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Written by David Karina, Assoc. AIA, RCI, CSI, CDT
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
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I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who attended ACIA’s “OSHPD and the IOR” training seminar. Over 250 attended the event held at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA making this the largest one day event ACIA has presented to date.
Responding to this year’s legislative challenge (AB 2966) to the hospital inspection industry, ACIA and OSHPD worked diligently in a relatively short amount of time to present this training in a collaborative effort to reassure any and all concerned parties that OSHPD certified inspectors of record (IOR) are among the most highly trained inspectors in the industry. As indicated by one of the presenters, “It’s about time.”
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Written by David Karina, Assoc. AIA, RCI, CSI, CDT
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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AB 2966 (Lieber) was scheduled to be heard on August 4th in the Senate Appropriations Committee but was moved out of Committee without a vote under Senate Rule 28.81. This is a normal step taken by the Senate Appropriations Committee on legislation that has a fiscal impact of $50k or less. The Senate Appropriations Committee considers only the fiscal impact of legislation, and legislation that has a very small impact routinely is moved out of the Senate Appropriations Committee without a vote using this Senate Rule. AB 2966 is number eighty six of ninety five bills that were moved out of Committee under Senate Rule 28.8 today.
AB 2966 now goes directly to the floor where it can be amended, however not in such a way that adds a new fiscal impact. AB 2966 could be heard and voted on by the entire State Senate as early as August 7th. More information will be reported as it develops.
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Written by David Karina, Assoc. AIA, RCI, CSI, CDT
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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On July 17th of this year, the Division of the State Architect’s office announced that the Office of Administrative Law has approved the regulations for the Certified Access Specialist Program otherwise known as CASp and is now filed with the Secretary of State.
Although building inspectors have historically enforced ADA compliance CASp is the first certification of its kind that is dedicated to accessibility code and ADA enforcement.
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