STAND. COM. REP. NO.  74-12

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 Health, 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 that courses approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education will be counted toward the continuing education requirement for pharmacists.

The Board of Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and an individual supported this measure.

     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. 1965 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