The March meeting of the Board was convened in accordance with its notice to the Secretary of State, the Bergen Record, the Record of Hackensack, the Trenton Times, the Courier Post and the Star-Ledger and was conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act.

President Cohen convened the meeting at 9:00 a.m. A roll call was taken and the following attendance was recorded for these minutes:

PRESENT: Linda Cohen, Joseph Grodman, Gary Iavarone, Jerry McMullian and John Valeri Esq.

EXCUSED OR ABSENT: Jane Kenny and Michael Higgins

PUBLIC ATTENDEES: NONE

Also in attendance: Dorcas K. O=Neal, Executive Director, Susan Berger, Deputy Attorney General, and Monica Carrington, staff.

I. APPROVAL OF PUBLIC MINUTES

The Board reviewed the Public Session Minutes for February 13, 2008. On a motion by John Valeri, seconded by Joseph Grodman, the minutes were unanimously approved as redacted.

II. OLD BUSINESS

a. NONE

III. APPRENTICE MATTERS

a. The Board reviewed a letter from Aaron Brooks an apprentice requesting to be excused from the March 2008 examination because he was not able to obtain an official transcript from Camden County College due to an outstanding financial obligation. On a motion by Jay McMullin seconded by Gary Iavarone, the Board unanimously determined to grant an excused absence until the September 2008. Mr. Brooks will be so advised.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

a. The Board reviewed a letter from Karen Howard TD-1783 a licensee that has not worked in the optical field for 11 years. She submitted a letter requesting that she be allowed to reinstate her license rather than sit for the examination. The license expired in 1997. There is no record of her request to place the license on inactive status. She does not want to take the examination pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:33-8.1(f) Renewal of registration certificates. On a motion by Gary Iavarone, seconded by Joseph Grodman, the Board unanimously determined that she must sit for the next scheduled examination pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:33-8.1(f) Renewal of registration certificates as required. Ms. Howard will be so advised.

b. The Board reviewed the Division of Law Billing as informational.

V. OTHER BUSINESS

NONE

There being no other business to come before the Board, on a motion by Joseph Grodman seconded by Gary Iavarone the Public Session was adjourned and the Board convened in Executive Session for the purpose of receiving counsel, to conduct two investigative inquiries, to review one consumer complaint, two matters of old business and two matters of new business.

The Board reconvened in Public Session. The next scheduled meeting is April 9, 2008. There being no other business to come before the Board, on a motion made and seconded the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorcas K. O'Neal
Executive Director

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