Re: US POLITICS - Consolidation

Re: US POLITICS - Consolidation

Morris Gallo

7/19/1999

Mr. Van Hook
I believe you are mistaken.

An Individual Member by definition in Article II (3)(a) is any member
of
the four categories -- Active (CP/CO/Reg. Associates), Affiliate
Practitioners (BOC, NARD, licensed P/O, foreign P/O, and Emeritus
members),
Affiliate Non Practitioners (honorary members and P/O educators), or
Student/Resident/Candidate members. This means the Individual Member
of
the new AAOP Board may definitely be non certified.

You are further mistaken in that there are no Company Members. By
definition, Article II (3)(a + b), the classes of membership are
individual
and business. I believe the Bylaws are also flawed with this mistake,
see
Article IV (2).

The Business members of the Board may be from any of the four
categories,
see Article II (3)(b) -- the Active Company (patient care facility
employing at least one ABC certified practitioner, but the
representative
does not need to be certified), the Allied Company (patient care
facility
which may have a practitioner certified by BOC/NARD or no certified
practitioners of any type), Active Suppliers (any firm which sells
parts/supplies/or services to P/O industry, or Company Affiliate (a
division/affiliate/subsidary of any of the above business categories).

Additionally, of the four Business Board members each company with
over 200
facilities may EACH elect one Business Board member.

As to the ABC and NCOPE commissions:
Article I (2)(l) - commission members ...may or may NOT be part of the
membership....

Article VII (5) - ABC commission members ... shall be certified, or
registered with ABC in good standing OR a representative of ABC
accredited
organization...

Article VIII - NCOPE commission members, the wording is the same as
above.

This means the commission members don't even have to me members of the
new
AAOP if they represent a member company, and there is certainly no
requirement that commission members be ABC certified.

The only place ABC certification is required is for Active individual
membership.


Robert VanHook wrote:

> Ian, et. al.,
>
> Unless I am mistaken, a board member of the consolidated association must
> be either Individual member (i.e., certified practitioner) or Company
> members (i.e., owner or employer of an O&P business). ABC and NCOPE may
> have consumer members of their boards, as is currently the case.
>
> Bob
>
> Robert T. Van Hook, CAE
> Executive Director
> American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
> 1650 King Street, Suite 500
> Alexandria, VA 22314
> Phone: 703/836-7116
> Fax: 703/836-0838
> Email: <Email Address Redacted>
> Webpage: www.opoffice.org
>
> On Monday, July 19, 1999 1:56 AM, Ian Gregson
> [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ] wrote:
> > Fellow OandP'ers:
> >
> > Someone mentioned to me in private email that one of the many reasons
> > for opposition to consolidation is the issue of the board then being
> > open to non-prosthetist positions.
> >
> > For example a client/amputee could be directly involved in the
> > decision making process via the new consolidated board.
> >
> > Is this true?
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