STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3127

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 389

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 389, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Medical Advisory Board

G.M. No. 389

EUGENE A.H. MAGNIER MD, for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Eugene A.H. Magnier, MD, from the Department of Transportation.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Dr. Magnier received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Temple University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Temple University School of Medicine.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Diplomate Subspecialty A.B.I.M. Cardiovascular Diseases.  The nominee retired from private practice in Hawaii in 2008.  Dr. Magnier remains a member of the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Medical Association, and the Hawaii Medical Association.

     The nominee is being reappointed to the Medical Advisory Board.  Dr. Magnier represents the cardiovascular specialist appointment to the Medical Advisory Board.  His decades of experience in cardiology provide the Board with the ability to determine if a person has a physical condition that may impair driving skills.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair