NCSRC Board of Directors Meeting. Mission-St. Joseph s Hospital, Asheville, NC Friday March 3rd, :00pm-5:00pm

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1 Present: Lisa Cutshaw, Matt Pavlichko, Gary Dukes, Ricky Bowen, Malissa Lockamy, Kerry Lamb, Lanny Inabnit, Jhaymie Cappiello, Wendy Ayscue, Rusty Suggs, Lawson Millner, Trish Miller, Chad Harvey, Charley Starnes, Pat Day, Terry Smith, Amanda Fu, Noah Jones, Craig Cassie, Tyler Raz, Jody Hollowell, Christy Isenhour Officer Reports 1. Call to Order at 1:01 pm Ricky Bowen 2. President s Report Ricky Bowen a. Communication i. R Bowen discussed Meeting Minutes approval process through One Drive. Requests that a confirmation be sent that the minutes have been received. Discussion on this topic followed and a recommendation was made that this goes through the By-Laws committee. ii. R Bowen inquired whether anyone had received a recent from the AARC, no one replied that they had. b. Policy and Procedures i. No updates c. Lucille s Contract i. Treasurer and President will be moving forward with the contract. d. President Elect Status i. Wendy Ayscue moved out of state and her elected position is vacant. ii. Gary Dukes presented a special report from the By-Laws committee on the available options to replace the vacant seat. 1. Three options: 1) No present action, keep current election cycle, but the NCSRC will be without a President at the end of R Bowens term when he moves to Past President. 2) Move as a Board to approve R Bowen to have an additional year as President and move election cycle forward by one year. R Bowen acknowledged that he is willing to participate if asked to. 3) Create a special election as soon as possible for a replacement President Elect. 2. R Bowen passed the role of leading the meeting to Vice President L Millner. R Bowen removed himself from the meeting. L Millner motioned for an emergency election for a President Elect by adding the office of President Elect on the upcoming general election, and extend R Bowens presidency term by one year.

2 3. L Cutshaw seconded this motion. There followed an open discussion. A vote was called; the motion by L Millner was unanimously passed by the board. R Bowen was called back into the room and was given the news. 4. It was noted that by moving the election for the President Elect, this office will now be on a different election cycle than the Treasurer. e. Special Update Report by Dr Croft: i. At the Nov 10, 2017 NCRCB Board Meeting a declaratory ruling was made4 involving the Advanced Practice RT at the MS level. There was a discussion at this meeting on the scope of practice. The January 12, 2017 meeting discussed role changes regarding the advanced practice act. This requires adding language for special endorsements. The NCRCB Board will determine qualifications for these endorsements. A Bill was drafted and filed; Senator Burr is sponsoring this Bill. 3. Secretary s Report Jhaymie Cappiello a. December Minutes i. R Bowen discussed the minutes from the December meeting. C Starnes made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by L Cutshaw. No discussion followed and the December minutes were approved with a unanimous vote. 4. Treasurer s Report Malissa Lockamy a. Budget and Audit i. Budget was approved at the last meeting. ii. Reviewed budget reports that was posted on One Drive 5. Delegate s Report Lanny Inabnit a. Summer HOD Mtg June 28-29, Tuscon AZ b. Call for resolutions for Summer Forum is open c. Cheryl West (Govt Affairs) is retiring d AARC elections will be soon: President-Elect, Director At-Large, 3 section chairs e. HOD is soliciting funds for the Bill Lamb award, the goal is an endowment thru the ARCF

3 f. NC will be doing a Best Practice presentation during Summer Forum, on State Society involvement in advancement of Research & Poster Presentations at the state level. g. Iowa government was defeated in dismantling the RT practice act. h. AARC awards opportunities exist for : Life Membership, Summitt Award, contact Joe Hylton/Lanny Inabnit for more information. Standing Committee Reports 6. Elections/Nominations Rusty Sugg a. Four BOD positions will be open for the upcoming election: 1-East, 2- Central, 1- West. Three officer s positions are open: Vice President, Secretary, and President Elect. b. April 7 th is the deadline for nominations. All nominations must have the nominees home address. 7. Bylaws and Standing Rules Garry Dukes 8. Public Relations Jhaymie Cappiello a. Presented Awards Express as a possible company to engage for on-line merchandise. $45 startup fee for digitizing logo. Link from NCSRC website to their website can be available. See awardsexpress.com to review site. 9. Education/Program Lisa Cutshaw a. Quarterly CEU i. Quarterly programs back up and running, going well. June Greenville program being developed. b. Charley Starnes is the newest member of the Program Committee c Symposium i. 3 program committee meetings for the symposium thus far. 2 topics left needed for confirmation. There will be no concurrent sessions. ii. There is competition with the S Carolina symposium regarding vendor time. This is being managed. iii. Committee goal is to get the conference agenda on the website as soon as possible.

4 d. Future locations i. Need for new location in Wilmington s contract ends in The Crown Plaza was discussed as a possible 2019 site. Discussion followed regarding the recent upgrades and new potential. No decision made. 10. Judicial Ricky Bowen 11. Political Advocacy (Professional Standards) Lawson Millner a. Hill day is April 4, This year the focus for the AARC is on telehealth in general. With the new administration, it is not clear what will happen with telehealth legislation this year, even though the AARC s lobbyists have met with key Congressional leaders and staff who are involved in the process. There has been some indication from staff that they want to shift their approach in this area in response to cost and other concerns that surround telehealth. Because of this, the AARC is modifying the legislative agenda for b. There will be a two-prong approach to the advocacy efforts as follows. Include respiratory therapists as telehealth providers in any telehealth legislation introduced this year to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries with chronic respiratory disease have access to their expertise. Include language in the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Appropriations Report asking CMS to conduct a data analysis of COPD claims in various health care settings that will show how respiratory therapists improve health outcomes, reduce hospital readmissions and lower costs. 12. Publications/Communications Lawson Millner a. NCSRC Newsletter in the new Blog format is up on our Homepage. News should be sent to blog@ncsrc.org. Millner, Dexter, and Cappiello have access to the blog mail and can post on the Newsletter site. b. CE Broker; there will be an campaign for the discount code to be sent out. Lucille also has this code.

5 13. Membership Lawson Millner a. Below is a chart of our membership numbers for November. The second chart is a look at the 90-day lapsed list and the previous 90-day lapsed list. Chart One (Membership as of November 2016) 2017 February 3 Month Variance Active members 1685 Active Honorary 2 0 Industrial 6-3 Life 4-2 Assoc./Phys 7 0 Student Retired Active 6 +1 Special 1-1 HOLD 0 0 Chart Two (90-day Lapsed List) From September 1, 2016 to November 30, 2016 Chart Two (90-day Lapsed List) From December 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017 Active 203 Industry 1 Student 0 Special 0 Associate/Physician 2 Inactive 84 Retired Active 0 Expired 172 June 30 Renewal 34 Hold 0 Active 142 Industry 0 Student 1 Special 0 Associate/Physician 1 Inactive 0 Retired Active 2 Expired 74 November 30 Renewal 72 Hold 0

6 14. Long Range Planning Ricky Bowen a. Grow Membership and gain experience Special Committee 15. Awards and Scholarships Christie Isenhour a. Need nominations b. Gary Dukes stated that he would like to se nominations for life and honorary membership awards. c. L Inabnit mention the upcoming retirement of Dr Joe Coyle, a discussion followed. Contact Amanda Dexter for more information. 16. Home Care/Alternate Site Care Bill Kiger 17. Sputum Bowl Brent Holland a. Call for teams 18. Chartered Affiliate Connie Paladenech b. Please send C Paladenach or R Bowen information about what RT is doing around the state. 19. Research Pat Daly a. Discussion on awards for Open Forum. Research Committee will meet with an ad hoc committee for continued discussion and recommendations to follow. The ad hoc committee includes; L Inabnit, N Jones, T Smith, and P Daly. Related Professional Organizations 20. NC Respiratory Care Board Bill Croft a. Changes and endorsement process relayed above. 21. NC Respiratory Care Manager s Group Chad Harvey a. Discussion on disposable nipple adapters and The Joint Commission recommendations. Contact Chad Harvey for more information.

7 22. NCARE Trish Miller (meeting 4/7) New Business 23. Joe Coyle Lanny Inabnit a. See awards and scholarship section 4:30 pm-chad Harvey motioned to adjourn, voted unanimously, and meeting was adjourned.