It's secure, speedy and saves you a stamp! OHLA's online renewal feature is part of our ongoing efforts to provide customer service excellence and a streamlined regulatory environment.

If you can't resolve a problem or issue with a practitioner of one of the health and related professions OHLA regulates, we can help.

Check our online database to see if a professional is licensed or has been subject to disciplinary action (license suspension, probabation or revocation).

It pays to be prepared! OHLA's Regulatory Operations Division has created a new facility self-inspection checklist to help guide facilities and practitioners in preparing for facility inspections.

Conducting a monthly self-inspection will assist in maintaining compliance with state regulations and help reduce or eliminate the number of violations cited during OHLA inspections.

Ultimately, staying in compliance means you'll be serving your clients better by protecting their health and safety.

OHLA has also created a sample client record form for estheticians and nail technicians, who are required to obtain and keep client records.

Access regulatory news, publications and OHLA's online newsletter, Licensing Line.

The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) invites licensees, stakeholders and other interested parties to attend Change Is the Solution: Today's Vision, Tomorrow's Reality, a preview event highlighting recent and proposed changes at OHLA.

Change Is the Solution: Today's Vision, Tomorrow's Reality will focus on the following, with opportunity for audience comment and questions:

* Agency Reorganization / Service Improvements
* Proposed Licensing Fee Changes
* Agency Proposed Legislation
* Gaining Compliance through Education
* Public Comment / Questions & Answers

Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Time: 9-11:30 am
Location: First-Floor Auditorium
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Building
700 Summer Street NE, Salem

RSVP to OHLA Board & Qualification Specialist Kathryn Helton at 503-373-1906 or via e-mail to kathryn.l.helton@state.or.us.

OHLA plans to file proposed revisions to agency Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) that revise licensing fees for all OHLA-regulated professions.

Following is a tentative administrative rulemaking schedule:

June 13: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking / Hearing to be filed
July 23: Public Rulemaking Hearing
September 1: Effective date for adoption of proposed rule changes

Please check back here for more detailed information on June 13, when the proposed rules will be filed.

Questions and comments about the proposed rules should be sent to Dixie Bryant, OHLA Operations and Policy Analyst Lead, at 503-373-1911 or via e-mail at dixie.l.bryant@state.or.us.

The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) recently became one of the first state regulatory agencies in the nation to offer health, safety and infection control training in lieu of paying civil fines.

More than 100 licensees have already participated in the training sessions. All of their current violations were expunged and their civil fines waived as a result.

Oregon celebrates its 150th birthday in 2009. Planning for this big event has already begun. Learn more and get involved!