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<BR><BR>SHANNON L. DILLON<BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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From: Antonette.Sorrick@dca.ca.gov<BR>To: bbarragan@latinas.org; ericholm@att.net; jneidich@sbcglobal.net; tbsfolsom@sbcglobal.net; JXavier@dor.ca.gov<BR>CC: JDOOLEY@dor.ca.gov; Cenne.Jackson@dca.ca.gov; Michael.Santiago@dca.ca.gov; shannonldillon@hotmail.com; frank-welte@sbcglobal.net; lauriemehta@yahoo.com; Creature_girl@comcast.net<BR>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:38:41 -0800<BR>Subject: Modified Text - 10/25/10 ratified language<BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Members/Stakeholders:</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Below is the modified text that was ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting.</SPAN></P>
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<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><A href="http://www.guidedogboard.ca.gov/about/lawsregs/2260_modtext.pdf" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">http://www.guidedogboard.ca.gov/about/lawsregs/2260_modtext.pdf</SPAN></A> </SPAN></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">2260 - Current Language</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR>§ 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.<BR><BR><A id=ecxIN;2 name=IN;2 target=_blank></A><A id=ecxIN;1 name=IN;1 target=_blank></A>(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.<BR><BR><A id=ecxIN;3 name=IN;3 target=_blank></A>(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 <A id=ecxSDU_2 name=SDU_2 target=_blank></A>of experience and handling person/dog units. Otherwise, the license will be revoked.<BR>NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7209, Business and Professions Code</SPAN><BR>
<STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">2260 as published on September 10, 2010</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR>(1) Amend Section 2260 of Division 22 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations to read as follows:</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> § 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.<BR><BR>(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. <BR><BR>(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.<BR>c) The experience shall include training dogs in all aspects required by Sections 2266 and 2282.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">d) “Full time” means an average of 32 hours per week.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">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).</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7209, Business and Professions Code<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><BR>
<STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Proposed Modified Text – October 27, 2010 as ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR>§ 2260. Completion of Requirements for License as Instructor.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(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.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(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.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(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. </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 7208 and 7209, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7209, Business and Professions Code </SPAN><BR>
<STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">2266 - Current Language</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR>§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.<BR><BR>(a) A school shall not employ or retain in its employ an apprentice who:<BR>(1) Is not suited temperamentally and otherwise to work with blind persons in the use of guide dogs.</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;4 name=IN;4 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(2) Has not had at least one year's actual experience in working with the training of dogs.<BR><BR><A id=ecxIN;5 name=IN;5 target=_blank></A>(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:<BR><A id=ecxIN;6 name=IN;6 target=_blank></A>(1) Care and selection of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;7 name=IN;7 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(2) Obedience training of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;8 name=IN;8 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;9 name=IN;9 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;10 name=IN;10 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;</SPAN><BR>
<A id=ecxIN;11 name=IN;11 target=_blank></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.<BR><BR><A id=ecxIN;12 name=IN;12 target=_blank></A>(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.<A id=ecxSDU_3 name=SDU_3 target=_blank></A><BR>NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. </SPAN><BR>
<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">§ </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=ecxunderline1><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">2266 as published on September 10, 2010</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR>(2) Amend Section 2266 of Division 22 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations to read as follows:</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.<BR><BR>(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.<BR>(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:<BR>(1) Care and selection of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(2) Obedience training of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.<BR><BR>(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. <BR>NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208 Business and Professions Code.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><BR><STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Proposed Modified Text – October 27, 2010 as ratified at the 10/25/10 Board meeting</SPAN></U></STRONG><BR><BR>§ 2266. Apprentice Standards; Minimum Instruction.<BR><BR>(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.<BR>(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:<BR>(1) Care and selection of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(2) Obedience training of dogs;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(3) Training of dogs preparatory to becoming guides for blind people;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(4) Required reading on blindness and its effects;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(5) Course of instruction in the California Guide Dogs for the Blind Act and the regulations of the board;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">(6) Basic principles of travel and mobility training for blind people.<BR><BR>(c) No apprentice shall be permitted to instruct any guide dog team except under the supervision of a licensed instructor.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">NOTE: Authority cited: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 7208, Business and Professions Code.</SPAN><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Antonette Sorrick</SPAN></P>
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