STAND. COM. REP. NO. 932-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2897

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DENTAL EXAMINATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Authorize the Board of Dental Examiners (BDE) to accept for licensing purposes, dental and dental hygienist examination results from regional or state testing agencies if Hawaii's examinations cannot be administered; and

(2) Update statutory references pertaining to the accreditation of dental colleges.

The BDE and Hawaii Dental Hygienists Association supported this bill.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii dental and dental hygienist licensure examinations are administered at the Pearl Harbor Dental Clinic, and civilian access to the facility is subject to military security measures. In the event that licensure examinations cannot be held, this bill allows an alternative method for continuing the licensure process and meeting the oral health needs of the State.

Your Committee further finds that as of January 1, 2004, Hawaii will be the only state that accepts applications from graduates of foreign dental schools without additional dentistry training from an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited program.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Repealing the provisions that allowed graduates of foreign medical schools not accredited by the American Dental Association to be eligible to take the dental examination; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

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. 2897, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2897,

S.D. 2, 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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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair