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

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 a civil fine.

"Our goal is to protect the public," says OHLA Regulatory Operations Manager Tim Molloy. "We think that educating licensees is the most effective way to accomplish that goal."

More than 30 licensees, the majority of whom practice in one or more fields of practice of cosmetology, participated in the first two training sessions at OHLA in Salem on February 25. All of their current violations were expunged and their civil fines waived as a result.

Learn about openings on OHLA's volunteer citizen boards and councils and 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 Agency Board & Rule Analyst Cerynthia Murphy at 503-373-1816 or via e-mail to cerynthia.murphy@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.

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