CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 41
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 118
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 118, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS EXAMINATIONS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to exempt the Board of Dental Examiners from chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, until December 31, 2005, to develop a state examination for the licensure of dental hygienists and to specify that if two state examinations are not given within a calendar year, that applicants that pass one of four regional examinations after February 1, 2004, or a national examination approved by the Board, shall be eligible for licensure as dental hygienists.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that the application be filed with the Board at least sixty days prior to the date selected by the Board for examination;
(2) Deleting subsection 447-1(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding the requirement that two examinations shall be held in each year and any references thereto;
(3) Adding a provision that the Board shall require an applicant to take and pass the State's examination or one of four regional examinations until a national examination is available;
(4) Adding a provision that an applicant who has taken and passed the state or regional examination after February 1, 2005, but prior to the availability of a national examination, shall be deemed to have met the Board's examination requirement; and
(5) Making the measure effective upon its approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 118, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 118, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
|
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
|
____________________________ Dennis A. Arakaki, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
|
|
____________________________ Kenneth Hiraki, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Ron Menor, Co-Chair |
|