WHEREAS, under current law a temporary educational teaching license permits a physician from out-of-state to perform surgery and procedures for educational purposes as long as the physician has been invited and sponsored by the chief of service of a clinical department of a hospital; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the temporary license is to provide and promote education for students, interns, residents, and fellow physicians; and

WHEREAS, through a temporary educational license obtained under the sponsorship of a local hospital a world renowned physician from Duke University was permitted to perform life-saving procedures while in Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, were it not for the sponsorship of that local hospital, patients in Hawaii would have had to travel to the East Coast for those life-saving procedures; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2006, that local hospitals are requested to serve as sponsors for out-of-state physicians so that these physicians may perform surgery and procedures for educational purposes while in Hawaii, under a temporary educational teaching license; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the chief of service of the clinical departments of the Queen's Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and Saint Francis Medical Center.

Report Title:

Physician; License