The Senate is meeting on Bill #1262 on Tuesday morning at 9:30 am in the Red River room. 

The amendments we would like made to 1262 are the following:

1. Remove the MD on the Board and have that position filled by another Podiatrist.
   

2. The Governor should choose from a nomination made by the majority of the Podiatrists in the state. Not from a recommendation from the Board as has been done in the past. If the Board is allowed to decide who is going to be the next person to be added to the Board it allows the possibility for a self serving Board. The feeling was to have the nomination come from the State Association which may encourage Podiatrists who are non members to become members of the State Association.
    
3. Conflict of Interest Statement
   
4. Removal of a Board member by vote of 70% of the Podiatrists in the state.
   
5. Statute of Limitations for complaints. One of the current complaints against me that the Board has decided to have a formal compliant issued for involves a patient who I treated about 8 years ago and for some reason decided to send in a complaint about 6 months ago. Of course the records from 1994 and 1995 indicate that Olson was grooming her for a compliant back then.

 These are standard parts of many of the other Boards in our state and others. They should be part of the Podiatry Board statute as well however they have been conveniently left out.

 Here are the names and email addresses of the Senate Human Resources Committee. Please let me know if you have any questions about what to say.

Thank you very much for all of your help.

Brian

Senator Judy Lee

Address: 1822 Brentwood Court, West Fargo, ND 58078-4204

Telephone: 701-237-5031

E-Mail: jlee@state.nd.us

District: 13 Party: Republican

Senator Ralph L. Kilzer

Address: 2040 North Grandview Lane, Bismarck, ND 58503-0845

Telephone: 701-223-1572

E-Mail: rkilzer@state.nd.us

District: 47 Party: Republican

Senator Robert S. Erbele

Address: 6512 51st Avenue SE, Lehr, ND 58460

Telephone: 701-378-2272

E-Mail: rerbele@state.nd.us

District: 28 Party: Republican

Senator Thomas Fischer

Address: 2823 64th Avenue South, Fargo, ND 58104-7407

Telephone: 701-235-0064

E-Mail: tfischer@state.nd.us

District: 46 Party: Republican

Senator Tim Mathern

Address: 406 Elmwood, Fargo, ND 58103-4315

Telephone: 701-232-2414

E-Mail: tmathern@state.nd.us

District: 11 Party: Democrat

Senator Michael Polovitz

Address: 2529 Ninth Avenue North, Grand Forks, ND 58203

Telephone: 701-772-2247

E-Mail: mpolovit@state.nd.us

District: 42 Party: Democrat