarium, travel and meal
expenses for the Clinical Examiners were approved.
Report of the President The president had no formal report. .
Report of the Secretary/Treasurer Ms. Mitchell presented the Budget Reports
for the periods
The report of the Executive Director The Executive Director reported that the
appropriate amendments to the professional corporation of Doctors Vision
Center, O.D., P.A. to allow it to become a professional corporation whose
stockholders consist of both ophthalmologists and optometrists had been
approved based upon their filing the amended articles and by-laws with the
Medical Board and the submission of these amendments to their articles currently
on file to this Board. He gave a brief
report on the information he had received concerning the action of the General
Assembly’s making funds available to UNC Pembroke for the establishment of a
school of optometry at that institution.
Further information will be sought and provided to the Board as early as
possible. In concluding the report he
informed the Board about his recent meeting in the Board office with Mr. David
Henderson, the Executive Director of the Medical Board. The meeting was quite cordial and was helpful
in that lines of communication between our two Boards are open; however, there
was no movement toward a resolution of the litigation now pending. On a motion by Dr. Banks seconded by Dr.
Rafferty and carried unanimously, the report of the Executive Director was
accepted.
The following individuals, their applications having been
approved, appeared for examination
Chinwendu Anukwuem
Angela
Holland Bergin
Krystal Pusser Bragg
Sara
Brigman
Stacy
Jill Bumgarner Bryant
Laura
Nicole Burke
Paul
John Vincent Burt
George
Nathan Butterworth
Lila
Milland Cantrell
Michael
David Carstens
Jamie
Joseph Casper
David
James Coward
My
Thuan Do
Shirin
Esmail
Bruce
Lee Gladstone
Jason
Aaron Gould
Mala Gundecha
Victoria
Yu-Fung Ha
Benjamin
Lanier
Stacy
Renell Humberson
Cynthia
Dawn Inman
Luc
Emmanuel Kanicky
Jee Me Kim
Glenn
Arthur Klaus, Jr.
Lisa
Claire Ledet
Alexa Rawlings Lupfer
John
Michael Melnyk
Vanessa
Marie Mills
David
Michael Mitchell
Sallie
grist Mitchell
Kimberly
Rae Parks
Bruce
Alan Pate
Sanjay
Bipinchandra Patel
Hitendra Prahladbhai Prajapati
Kyle
Matthew Schaub
Eva
Shiau
Jessica
Faye Sirak-Smith
Keisha Chermise Smith
Floyd
J. Stewart, III
Arun
Thoppe Subramanian
Jennifer
Robyn Switak
Robert
Michael Szypczak
Melissa
Mokhadere Tanbakuchi
Jared
Andrew Taylor
Alex
Michael Wahl
Crystal
Gayle Whittington
Jeffrey
Scott Wilkins
Eric
Yopp
Michael
Qui Hui Xu
NEW BUSINESS Dr. Baxter announced that for personal
reasons he was resigning as President of the Board. In making the announcement he thanked the
Members for their faith and trust in him by electing him to this position and
expressed his regret in having to make this decision. He then suggested that Dr.
Examination Review. In the event that there are candidates who wish
to review their examination scores following the receipt of the results of the Summer 2004 Examinations, the President appointed Dr.
Rafferty to represent the Board along with the Executive Director in conducting
the review(s).
The next meeting of the Board will be held in
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