STAND. COM. REP. NO. 444

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1139
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1139 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLINICAL LABORATORY
     PERSONNEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the clinical
laboratory licensing program by:

     (1)  Deleting the clinical laboratory supervisor category of
          licensure;

     (2)  Adding the clinical laboratory specialist and clinical
          laboratory cytotechnologist categories of licensure;
          and

     (3)  Renaming the laboratory technologist category as
          clinical laboratory scientist.

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the
Department of Health.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need for clarity on the
categories of licensure.  Your Committee believes that this
measure will provide the needed clarity and will facilitate the
Department of Health's administration of the clinical laboratory
licensing program.


 
     Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1139, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
1139, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair