Its Got No Teeth ...

[JRutledge]

You can quote yourself in this discussion all you like Billy, but the point is that you must make the information available or you are risking that everyone involved will not be aware of previous interpretations. Again, I do not work with or am an IAABO member. I work for two different states that do not necessarily follow each other and their procedures. So if the state associations are not aware of such information (and they may not be) then we are flying blind to the wills of the NF if they have something else in mind. When you contact the NF they often send you back to your state association for an interpretation. So if they wish to have that interpretation the NF puts out, then you have to make that information readily available. Us talking here does not change that fact. Again most people never will know we even had this conversation or the information you just put out. For all we know there might be some facts missing, meaning there have been different conversations, or what your group might help with is never done. Until we all are made very clear that some interpretation 5, 10, or 20 years ago was published, we might not be aware of its impact and will do what is already listed or what was instructed. And based on previous information, states had all the power in interpretations of how to handle things not clearly stated. That would be a total change regards to what we are talking about here.

Again, stand by my position as to how it works. Also, the law is published and there are places to find out where a ruling has been taking place. Often interpretations are not very well known or somewhat of a secret. That is the issue here for me, not what the intentions might be.

Peace