Report Title:

Dental License Applicants; Background Checks

Description:

Authorizes the Board of Dental Examiners to conduct background checks on applicants for dental licenses.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1798
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to dentists.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 448-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§448-9  Application for licensure.  Any person of eighteen years or more shall be eligible for licensure upon submission of:

     (1)  An application to the executive officer of the board not later than forty-five days prior to the date of the scheduled examination;

     (2)  Application and examination fees; [and]

     (3)  Documentation and credentials that shall include but are not limited to the following:

         (A)  A diploma or certificate of graduation from a dental college accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, recognized and approved by the board; and

         (B)  A certificate or other evidence satisfactory to the board of having passed parts I and II of the National Board Dental Examination[.];

and

(4) A background check conducted by Professional Background Information Services; provided that the applicant shall pay for the cost of the background check."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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