California Acupuncture Board authorizes several rulemaking steps, reelects officers and approves executive pay changes
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Summary
At its June meeting in Sunnyvale, the California Acupunctur e Board voted to direct staff to draft several regulations and took personnel actions, including reelecting the current president and vice president and approving a classification and pay adjustment for the board's executive officer.
The California Acupuncture Board on June [date not specified] in Sunnyvale approved a package of administrative actions including formal direction to develop new rulemaking, reelection of its officers and a change to the executive officer salary classification.
The board voted unanimously to (1) approve the March 7, 2025 meeting minutes; (2) direct staff to develop a continuing-education regulation that would allow licensees to earn CE credit for attending board meetings (using the Board of Pharmacy regulation as a starting model); (3) rescind prior proposed language on hand-hygiene rules and adopt updated proposed text to align state regulations with current CDC and California Department of Public Health guidance; (4) reelect President Yongping Chen and Vice President Francisco Kim to another term; and (5) move the board executive officer position from salary classification O to classification N and approve an associated pay adjustment (up to a 4.9% adjustment to reach the top of the new range where applicable). All final votes were recorded by roll call and passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the rulemaking authorizations set the board on a path to update its infection-prevention guidance and expand continuing-education opportunities tied to board engagement. The personnel actions aim to secure continuity in leadership and staff capacity while acknowledging increased workload and responsibility since the board’s earlier classification and pay reviews.
The actions voted on at the meeting are summarized below with vote tallies and immediate next steps.
Votes at a glance - Approve March 7, 2025 meeting minutes — Outcome: approved. Roll-call yes votes recorded for: Yongping Chen; Francisco Kim; Gregory Leung; Shu Dong Li; Amy Matecki; Ruben Esorio. - Direct staff to develop CE regulation for board-meeting attendance (staff to model regulation on Board of Pharmacy language and report back) — Outcome: approved. Roll-call yes votes recorded for: Yongping Chen; Francisco Kim; Gregory Leung; Shu Dong Li; Amy Matecki; Ruben Esorio. - Rescind prior hand-hygiene proposed text and approve newly proposed language (aligning methods with CDC/CDPH, permitting alcohol-based hand rubs when hands are not visibly soiled, specifying minimum alcohol concentration and use instructions) — Outcome: approved; staff authorized to submit the package for agency review and begin rulemaking steps. Roll-call yes votes recorded for: Yongping Chen; Francisco Kim; Gregory Leung; Shu Dong Li; Amy Matecki; Ruben Esorio. - Reseat board officers (President and Vice President) — Outcome: both incumbents reelected (Yongping Chen, Francisco Kim); vote recorded as unanimous by roll call. - Change the executive officer classification from O to N and authorize up to a 4.9% salary adjustment to align the incumbent with the new range — Outcome: approved by roll call; staff will implement the classification change and proceed with administrative steps required by the Department of Consumer Affairs and State HR rules.
Next steps: For each rulemaking action the board authorized, staff will prepare formal regulatory packages, submit those packages to the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency for review and publish the 45‑day public‑comment notices as required by state rulemaking law. The executive‑position classification change and associated pay adjustment move next to the DCA and state HR offices for final administrative implementation.
