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OREGON BULLETIN Supplements the 2014 Oregon Administrative Rules Compilation Volume 53, No. 4 April 1, 2014 For February 16, 2014–March 15, 2014 Published by KATE BROWN Secretary of State Copyright 2014 Oregon Secretary of State INFORMATION ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES General Information November 15 of the previous year. Administrative Rules created or The Administrative Rules Unit, Archives Division, Secretary of changed after publication in the print Compilation will appear in a State publishes the Oregon Administrative Rules Compilation and the subsequent edition of the online Bulletin. These are listed by rule online Oregon Bulletin. The Oregon Administrative Rules number in the Bulletin’s OAR Revision Cumulative Index, which is Compilation is an annual print publication containing complete text updated monthly. 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Oregon Bulletin April 2014: Volume 53, No. 4 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology Information About Administrative Rules........................2 and Audiology, Chapter 335....................................................22 Table of Contents ...............................................................3 Board of Nursing, Chapter 851 ..............................................22–24 Executive Orders Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, ................................................................4 Chapter 255........................................................................24, 25 Other Notices..................................................................5, 6 Board of Pharmacy, Chapter 855 .................................................25 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Hearings/Notices Bureau of Labor and Industries, Chapter 839........................25, 26 The citations and statements required by ORS 183.335(2)(b)(A)–(D) Department of Agriculture, Chapter 603................................26–30 have been filed with and are available from the Secretary of State. 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