STAND. COM. REP. NO. 638

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1038

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1038 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS EXAMINATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require the board of dental examiners to accept the results of regional examinations for the licensure of dental hygienists and dentists; and

(2) Requires that the national examination will supersede the regional examinations once it becomes available.

The Board of Dental Examiners, the Hawaii Dental Hygienists Association, and the Hawaii Medical Service Association supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Providing a retroactive effective date of February 1, 2004, in sections one and three of the bill to be consistent with the current language in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 1038, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1038, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair