Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2092 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow licensure of applicants who served a residency in a program approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

This measure also clarifies licensure requirements for foreign applicants for a license to practice medicine.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Island Urology. Comments were received from the Board of Medical Examiners.

Your Committee finds that most medical educators in the United States recognize accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as equivalent to a residency accredited by the U.S. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. By accepting Canadian training the pool of qualified physicians that are able to practice medicine in Hawaii will increase.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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. 2092, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2092, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing.