STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1280-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 3085
S.D. 1
H.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. 3085, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Clarify the requirements for licensure as a dental hygienist, to specifically require official certification in the administration of both intra-oral infiltration local anesthesia and intra-oral block anesthesia by an accredited dental hygiene school or by a certification program previously approved by the Board of Dental Examiners;
(2) Specify the supportive dental procedures a dental assistant is authorized to perform under the direct supervision, direction, evaluation, and responsibility of a licensed dentist or dental hygienist and the appropriate training a dental assistant must receive; and
(3) Specify the functions and activities that a dental assistant is prohibited from performing.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) 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 S.B. No. 3085, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3085, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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 |
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