STAND. COM. REP. NO.  218-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3105

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. 3105 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OSTEOPATHY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide uniformity in the regulation of medical and osteopathic doctors by including osteopathic doctors under the same regulations and licensure provisions contained in chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that govern medical doctors and surgeons.

     The Board of Medical Examiners and Hawaii Medical Association supported this bill.

     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. 3105 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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