STAND. COM. REP. NO.  443-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2301

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2301 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect consumers of dental services by prohibiting:

     (1)  Interference in the practice of dentistry by an unlicensed person or entity; and

     (2)  The practice of dentistry in a commercial or mercantile establishment.

     The Hawaii Dental Association testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Dental Examiners opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050.

     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. 2301, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2301, 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