STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1038-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2165
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No.
2165, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give children additional
access to physical examinations by:

     (1)  Authorizing naturopathic physicians to certify physical
          examinations for Department of Education (DOE) school
          entrance requirements; and

     (2)  Requiring DOE to provide health certificate forms for
          physical examinations to naturopaths.

     The Hawaii Nurses' Association, the Hawaii Society of
Naturopathic Physicians, and many individuals testified in
support of this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Association opposed
this measure.  The Department of Health (DOH) submitted comments.

     This measure authorizes naturopathic physicians to perform
physical examinations by amending sections 302A-1159 and 302A-
1160, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).  DOH testified that it
prefers the approach taken in H.B. No. 2764, H.D. 1, which amends
section 302A-101, HRS, by adding the definition of "licensed
physician" to include naturopathic physicians as health care
professionals authorized to perform physical examinations to DOE
students under section 302A-1159, HRS.

 
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     Your Committee agrees with DOH and has amended this measure
by deleting its substance and inserting language from H.B. No.
2764, H.D. 1.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2165, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2165, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health,



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair