North Carolina State Board of Optometry
September 6 – 8, 2002
Wallace, North Carolina
The North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry met at the Board’s office in Wallace, North Carolina on Friday and Saturday, September 6 – 7, 2002 to determine the results of the Summer 2002 Clinical/Practicum Examinations and for other purposes. Present were, Drs. William Hendrix, President, Scott Edwards, Secretary-Treasurer, Joel Banks, David Baxter, James Fanelli and Ms. Trudy Mitchell and Mr. James Richardson, Members of the Board. Dr. William Rafferty, the newly appointed Board Member who is the replacement for Dr. Fanelli was present and was duly sworn into office by The Honorable Charles Farrior, Mayor of the Town of Wallace. Also present were Dr. John Robinson, the Executive Director, Janice Robinson, R.N., Administrative Secretary and Ms. Sara Roberts, the Administrative Assistant.
The meeting was called to order by the President at 4:15 P.M. Ms. Mitchell was called upon for an opening prayer.
On a motion by Ms. Mitchell, seconded by Dr. Banks and carried unanimously, the minutes of the August 2 – 6, 2002 meeting were unanimously approved.
Due to the short interval between meetings, the President made no formal report.
The report of the Secretary-Treasurer was given by Dr. Edwards. Copies of the Budget Report dated July 1, 2002 through September 4, 2002 and the Independent Auditors Report and Financial Statement for the year ending June 30, 2002 were distributed to each Board Member. Following a review of these documents by Dr. Edwards and the answering of questions by him, the Executive Director and the Administrative Secretary, Dr. Baxter moved and Ms. Mitchell seconded a motion that the report of the Secretary-Treasurer and the Auditors Report be accepted. The motion was unanimously carried.
In his report the Executive Director briefly reviewed a number of documents, including portions of the previous Board minutes, correspondence, memoranda and a resolution adopted by the Board in July 2001 (all of which had been previously furnished to the Medical Board and to the North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons) that relate to the issue of injections being performed by properly trained and licensed optometrists in North Carolina. There was limited discussion, since these documents had been reviewed by the Board Members at earlier meetings.
Finally, he presented a request by a candidate who had previously failed the Clinical/Practicum Examinations on two different occasions to re-take only those portions of the examinations that he had failed.
On a motion by Dr. Banks and seconded by Mr. Richardson, the report of the Executive Director was unanimously accepted.
On a motion by Dr. Edwards and seconded by Ms. Mitchell, the request of the candidate to take only those portions of the examination that he had previously failed was denied. The motion carried unanimously and the Executive Director was instructed to inform the candidate of the Board’s decision.
The report of the Probable Cause Committee was presented by the Executive Director. On behalf of the Committee composed of himself, Mr. Richardson and Mr. Loper he distributed copies of 5 Consent Orders agreed to by the Committee and the respective licensees and their attorney. Upon reviewing the Orders and the answering of questions posed by Members of the Board to the Committee the following motions were made:
Dr. Edwards moved and Dr. Baxter seconded a motion that the Consent Orders as presented for Drs. Kenneth Gregg, Nancy Mackowsky, Fredric Munz and Osama Said be approved; further, that they be executed on behalf of the Board by the President and Attorney. The motion carried unanimously.
Dr. Edwards moved and Dr. Banks seconded a motion that the Consent Order as presented for Dr. Glenn Likens be approved; further, that it be executed on behalf of the Board by the President and Attorney. The motion carried unanimously.
After a thorough review of the scoring of the Summer 2002 Examinations by the entire Board Dr. Baxter moved and Dr. Banks seconded a motion that the following candidates, having been determined to have passed the examination, be licensed and their names entered into the Board Registry and assigned license numbers as follows::
Kirsten Elizabeth Albrecht, O.D. 1849
John Michael Assell, O.D. 1850
Amanda Leigh Barker, O.D. 1851
Dwight William Barnes, O.D. 1852
Sherry Elizabeth Briggs, O.D. 1853
Eric Christopher Bryant, O.D. 1854
Eric M. Burns, O.D. 1855
Gilbert Sean Catino, O.D. 1856
Kelly Lynne Catino, O.D. 1857
Angela Beth Ellerman, O.D. 1858
Jamal James Fox, O.D. 1859
Christopher Philip Glupker, O.D. 1860
Daniel Patrick Gray, O.D. 1861
Allison Lawson Hilburn, O.D. 1866
Darren Winston Hilburn, O.D. 1862
Quyen Tran Immoos, O.D. 1880
Jeffrey Todd Joy, O.D. 1863
Asma Khan, O.D. 1864
Kevin Wayne Lafone, O.D. 1865
Irma Liliana Lopez, O.D. 1867
Andrew J. Lovsin, O.D. 1868
Perry Culpepper Motsinger, O.D. 1869
Jane Sumiko Ogawa, O.D. 1870
Lisa Ann Parke, O.D. 1871
Lee Joseph Raykovicz, O.D. 1872
Amy Lynn Reed, O.D. 1873
Michelle Lynn Sall, O.D. 1874
Jeffrey Paul Schultz, O.D. 1875
Jon Brian Scott, O.D. 1876
Jeffrey Adam Sterling, O.D. 1877
Gregory James Stockbridge, O.D. 1878
Russell Bryant Stone, O.D. 1879
Scott Andrew Trefts, O.D. 1881
Paul Douglas Ware, O.D. 1882
Melissa Jo Wilkowski, O.D 1883
Joshua Thomas Ziebell, O.D. 1884
The motion carried unanimously
The remaining candidates:
Joyce N. Adeleke, O.D.
Tiffany L. Chase, O.D.
Bonnie P. Chen, O.D.
Eric C. Dudley, O.D.
Terry W. Ellington, O.D.
Thomas S. Helfrich, O.D.
Gary S. Holtzman, O.D.
Robert K. Horner, O.D.
Kelly MacDonnell, O.D.
Dustan C. Martin, O.D.
Firoz H. Mohamed, O.D.
Vonda Ray Perkins, O.D.
Rhonda G. Peters, O.D.
Craig M. Poole, O.D.
Ethan D. Ly, O.D.
were determined not to have passed the examination.
Dr. Banks moved and Dr. Edwards seconded a motion that the candidates listed above be notified of their failure. The motion carried unanimously.
Prior to ending the meeting, Dr. Hendrix took the opportunity to recognize Dr. Fanelli whose term on the Board had ended. He presented him with a small gift from his colleagues and a plaque honoring his service.
The next meeting of the Board will be at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC beginning on Thursday, November 14, 2002 and ending no later than noon on Sunday, November 17, 2002. Dr. Baxter moved and Dr. Banks seconded a motion that the Board Members use Wednesday, November 13, 2002 as a travel day and that reimbursement for the meeting be for travel, 5 days subsistence and 4 hotel nights. The motion passed unanimously.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, September 8, 2002. The next meeting of the Board will begin at 8:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 14, 2002 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. The meeting room will be announced.
Approved 11/14/02
Asheville, NC