April 4, 1973 (12 pages)

4 The Nevada County Nugget Wed. April 4° 1973 Block of Dimes GRASS VALLEY Jaycees collected $238.56 Saturday during the block of dimes, the local annual benefit event for muscular dystrophy. Each person who donated a dime, by putting dimes along the sidewalk in downtown Grass Valley, received a shamrock as Zoe Ann Schuckert, the 1973 Junior Miss, is shown wearing. Dave Elster, a Jaycee, is putting down dimes donated by residents. The Jaycees collect for muscular dystrophy in conjunction with the Jerry Lewis Marathon, held in September. FFA field day held at Chico At the fifth annual state-wide FFA judging field day held recently at California State University at Chico, approximately 61 high school Future Farmer chapters participated. In the meats contest, Nevada Union FFA had high team over all, with Don Luce as second high individual, Steve Paasch, third high individual and Britt Yost as third member of the team. The farm records team placed forth with Mark Smith, Cindy Ny NEW COMERS APPRECIATE. . When a new comer asks Yuba River each get an honest answer from their new home folks who want them to feel WELCOME. -_. YUBA RIVER'S CUSTOMERS SERVICE! [i Turner and Dee Dee Moore as team members. Out of 59 schools participating in the livestock contest, NUHS placed 10th over all and tied for fourth place in reasons. Team members were; Mary Mitchell, Ken Rowe and Michele Jauregui. a Sa a ee Oe ee ae ee ee Be Be Re Oh hee he hh hee ht he he he he hd he aa Le eee enna anne ate at eee set et tates atatatatatatat ate tetetate a atereteere ee ee ereersresrereereteratnsereersrereereterete, Capitol Comment By Earl G. Waters LICENSING BOARDS In halting the transfer of the healing regulatory boards to the new Public Health Department, Consumer Affairs Director John P. Kehoe has won a battle but not the war. ~ Kehoe’s department, which until recently was known as Professional and Vocational Standards, was created in 1927. Its sole purpose was to provide administrative supervision to a host of autonomous licensing boards including those allied to the medical profession. Since its establishment there has been a continual growth of these boards which now number more than 35. i entire operation has been financed through license fees. The departmental overhead comes out of the fees on a prorata charge to the boards. In addition to licensing, the boards also are responsible for enforcement of their laws and the discipling of violators. At one time each board employed its own investigators and hearing officers. ‘ To assure fairness in actions against licensees, the Division of Administrative Procedure was established to provide independent hearings. For the same reason the Divsision of Investigation was created to furnish fact finding services independent of board control. The boards have retained their autonomy in the setting of policies and the licensing of individuals and in imposing penalties for violations. When the department took on the additional responsibility of consumer protection it expanded into areas not within the scope of regulation of any of its boards. Yet, no funds have been provided for these new purposes. Instead, the department has been charging the various boards pro rata for the increased overhead. It was parlty this fact which spurred the idea of transferring the healing arts boards. By getting out they could escape paying for services unrelated to their own functions. It was perhaps for this reason that the professional associations identified with these boards stood mute when Governor Reagan proposed the transfer in his reorganization plan of 1970. But faced with the actual transfer, the medical groups suddenly took a firm stand against the move. Through Assemblyman William Bagley they had introduced legislation to repeal that part of the reorganization plan. Kehoe joined forcefully to halt the transfer. The administration has now agreed to drop the plan pending a review. To Kehoe the transfer meant the loss of about half of his department’s revenue. It would have stripped to the marrow, an operation already hampered by lack of funds. It would have skeltonized the Division of Investigation, reducing it to near ineffectiveness. To the boards it heralded complete loss of autonomy. It could safely be predicted that under the huge new department, the boards would be subjected to a domination not necessarily in the best public interest. The boards in Kehoe’s department regulate more than one million Californians. Ther actions indirectly affect the lives of every citizen. The massing of the various departments already under the new health agency seems inconsistent with Governor Reagan’s position against big government. Transferring of the medical boards to that agency would have only compounded this overlarge operation. But Kehoe still has his work cut out. There are those in the new health agency who feel strongly that these licensing functions should be under their jurisdiction. It may be a-_bureaucratic approach but Kehoe must now establish beyond rebuttal that the people will be better served by leaving the boards where they are. To do this he must keep the boards cooperative. It seems obvious he-must obtain general fund money to finance consumer protection activities. He should also seek general funds for the Division of Investigation’s enforcement program. Much of their work involves investigating unlicensed persons for .which the boards should not be obligated. A Kehoe has already taken a strong position to-increase the visibility of the boards. He has called for not’ es of their meetings to be issued far enough in advance to permit public attendance. He is also reviewing the time and places of meetings to make them more accessible to the public. Yuba River's 7 TREASURE HUNT YUB A RIVER _ NUGGET WEATHER a a a “so 38 ' Mar. 27 56-3 29. Mar. 27 533: 260 = 1934 LUMBER COMPANY Mar28 . 35 39 — Mar.28 Sa 8 $260 in PRIZES . crass vauey 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. sevice cir Mem . 8 4 yt Mero s. 3 , OPEN 7 A.M. SERVING BEAUTIFUL YUBA RIVER COUNTRY 4 ee sg 2 hes . : a 3 Ee i VISIT OUR DOWNIEVILLE STORE CALL 265-4521 — a a 33° — la eee os 28 ar — \ te ae saneini Rhea) esentrainfalltodate 61.60 esentrainialitodate _65. St 2 SSN OM 1 251 year’s rainfall _ 30.19 Last year’s rainfall 31.82

4 The Nevada County Nugget Wed. April 4° 1973 Block of Dimes GRASS VALLEY Jaycees collected $238.56 Saturday during the block of dimes, the local annual benefit event for muscular dystrophy. Each person who donated a dime, by putting dimes along the sidewalk in downtown Grass Valley, received a shamrock as Zoe Ann Schuckert, the 1973 Junior Miss, is shown wearing. Dave Elster, a Jaycee, is putting down dimes donated by residents. The Jaycees collect for muscular dystrophy in conjunction with the Jerry Lewis Marathon, held in September. FFA field day held at Chico At the fifth annual state-wide FFA judging field day held recently at California State University at Chico, approximately 61 high school Future Farmer chapters participated. In the meats contest, Nevada Union FFA had high team over all, with Don Luce as second high individual, Steve Paasch, third high individual and Britt Yost as third member of the team. The farm records team placed forth with Mark Smith, Cindy Ny NEW COMERS APPRECIATE.. . When a new comer asks Yuba River each get an honest answer from their new home folks who want them to feel WELCOME. -_. YUBA RIVER'S CUSTOMERS SERVICE! [i Turner and Dee Dee Moore as team members. Out of 59 schools participating in the livestock contest, NUHS placed 10th over all and tied for fourth place in reasons. Team members were; Mary Mitchell, Ken Rowe and Michele Jauregui. a Sa a ee Oe ee ae ee ee Be Be Re Oh hee he hh hee ht he he he he hd he aa Le eee enna anne ate at eee set et tates atatatatatatat ate tetetate a atereteere ee ee ereersresrereereteratnsereersrereereterete, Capitol Comment By Earl G. Waters LICENSING BOARDS In halting the transfer of the healing regulatory boards to the new Public Health Department, Consumer Affairs Director John P. Kehoe has won a battle but not the war. ~ Kehoe’s department, which until recently was known as Professional and Vocational Standards, was created in 1927. Its sole purpose was to provide administrative supervision to a host of autonomous licensing boards including those allied to the medical profession. Since its establishment there has been a continual growth of these boards which now number more than 35. i entire operation has been financed through license fees. The departmental overhead comes out of the fees on a prorata charge to the boards. In addition to licensing, the boards also are responsible for enforcement of their laws and the discipling of violators. At one time each board employed its own investigators and hearing officers. ‘ To assure fairness in actions against licensees, the Division of Administrative Procedure was established to provide independent hearings. For the same reason the Divsision of Investigation was created to furnish fact finding services independent of board control.

The boards have retained their autonomy in the setting of policies and the licensing of individuals and in imposing penalties for violations. When the department took on the additional responsibility of consumer protection it expanded into areas not within the scope of regulation of any of its boards. Yet, no funds have been provided for these new purposes. Instead, the department has been charging the various boards pro rata for the increased overhead. It was parlty this fact which spurred the idea of transferring the healing arts boards. By getting out they could escape paying for services unrelated to their own functions. It was perhaps for this reason that the professional associations identified with these boards stood mute when Governor Reagan proposed the transfer in his reorganization plan of 1970. But faced with the actual transfer, the medical groups suddenly took a firm stand against the move. Through Assemblyman William Bagley they had introduced legislation to repeal that part of the reorganization plan. Kehoe joined forcefully to halt the transfer. The administration has now agreed to drop the plan pending a review. To Kehoe the transfer meant the loss of about half of his department’s revenue. It would have stripped to the marrow, an operation already hampered by lack of funds. It would have skeltonized the Division of Investigation, reducing it to near ineffectiveness. To the boards it heralded complete loss of autonomy. It could safely be predicted that under the huge new department, the boards would be subjected to a domination not necessarily in the best public interest. The boards in Kehoe’s department regulate more than one million Californians. Ther actions indirectly affect the lives of every citizen. The massing of the various departments already under the new health agency seems inconsistent with Governor Reagan’s position against big government. Transferring of the medical boards to that agency would have only compounded this overlarge operation. But Kehoe still has his work cut out. There are those in the new health agency who feel strongly that these licensing functions should be under their jurisdiction. It may be a-_bureaucratic approach but Kehoe must now establish beyond rebuttal that the people will be better served by leaving the boards where they are. To do this he must keep the boards cooperative. It seems obvious he-must obtain general fund money to finance consumer protection activities. He should also seek general funds for the Division of Investigation’s enforcement program. Much of their work involves investigating unlicensed persons for .which the boards should not be obligated. A Kehoe has already taken a strong position to-increase the visibility of the boards. He has called for not’ es of their meetings to be issued far enough in advance to permit public attendance. He is also reviewing the time and places of meetings to make them more accessible to the public. Yuba River's 7 TREASURE HUNT YUB A RIVER _ NUGGET WEATHER a a a “so 38 ' Mar. 27 56-3 29.. Mar. 27 533: 260 = 1934 LUMBER COMPANY Mar28 . 35 39 — Mar.28 Sa 8 $260 in PRIZES . crass vauey 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. sevice cir Mem . 8 4 yt Mero s. 3 , OPEN 7 A.M. SERVING BEAUTIFUL YUBA RIVER COUNTRY 4 ee sg 2 hes . : a 3 Ee i VISIT OUR DOWNIEVILLE STORE CALL 265-4521 — a a 33° — la eee os 28 ar — \ te ae saneini Rhea) esentrainfalltodate 61.60 esentrainialitodate _65. St 2 SSN OM 1 251 year’s rainfall _ 30.19 Last year’s rainfall 31.82