THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2251
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 26H-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§26H-4  Repeal dates for newly enacted professional and vocational regulatory programs.  (a)  Any professional or vocational regulatory program enacted after January 1, 1994, and listed in this section shall be repealed as specified in this section.  The auditor shall perform an evaluation of the program, pursuant to section 26H-5, prior to its repeal date.

     [(b)  Chapter 466D (respiratory therapists) shall be repealed on June 30, 2016.

(c)] (b)  Chapter 436H (athletic trainers) shall be repealed on June 30, 2018.

     [(d)] (c)  Chapter 465D (behavior analysts) shall be repealed on June 30, 2021."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Regulated Professions; Respiratory Therapists

Description:

Makes permanent the regulation of respiratory therapists.

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