STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1031-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2675

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2675, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Authorize the Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Medical Board, and Board of Pharmacy to deny a license to an applicant who has been disciplined by another state or federal agency, and the Board of Nursing to deny a license to an applicant who has been disciplined by another state agency;

(2)  Authorize the Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Medical Board, Board of Nursing, and Board of Pharmacy to impose the same disciplinary action upon a licensee as that taken by another state or federal agency, subject to notice and administrative hearing requirements;

(3)  Prohibit a licensee from practicing in the State until a final order of discipline by the respective board is issued, if the licensee has been prohibited from practicing in another state; and

(4)  Require any final order of discipline taken to be public record.

The Hawaii Medical Board and Hawaii Medical Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on 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 S.B. No. 2675, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your 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