STAND. COM. REP. NO.1335
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 591
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 591, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to amend the Occupational Therapy Practice law by:
(1) Providing for a temporary permit allowing persons who have the required education and experience, but have not yet passed the national certification examination, to perform occupational therapy services under the direct supervision of a registered occupational therapist;
(2) Providing that an occupational therapist who holds a "registration" issued under section 457G-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be similarly regarded as a licensed occupational therapist; and
(3) Specifying that the national certification examination required of occupational therapists is administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, and numerous individual occupational therapists submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 591, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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