STAND. COM. REP. NO.  642

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1053

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1053 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE EXAMINATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote public health and safety by requiring dental hygienists to pass the National Dental Hygiene Examination for licensure as a dental hygienist in Hawaii.

     The Board of Dental Examiners, the Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association, and the American Dental Hygienists' Association of Hawaii supported this measure.

     Your Committee amended this bill by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for conformity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1053, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1053, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair