[nagdu] FW: SB 1491 (Senate Business Professions and EconomicDevelopment Committe) - In-home Training

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

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Tami Smith-Kinney

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Subject: [nagdu] FW: SB 1491 (Senate Business Professions and
EconomicDevelopment Committe) - In-home Training

Subject: SB 1491 (Senate Business Professions and Economic Development
Committe) - In-home Training

On Tuesday, September 28, 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 
1491 (Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee).  
The amended statute will become effective on January 1, 2010.  This bill 
makes the following changes in the Guide Dog Act:

 

.    Allows schools to provide in-home training regardless of the guide dog 
users' experience with a guide dog.  

 

.    Deletes the requirement that allows in-home training only for special 
circumstances.  Currently, California consumers who are interested in
in-home 
training as a first-time user are forced to leave the state.  With the
passage 
of SB 1491, California schools can still be competitive if they can also
provide 
in-home training as a venue for instruction, regardless of the circumstances
of 
the guide dog user.  

 

.    Clarifies that Board licensed instructors have the ability to provide
in-home 
training in the State of California regardless of employment by a California

licensed school.  The in-home training model as a venue of training is 
consistent with international training standards.  There is no cost for 
consumers for a guide dog so there would be no competition for costs 
between schools.  The ways in which guide dog schools stay competitive are 
to keep up with the needs of students in the quality and quantity of
training 
provided.

 

SB 1491 was the result of a collaborative process which included input from 
senior instructors at the three California licensed guide dog schools,
consumer 
input, and Board Member consideration.  

 

I'm a California Licensed Guide Dog School

This change in statute allows you to provide in-home training to any client
in 
California, regardless of circumstance or previous experience with a guide 
dog.  Schools will continue to provide the names and addresses of those who 
are being trained and those that have completed training to the Board 
(Business and Professions Code Sections 7210.7, 7217)  

 

I'm a Guide Dog User/Potential Guide Dog User

This change in the Guide Dog Act will allow you to choose any licensed
school 
or licensed instructor to provide in-home training as a venue for
instruction, 
regardless of your prior experience with a guide dog or personal
circumstance. 

 

I'm a Licensed Guide Dog Instructor

This change in statute allows you to provide in-home training to any client
in 
California, regardless of circumstance or previous experience with a guide 
dog.  Licensed instructors will continue to provide the names and addresses
of 
those who are being trained and those that have completed training to the 
Board (Business and Professions Code Section 7210.7).  

 

For a copy of the chaptered legislation, visit
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-
10/bill/sen/sb_1451-1500/sb_1491_bill_20100928_chaptered.html  

 

State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
1625 N. Market Blvd., S-202
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 574-7825 direct
(916) 574-7829 fax
(866) 512-9103 toll free for in-state calls
guidedogboard at dca.ca.gov  
www.guidedogboard.ca.gov  

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