STAND. COM. REP. NO.  337

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1053

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, 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 that dental hygienists pass the National Dental Hygiene Examination to be licensed as a dental hygienist in Hawaii.

     The Board of Dental Examiners and Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association testified in support of 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. 1053 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair