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1990 - First professional hypnotism organization to require continuing education credits of 15 hours for active certification status.
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1991 - Train the Trainers Program and core curriculum launched
- Minimum number of training hours raised to equivalent of two college semesters: 100 hours (70 hours in class plus 30 hours independent study)
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1992 NGH continuing-education workshop program for NGH members developed and initiated by Don Mottin.
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1995 CH (Certified Hypnotherapist) designation replaces Rhy (Registered Hypnotherapist)
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1998 NGH Certification Board created to improve professionalism of practitioners.
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1999 NGH Certification course accepted at Medgar Evers College - City University of New York with Certified Instructor Ed Hightower.
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2000 NGH core curriculum has been translated into: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Spanish and Polish
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1991 Forensic Hypnosis - developed by George Baranowski, CI, FNGH.
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1998 Pediatric Hypnotism - developed by Don Mottin, CI, FNGH.
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1999 Emergency Hypnotism - developed by by Don Mottin, CI, FNGH.
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1999 Complementary Medical Hypnotism - developed by Rev. C. Scot Giles, CI, FNGH.
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2003 Sports Hypnotism - developed by Bob Reese, CH.
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2003 Clinical Hypnotism (12 month curriculum) developed by Don Mottin, CI, FNGH.
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2004 Hypno-Coaching developed by Lisa Halpin, CI, BCH.
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1993 Effort begun to amend Illinois Clinical Psychologist License Act which had been transformed into a practice protection act restricting the practice of hypnotism to licensed health care professionals. Launched first round of corrective legislation that failed by a single vote.
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1994 NFH 104 union activities include: Legislative action in: California, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington. Represented our profession at Union Trade Shows in: Detroit, Las Vegas, New Orleans, a National Health-Care Conference in Washington, DC, and OPEIU, AFL/CIO/CLC Conferences in: Chicago and Fort Lauderdale.
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1994 New Jersey Hypnocounselor Law enacted thru the efforts of members Tony DeMarco and John Gatto with assistance of NFH, OPEIU/AFL.
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1996 NH, ME and VT Registration Bills introduced with union assistance.
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1998 New Hampshire - Introduced Registration Bill in NH with union assistance.
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1996 Renewal of Florida Hypnotist Exemption in Mental Health and Psychology License laws passed. The bill renewing the exemption was the final bill passed on the last day of the legislative session, after intense union and NGH lobbying.
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1997 Illinois - Passed PA 90-473 which amended the Psychologist License Act to permit hypnotism to be practiced by unlicensed persons. This bill was passed after four legislative attempts.
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1997 California - Defeated attempted legislation restricting the practice of hypnotism unfairly in a way that benefited only certain organizations.
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1998 Legislation to protect the right of professional hypnotists to practice introduced experimentally in MA, VT, NH and ME.
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1998 The Honorable James Edgar, Governor of Illinois, congratulates hypnotists on protecting their right to practice.
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1998 Exemption for hypnotists inserted in pending restrictive psychology legislation in Iowa.
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1998 State of Mississippi agrees with NGH not to consider hypnotism a regulated psychological practice.
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1998 NGH picks up pieces of failed legislative efforts by other organizations in Tennessee and Georgia and organizes its own legislative teams in those states.
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1998 State of Nebraska agrees not to consider hypnotism a regulated psychological practice.
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1999 Blocked hostile legislation in New York that would have restricted the practice of hypnotism to licensed professionals.
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1999 Killed reintroduced legislation in Iowa that would have restricted hypnotism to licensed professionals.
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1999 Indiana - Intervened to halt abuse by the state Hypnotist Committee which oversees the certification of hypnotists. Eventually we would file and win two lawsuits against the Committee, one filed jointly with the American Civil Liberties Union. These legal victories resulted in a
restructuring of the Committee with several members replaced and rules rewritten.
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1999 Illinois - Filed an experimental license law for hypnotists which passed the Senate before being blocked in the House by the medical society.
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1999 Georgia - NGH legislative team blocks a restrictive license law for counselors that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to only state licensed professionals.
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2000 Iowa - Once again defeated a restrictive regulatory law (HB285) that would have prevented hypnotists from practicing.
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2000 Georgia - Defeated a restrictive counselor license law (HB271) that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to persons
licensed under that law.
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Kentucky - Defeated a restrictive hypnotism certification law (SB 283) that would have allowed only graduates of specific schools to practice.
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2000 Illinois - met with the Illinois Medical Association to explore ways hypnotists and physicians could work cooperatively.
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2001 Georgia - Arranged veto of a restrictive law (SB 119) that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to persons licensed to practice mental health care.
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2001 Illinois - Introduced a bill (SB 79) that would require all hypnotists to practice in accordance with NGH Standards of Practice.
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2001 Louisiana - Defeated a license law for hypnotists that would have allowed the local Chapter of the NGH to appoint the regulatory body. It is the policy of the NGH to oppose all self-serving legislation, even if beneficial to the NGH at the expense of other organizations.
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2001 New York - Defeated a restrictive license law (AB 9214) that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to physicians, psychologists, counselors and social workers.
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2001 Ohio - Negotiated with the Psychology Board for an understanding that hypnotists practicing within NGH Standards of Practice would not be considered to be in violation of that state's Psychology License Law.
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2001 Rhode Island - Supported a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Law.
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2002 Texas - Retained local lobbyists and assembled a legislative committee that was successful in blocking enforcement of Cease and Desist Orders that had been distributed to some hypnotists in that state.
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2002 Florida - Obtained an Attorney General ruling that hypnotists who practiced within NGH Standards did not violate Florida Law, and used that ruling to issue a Cease and Desist Order to the State of Florida demanding it not enforce Cease and Desist Orders it and issued to some hypnotists. The government agreed.
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2002 Florida - Negotiated with the Psychology Board to clarify the nature of our exemption.
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2003 Indiana - Blocked a proposed change in legislation that would have restricted hypnotism to physicians, counselors, psychologists and social workers and banned further credentialing of hypnotists.
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2003 New York - Began work to control the interpretation of provisions of a recently-passed mental health license law.
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2004 Hawaii - Defeated a bill (HCR 22) that would have restricted the practice of hypnotism to psychologists, physicians, social workers and counselors.
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2004 Minnesota - Negotiated protective legislation (Ch 146a) to protect the right of hypnotists to practice after the repeal of the Unlicensed Mental Health Provider laws.
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2004 New York - Negotiated an agreement that hypnotists practicing within NGH Standards and Terminology would not be deemed in violation of a new license law for counselors.
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2004 Texas - Reorganization of a legislative team to prepare to launch exemption legislation in the next session of the legislature was initiated.
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2006 Connecticut laws concerning the practice of hypnotism which the NGH oversaw and contributed to, became effective. NGH president, Dr. Dwight Damon, was one of the first to register and receive his certificate.