STAND. COM. REP. NO.  465

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1213

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1213 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Board of Dental Examiners to issue an order to cease and desist the unlicensed practice of dentistry; and

     (2)  Establish as a class C felony the continued practice of dentistry without a license after receiving a cease and desist order.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Board of Dental Examiners opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 1213, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1213, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair