STAND. COM. REP. NO.  290

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1798

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1798 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the bill is to authorize the board of dental examiners to conduct a background check of an applicant for a license to practice as a dentist.

     Under present law, the board of dental examiners may not conduct a background check of an applicant for a license to practice as a dentist. 

     Your Committee is in agreement that a background check for a license to practice as a dentist is indicated.

     Your Committee amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to facilitate further discussion of the measure.

     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. 1798, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1798, 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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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair