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<BR>Below please find additional information from the guide dog board. <BR>
<BR>SHANNON L. DILLON<BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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To: shannonldillon@hotmail.com<BR>CC: tbsfolsom@sbcglobal.net; ERIC@EPHOLM.COM; ericholm@att.net<BR>Subject: SB 1491<BR>From: Antonette_Sorrick@dca.ca.gov<BR>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:34:02 -0700<BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Shannon:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>If it is helpful to know this, the law currently requires the schools and instructors provide graduate information to the Board. SB 1491 (Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee) would not change this requirement. What the Board receives is the name, address, graduate status (graduated, dropped from class), and guide dog name. Licensed instructors not affiliated with California schools are also required by law, to provide the same information to the Board. The current statutes and regulations for this reporting requirement is provided below.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial><B>Current Law</B></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Business and Profession Code Section</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>7210.7. The board may authorize schools licensed by the board or instructors employed by those schools to provide home training in the use of guide dogs. If a school desires to provide home training in the use of guide dogs, it shall apply to the board and provide the board with a written plan and procedure for conducting that home training, which shall be approved by the board prior to conducting any home training. Schools providing home training in the use of guide dogs shall, annually, provide the board with the names and addresses of those persons who are receiving home training and shall include those persons who have received home training from the school subsequent to the last report filed with the board.<BR><BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Business and Professions Code Section</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>7217. (a) Within 60 days after the end of a calendar year or after the termination of the fiscal year of a school, there shall be<BR>furnished to the board the following:<BR> (1) A list of students accepted for training and those who have completed training.<BR> (2) A list of the number of dogs trained.<BR></FONT>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3 face=Arial>BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>TITLE 16. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL REGULATIONS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>DIVISION 22. STATE BOARD OF GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>ARTICLE 3. TRAINING SCHOOLS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>This database is current through 3/19/10 Register 2010, No. 12</FONT></DIV><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>§ 2278. Names and Addresses of Students.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial><BR>Schools shall provide the board with a list of all students enrolled, and also with the names and addresses of all students graduated.</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3 face=Arial>BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>TITLE 16. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL REGULATIONS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>DIVISION 22. STATE BOARD OF GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>ARTICLE 4. STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>This database is current through 3/19/10 Register 2010, No. 12</FONT></DIV><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>§ 2285. Standards of Conduct.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial><BR>(a) A licensee may not release any personal or identifying information regarding a student to any person, other than the board or its staff, without the student's permission.<BR><BR>(b) A licensee shall provide each student with all services generally associated with or offered by the school and with those services required by the Code or regulations.</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Bill Status: SB 1491 will be heard in Senate B</FONT><FONT size=3 face=Arial>usiness, Professions, and Economic Development Committee on April 19, 2010. Letters of support can be sent to Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod, Chair, Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee, State Capitol, Room 2053, Sacramento, CA 95814 or e-mail GV.Ayers@sen.ca.gov </FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Please let me know if the information above makes sense. Thanks, Shannon.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Antonette Sorrick<BR>Executive Officer <BR>State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind<BR>1625 North Market Blvd., Suite S-202<BR>Sacramento, CA 95834<BR>(916) 574-7825 phone<BR>(916) 574-7829 fax<BR>Antonette_Sorrick@dca.ca.gov <BR>www.guidedogboard.ca.gov </FONT><BR> </body>
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