STAND. COM. REP. NO. 543-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2463
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2463 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED
     NURSES RECOGNITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require applicants for advanced practice registered
          nurse (APRN) recognition to have an unencumbered APRN
          recognition or similar designation in all other states
          in which the nurse has a current and active recognition
          as an APRN; and 

     (2)  Clarify that APRNs who are not recognized by the board
          may use titles designated by national certifying
          bodies.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will provide greater
consumer safety, increase the protection of the nursing
profession, and clarify current language.

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Board of Nursing, Hawaii Nurses' Association, and Hawaii
Government Employees Association.

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes
of clarity, consistency, and style.

 
 
                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 543-00
                                 Page 2

 

     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. 2463, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2463, H.D. 1.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   RON MENOR, Chair