National Leadership Conference
Orlando, FL
June 20-23, 2007

HOSA COMPETITIVE EVENT UPDATE - January 2007

The following updates to the NATIONAL HOSA HANDBOOK, SECTION B, REVISED, 2005, were made at the January 2007 Competitive Events Meeting. Please note these changes and additions when preparing for competition, as well as event updates posted on the web at http://www.hosa.org/natorg/sectb/index.html.

It is the competitor’s responsibility to assure that he/she obtains the current event guidelines from the HOSA website prior to competition.

For Category II Skill Events – the competitor must be able to perform each and every skill in the event at a mastery level of 70% or higher.

CATEGORY I - HEALTH SCIENCE RELATED EVENTS

• No changes

CATEGORY II - HEALTH SCIENCE SKILL EVENTS

• All Category II Events

The 70% rule is enforced at the NLC. The rule states:

The competitor must earn a score of 70% or higher on the combined skill procedure(s) of the event (excluding the test) in order to be recognized as an award winner at the NLC.

CATEGORY III - INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP EVENTS

• Researched Persuasive Speaking – The wording for the Advisor verification was changed, and clarification was added that the paper is to be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt., with NO bold face type anywhere on the paper, including the cover.)

CATEGORY IV - TEAM LEADERSHIP EVENTS

• Community Awareness – Clarification on the number of pages per section in the portfolio was added to the event guidelines.

CATEGORY V – RECOGNITION

• No changes

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

• Addition to General Rules and Regulations

When a section in a notebook indicates a range of pages, if a competitor uses fewer than the maximum number of pages, he/she cannot add pages in another section.

• Clarification of Rule #2 in General Rules and Regulations

To be eligible for national competition, participants must be a member of National HOSA, registered on a chapter roster, no later than January 1 if the student is enrolled in the Fall semester; Spring enrollees must be affiliated by March 1 or within thirty (30) days of the beginning of a program initiated during the Spring semester.

• States determine and publish specific state competition eligibility deadlines.
• All participants must adhere to the eligibility requirements as specified in the individual Competitive Event Guidelines.
• Members are not eligible for national competition if they are not affiliated with the national organization prior to their respective State Leadership Conference.

Check the HOSA website at http://www.hosa.org/natorg/sectb/index.html for Competitive Event updates.

RULES TO REMEMBER

• For all written tests, it is the responsibility of the competitor to bring pencils for the event.
• At the national level, competitors may compete in ONE EVENT ONLY in Categories I-IV. They may participate in multiple events in Category V.
• Individual and team participants in national competition must have competed in the same competitive event at the state level for which they are entered at the national level. This competition must have taken place in the school year immediately preceding the HOSA NLC. [Exception to this rule: Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Issues Exam, substitutes or additions to team events, and Category V events.]
• There will be no study materials allowed in any holding rooms.
• Students must be appropriately dressed for BOTH the test and the skill event. (Clothing considered appropriate for the skill event will be allowed for the test.)

CLARIFICATION OF “PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS ATTIRE”

Professional Business Attire has nothing to do with the brand labels in your clothes, beauty, good looks, or sex appeal. Simple, common sense will tell you how to dress for your events. You are what you wear. Avoid trendy fashions. Remember that you are dressing to appeal to the judge, not for your date or peers. When in doubt, wear something else!

Jeans CANNOT be worn to any competitive event or event orientation.

Conference Cell Phone Policy

Cell phones must be turned off during all HOSA functions, including all General Sessions, workshops, receptions, and any other scheduled HOSA activity.

Competitors MAY NOT bring cell phones to any HOSA competitive event or event orientation. Any competitor who violates this rule is subject to disqualification from the event. Judge cell phones and pagers must be turned off during competitive events.

Open Invitation to all Conference Delegates

You are cordially invited to attend the HOSA Showcase

Selected events will be open for conference delegates to see the work of other HOSA members and talk to them about their event. The special event displays will give you a chance to:

• See what an outstanding HOSA event looks like
• Talk to HOSA members from other schools
• Support HOSA members from your chapter and state
• Get ideas for your chapter for next year

Event displays for the 2007 NLC are scheduled as follows:

Thursday Career Health Display - 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Outstanding HOSA Chapter - 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Chapter Newsletters - 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Extemporaneous Health Poster - 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Friday Community Awareness - 2 – 3 pm
Health Education - 3 – 4 pm
Clinical Specialty - 4 – 5 pm