STAND. COM. REP. NO. 565-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2092
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2092, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of qualified licensed physicians in this State by:
(1) Allowing licensure of persons who served a residency in:
(A) A program approved by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC); or
(B) A program outside the United States (U.S.) or Canada whose standards are found by the Board of Medical Examiners (BME) to be substantially equivalent to those approved by CFPC or by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in the U.S.;
and
(2) Allowing persons who have completed educational and residency requirements and passed the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination to be licensed to practice medicine without any further examination.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from Island Urology and a physician. The Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Medical Service Association supported the bill and requested amendments. BME commented and requested amendments.
Your Committee finds that most U.S. medical educators recognize that residency training accredited by either the CFPC or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), is equivalent to residency training accredited by the ACGME in the U.S.
Further, BME testified that both the CFPC and the RCPSC should be included in the bill. CFPC, which is presently included in the bill, accredits family practice residency programs in Canada. All other specialty residency programs are accredited by RCPSC.
Your Committee has amended this measure accordingly, by including references to the RCPSC. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 2092, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2092, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,
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____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair |
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