STAND. COM. REP. NO.  665-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1965

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1965 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHARMACISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the continuing education requirements for pharmacists in Hawaii by amending the definition of "continuing education courses" to mean courses approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii and the Board of Pharmacy supported the measure.

     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. 1965 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair