STAND. COM. REP. NO.  509-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2460

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2460 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish specialty licenses for dentists, including by creating a committee to assist the Board of Dental Examiners with specialty license applicant evaluations.

An individual testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Dental Association and two individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Board of Dental Examiners provided comments.

     Your Committee notes that it is not the intent of the Committee to create an alternative means of licensure for dentists practicing in specialty areas by way of a credential requirement.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting procedures for the granting of specialty licenses to a dentist who has completed a dental specialty program that has not been recognized by the American Dental Association;

     (2)  Deleting procedures for the granting of specialty licenses to dentists with certification or licensure and practice in an out-of-state jurisdiction;

     (3)  Removing provisions establishing evaluation committees for each specialty license offered;

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2460, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2460, 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair