STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1196

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 221

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 221, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of Dentistry to adopt rules to establish a regulatory structure for the regulation of dental assistants in Hawaii.

The Board of Dentistry, Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association, Hawaii Dental Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. The Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the dental assistant category that includes education and examination requirements be referred to as qualified, rather than certified dental assistants, to avoid confusion as "certified dental assistants" are those who have passed the examination by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc., because this measure does not mandate passage of that particular examination for this category of dental assistants; 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 221, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 221, H.D. 2.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair