STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2527

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2201

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2201 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Remove the word "Examiners" from the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Examiners in Optometry, and Board of Veterinary Examiners; and

(2) Rename these boards with titles that accurately reflect their scope and duties.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association, two individuals, and a petition with ninety-six names. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Board of Dental Examiners. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that several regulatory boards in Hawaii have the word "Examiners" in their names, although the boards no longer administer examinations. Accordingly, this measure removes the word "Examiner" from the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Examiners in Optometry, and Board of Veterinary Examiners, and renames these boards with titles that accurately reflect each board's respective scope and duties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2201, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2201, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

________________________________

ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair