**** FOR ALL CATEGORIES - All 50-question written tests will have a one hour time limit, except Medical Math; all 100-question written tests will have a one and one-half hour time limit.

CATEGORY I - watch for reference revisions/changes, updated test plans for several events and a revised conversion chart for Medical Math.

CATEGORY II

• For all events in Category II, based on the recommendation from AHA, digital thermometers will be utilized rather than glass thermometers.
  
• Administrative Medical Assisting - a Coding procedure will be added this year.
  
• CPR/First Aid - procedure steps will be re-evaluated and aligned with the reference, if necessary.
  
• Dental Assisting - reference change: The Dental Assistant published by Delmar was deleted and Essentials of Dental Assisting published by Saunders was added. There were several procedural step changes made based on letters received.
  
• Nursing Assisting - reference change; drop the medical assisting reference and add Fundamentals of Nursing Assisting published by Glencoe.
  
• Physical Therapy Aide - For the Range of Motion procedure, steps related to neck ROM were deleted.
  
• Practical Nursing - reference added - Fundamental Skills and Concepts published by Lippincott.
  
• Respiratory Care will no longer be offered as a competitive event.
  
• Sports Medicine - students will be allowed to wear shorts and polo type shirts for competition, IF this is their professional uniform.
  

CATEGORY III

• Extemporaneous Writing - One hour will be allowed for writing, and the number of words will not be counted.
  
• Speaking events - speeches shall be no more than the allowed minutes; competitors will be stopped at the maximum time limit, except Speaking Skills.
  
• Researched Persuasive Speaking - word count changes with a maximum of 500 words considered, excluding the words a, an, the.
  

RESEARCHED PERSUASIVE SPEAKING TOPICS FOR 1999-2000

• A Safe Solution to a Societal Problem: Controlled Distribution of Abusive Drugs
• Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use

BIOMEDICAL DEBATE TOPIC 1999-2000
Manage Our Miracles: Fertility-Induced Multiple Births

• Affirmative: Fertility Technology is good for our society.
• Negative: Fertility Technology is bad for our society.

• Community Awareness - change in rating sheet to add more points for the Presentation; Title Page and Table of Contents are excluded in the count of 20 pages. Electronic and Non-electronic options will be continued.
  
• Career Health Display - competitors may have note cards during the oral presentations; electronic and non-electronic options will be continued.
  
• HOSA Bowl - tape recorders will not be used during the rounds.
  
• Medical Reading - moved to a regular event for 1999- 2000 with some guideline revisions.
  

MEDICAL READING BOOKS FOR 1999-2000

• Gifted Hands, Ben Carson, ISBN 0-310-21469-6
• Power Sleep, Dr. James B. Maas, ISBN 0-06-097760-4
• Born to Play, Eric Davis, ISBN 0-670-88511-8
• On Duty, Carolyn Parnall Fink, ISBN 0-449-14965-X
• Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, Geri Ann Galanti, ISBN 0-8122-1608-3

CATEGORY V

• Chapter Newsletter Rating Sheet revised

2000 NLC THEME

HOSA s Hands Have Touched the Past, Help the Present, and Are Reaching for the Future.