CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 42
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 568
S.D. 1
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. 568, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"
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 measure is to give Hawaii's citizens greater access to appropriate dental care and to assure that applicants for licensure as dentist are not deprived of the opportunity to take an examination for an indefinite or extended period of time.
Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:
(1) Changing all references to a national examination to the American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX) examination;
(2) Allowing an applicant who takes and passes one of four regional examinations given between February 1, 2004, and the date of availability of the ADEX examination to be eligible for licensure if the Board of Dental Examiners determines that two state written and practical examinations on dentistry will not be or have not been administered;
(3) Adding a new section to the Hawaii Revised Statutes regarding once the ADEX examination is available and approved by the Board, an applicant shall take and pass the ADEX examination, and neither the state examination nor any regional examination shall be accepted;
(4) Providing that an applicant who has taken and passed a regional examination after February 1, 2004, but prior to the availability of the ADEX examination shall be deemed to have met the Board's examination requirement;
(5) Requiring the Board to make a determination and post notification on its webpage by July 15, 2005, regarding whether the two state written and practical examinations on dentistry will be administered pursuant to Subsection 448-10(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS);
(5) Amending the measure to take effect upon its approval; provided that on the date that the Board approves the ADEX examination, Section 448-10, HRS, shall be repealed.
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. 568, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 568, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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____________________________ KENNETH HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ RON MENOR, Co-Chair |
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