Ohio Collision Repair Board Executive Director Mike Greene
addressed collision repair shop owners and vendors in Cleveland,
Toledo and Cincinnati Sept. 20-22 during Automotive Service
Association of Ohio meetings. Greene said the board has had more
success the last few years getting collision shops to operate
legitimately.
All three nights members of the audience expressed their
pleasure with Greene's performance, but voiced their frustration
that more could not be done. Greene mentioned that the board's
section of law is very restrictive in what they can currently
do. One solution that was discussed each night was shifting from
registration to licensing.
"The biggest advantage of transitioning from
registration to licensing is from a consumer protection
standpoint. We will be able to impact the quality of the work
that is done and we can enforce it better," Greene said. As the
board is set up now enforcement is the biggest challenge that is
faced, having to go to each county and in some cases being very
limited in their power.
"There would be a lot of discussions held in regards to
transition, lots of questions would need answered, getting the
law passed is the first step though, getting support from our
industry and legislators to make it happen," Greene added.
ASA-Ohio will be hosting one more meeting on Tuesday,
Sep. 28th at 7:00pm at the Worthington Northwest Library, 2280
Hard Rd., Columbus, Ohio. The meeting is open to the public.
For additional information about ASA go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA's
legislative website at www.TakingTheHill.com.
