[Cagdu] FW: Modified Text - 10/25/10 ratified language

[Shannon L. Dillon]

SHANNON L. DILLON


 


From: Antonette.Sorrick at dca.ca.gov
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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:38:41 -0800
Subject: Modified Text - 10/25/10 ratified language






Members/Stakeholders:
 
Below is the modified text that was ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting.
 
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http://www.guidedogboard.ca.gov/about/lawsregs/2260_modtext.pdf 

2260 - Current Language
§ 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.

(a) If an applicant for an instructor's license verifies training of 22 person-dog units but cannot show the required three years' experience, additional experience in kennel work or dog training only may be credited, provided it is as an apprentice in a guide dog school under a qualified instructor meeting standards equivalent to schools and instructors licensed by the board.

(b) If license as an instructor is issued under the "equivalent" provision of Section 7209, the licensee will be required to make up the lacking experience factor within one year, and thus meet the specified requirement for both years of experience and handling person/dog units. Otherwise, the license will be revoked.
NOTE:  Authority cited:  Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code.  Reference:  Section 7209, Business and Professions Code

2260 as published on September 10, 2010
(1) Amend Section 2260 of Division 22 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations to read as follows:

     § 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.

(a) An applicant for an instructor's license must have had three years of full time experience, including training at least 22 guide dog teams that have successfully completed instruction.  

(b) The experience shall be obtained while under the supervision of an instructor that meets standards equivalent to those licensed by the Board, as determined by the Board.
c) The experience shall include training dogs in all aspects required by Sections 2266 and 2282.

d) “Full time” means an average of 32 hours per week.

e) The applicant must submit verification to the Board that his experience meets the requirements of this section.  The verification must come from an individual in a supervisory position from the guide dog school where the experience was obtained.  The verification must state that the applicant has met the requirements as specified in subsection (a).

NOTE:  Authority cited:  Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code.  Reference:  Section 7209, Business and Professions Code 

Proposed Modified Text – October 27, 2010 as ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting
§ 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.

(a) If an applicant for an instructor’s license verifies training 22 guide dog teams but does not have the required three years actual experience as an instructor, any experience as an apprentice may be credited towards the required three years actual experience as an instructor. The experience as an apprentice must be under the supervision of a licensed instructor or an instructor that meets standards equivalent to an instructor licensed by the Board, as determined by the Board.  Such experience as an apprentice shall include training dogs in all aspects required by sections 2266 and 2282.

(b) Any experience as an instructor or apprentice that is being used to fulfill the required three years actual experience as an instructor, must be full-time experience.  “Full-time” means an average of 32 hours per week.

(c) The applicant must submit verification to the Board that his experience meets the requirements of this section.  The verification must come from an individual in a supervisory position from the guide dog school where the experience was obtained. The verification must state that the applicant has met the requirements as specified in this section. 

NOTE:  Authority cited:  Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code.  Reference:  Section 7209, Business and Professions Code 

2266 - Current Language
§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.

(a) A school shall not employ or retain in its employ an apprentice who:
(1) Is not suited temperamentally and otherwise to work with blind persons in the use of guide dogs.

(2) Has not had at least one year's actual experience in working with the training of dogs.

(b) Each guide dog school licensed by the board shall require every apprentice to undergo a systematic organized program of instruction which has been approved by the board. Such organized program of instruction shall be under a licensed instructor and shall include the following subjects:
(1) Care and selection of dogs;

(2) Obedience training of dogs;

(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;

(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;

(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;

(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.

(c) No apprentice shall be permitted to train any guide dog except under the direct and immediate supervision of a licensed instructor and until he has completed not less than twenty hours of such instruction a week for a period of not less than one year.
NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. 

§ 2266 as published on September 10, 2010
(2)  Amend Section 2266 of Division 22 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations to read as follows:

§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.

(a) A school shall not employ or retain in its employ an apprentice who is not suited temperamentally and otherwise to work with blind persons in the use of guide dogs.
(b) Each guide dog school licensed by the board shall require every apprentice to undergo a systematic organized program of instruction which has been approved by the board. Such organized program of instruction shall be under a licensed instructor and shall include the following subjects:
(1) Care and selection of dogs;

(2) Obedience training of dogs;

(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;

(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;

(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;

(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.

(c) No apprentice shall be permitted to instruct any guide dog team except under the direct and immediate supervision of a licensed instructor, and until he has completed not less than twenty hours of such instruction. 
NOTE:  Authority cited:  Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208 Business and Professions Code.


Proposed Modified Text – October 27, 2010 as ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting

§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.

(a) A school shall not employ or retain in its employ an apprentice who is not suited temperamentally and otherwise to work with blind persons in the use of guide dogs.
(b) Each guide dog school licensed by the board shall require every apprentice to undergo a systematic organized program of instruction which has been approved by the board. Such organized program of instruction shall be under a licensed instructor and shall include the following subjects:
(1) Care and selection of dogs;

(2) Obedience training of dogs;

(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;

(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;

(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;

(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.

(c) No apprentice shall be permitted to instruct any guide dog team except under the supervision of a licensed instructor.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code.

 
 
Antonette Sorrick
Executive Officer
State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
1625 N. Market Blvd., S-202
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 574-7825 direct
(916) 574-7829 fax
(866) 512-9103 toll free for in-state calls
Antonette.Sorrick at dca.ca.gov 
www.guidedogboard.ca.gov 
 
Mission: To ensure the quality of the guide dog industry by protecting, promoting, and educating guide dog users, instructors, schools, and the public in order to enhance the lives of blind or visually impaired individuals.
  		 	   		  
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