STAND. COM. REP. NO.  189-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3106

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. 3106 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRADUATES OF FOREIGN ACUPUNCTURE PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure safety and quality in the profession of acupuncture by requiring applicants for acupuncture licensure, who graduated from foreign institutes, to have their educational information evaluated by a professional crediting evaluator as a prerequisite for taking an examination and getting a license in Hawaii.

     The Board of Acupuncture, Institute of Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and Hawaii Acupuncture 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. 3106 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