STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1223

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 58

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for the orderly transition of a dental practice during contingencies by allowing the executor or administrator of a dentist's estate or the legal guardian or authorized representative of a dentist to continue the operations of the deceased or incapacitated dentist's practice for up to one year.

     Several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Board of Dental Examiners and Hawaii Dental Association supported this measure with amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2049, to encourage further discussion.

     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 S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2, 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