STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2572

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2805
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2805 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF
     NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is expand the powers and duties
of the Board of Nursing (Board).

     Your Committee received testimony from the Board, HGEA-
AFSCME, and Hawaii Nurses' Association.

     This measure allows the Board to, among other clarifying
provisions:

     (1)  Adopt rules for the scope of nursing practice and
          delegation of nursing tasks based on standards set
          forth by national certifying bodies recognized by the
          Board;

     (2)  Prescribe standards for preparing persons for licensure
          of practical nurses and registered nurses and for
          recognition of advanced practice registered nurses;

     (3)  Deny or withdraw approval of educational programs for
          failure to maintain prescribed standards;

     (4)  Conduct hearings upon request of a denied applicant;

 
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     (5)  Provide programs on nursing education and practice;

     (6)  Communicate with national organizations to promote the
          improvement of the legal standards of nursing practice;

     (7)  Employ or contract with any board-approved organization
          in the preparation and grading of an appropriate
          national uniform examination; and

     (8)  Adopt rules relating to the practice of nursing
          telehealth.

     Your Committee finds that all of the provisions of this
measure serve to further protect the public health, safety, and
welfare, and facilitate and enhance the professionalism of the
nursing profession.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2805 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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