STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1241-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2013

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2013, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a copy of a dental hygienist's certificate of licensure to be prominently displayed at all times in the office where the dental hygienist is employed or practices and to require a dental hygienist to have a pocket identification card available for viewing upon request if the dental hygienist is employed or practices in more than one office.

The Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the original or a copy of a dental hygienist's certificate of licensure shall be prominently displayed at all times in the workplace;

     (2)  Clarifying that a dental hygenist's pocket identification card shall be readily available for viewing upon request; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate 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 S.B. No. 2013, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2013, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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