The North Carolina State
Board of Examiners in Optometry met at the Holiday Inn Express in
The meeting was
called to order by the President who had Mr. Richardson on the telephone. Following the role call of the Members
present, Dr. Edwards offered an opening prayer.
On a motion by Mr.
Richardson, seconded by Ms. Mitchell and carried unanimously, the minutes of
the July 31 –
The President made
no formal report.
The report of the
Secretary-Treasurer was given by Dr. Baxter.
Copies of the Budget Report dated
Executive Director’s Report. A question arose in the audit concerning the
total amount of funds the
Computer networking
problems began to occur with some frequency following the installation of the
new server. The source has been
determined to be the fast speed of the server coupled with the slow speed of a
hub that doesn’t have the capacity to handle the traffic. Replacement of the hub and the oldest work
stations with faster machines will take place over the next 6 to 8 weeks as a
continuation of the
There have been a
number of responses to the mailing concerning the request by Travelers
Insurance for optometrists to complete a supplemental application prior to the
Company’s considering the renewal of their professional liability
coverage. As of today at least three
optometric practices in the state have received such a request from
Travelers. The
At the last meeting
the
Dr. Rafferty and I
recently concluded an investigation by visiting an optometrist’s practice to
review specific patient records based upon information supplied to the
We have an
investigation that has been ongoing for several years involving the unlicensed practice
of optometry. The investigation
continues and a probable cause committee has been appointed
.
On a motion by Dr.
Baxter, seconded by Ms. Mitchell and carried unanimously the report of the
Executive Director was accepted.
The President
without objection decided that a review of the draft of the document prepared by Mr. Loper should wait
until it is in final form. To this end
he instructed the Executive Director to contact Mr. Loper and have him
overnight the documents when in final form to each Member of the
There was a brief
discussion of the State Society’s President request to
have a
Dr. Banks and Ms.
Mitchell were called upon to report on their review of web sites of other
Boards including those in other states.
They reported that their searches produced a myriad of different web
sites over the country; however, it was recognized that the sites of other
states, while interesting, were of little help because of varying state laws
governing public records. . Following a brief discussion the Board made no
changes in its current policy of using its web site for the dissemination of
public information.
The President next
asked Dr. Hendrix to review communications with Mr. Bridges which he had
undertaken at the request of the President.
He distributed a number of pieces of literature concerning the company
and options for investments that, while not government insured, offered a
higher rate of return with minimal
risks. Following discussion, the
President instructed the Executive Director to pursue with Mr. Bridges some of
the options discussed and to report back to the
Dr. Rafferty was
called upon to report on his review of the Current CPT Codes to determine if
any of the Codes that appeared in the AGREEMENT between the
After a thorough
review of the scoring of the Summer 2003 Examinations by the entire
Perry Joseph Castellano, O.D. #1898
Gurpreet Kaur Chadha, O.D. #1899
Tiffany Layne Chase, O.D. #1900
Terry W. Ellington, O.D. #1902
Kent A. Haefs, O.D. #1903
Jason Lawrence Hendrix, O.D. #1904
Samuel Ryan Hobbs, O.D. #1905
Kevin Paul Hoye, O.D. #1906
Jonathan F. Jackson, O.D. #1907
Stephanie Carol Johnson, O.D. #1908
Jung Eun Kim, O.D. #1909
Frances Clare Kramer, O.D. #1910
David Jerome Kulesia, O.D. #1911
Megan Harrold Latham, O.D. #1912
Tiffany Le, O.D. #1913
Erica Snyder Morris, O.D. #1914
Robert Willilam Morris, O.D. #1915
Jennifer L. Harrelson Murphy, O.D. #1916
Nima A. Naik, O.D. #1917
Zachary Stephen Nobles, O.D. #1918
Nilpa Patel, O.D. #1919
Dustin Lee Reece, O.D. #1920
James H. Singletary, O.D. #1921
Balpreet Sohi, O.D. #1922
Stephanie Leigh Tompkins, O.D. #1923
Lisa Carol Whitman, O.D. #1924
Katherine S. Whittington, O.D. #1925
Susan Yee, O.D. #1926
The motion carried
unanimously
The remaining
candidates were determined to have failed the examination:
Lori Couch, O.D.
Gail Cox, O.D.
Patrick Fahey,
O.D.
Lisa Barnhart Fox,
O.D.
Steven Haleo, O.D.
Jamie Hanna, O.D.
James Harris, O.D.
William Kastern, O.D.
Adrienne Nowicki, O.D.
Hiten Prajapati, O.D.
Rosanna Richards-Delatour,
O.D.
Crystal Whittington, O.D.
Dr. Baxter moved and
Dr. Banks seconded a motion that the candidates listed above be notified of
their failure. The motion carried
unanimously.
The next meeting of
the Board will be a special called meeting to be held by way of a conference
telephone call. The date is tentatively
set for
The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the
There being no
further business the meeting was adjourned at
Approved