HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1795
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PHYSICIANS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§453-   Advertising of specialty board certification. (a) No physician licensed under this chapter shall hold oneself out as certified by a specialty board or association in a specialty or subspecialty area of medicine unless the specialty board or association is a member board of one of the following entities:

(1) American Board of Medical Specialties;

(2) American Board of Physician Specialties;

(3) American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists; or

(4) Any other entity recognized by the Hawaii medical board through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91.

(b) As used in this section:

"Specialty board or association" means a board or association which certifies physicians in a specialty or subspecialty area of medicine.

"Specialty or subspecialty area of medicine" means a distinct and well-defined field of medical practice. It includes special concern with diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of patients' health problems, or it may concern health problems according to age, sex, organ system, body region, or the interaction between patients and their environment. A medical specialty promotes the standards of practice within its specialty association."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Physicians; Hawaii Medical Board; Board Certified.

Description:

Outlines when a physician may hold oneself out as being certified by a specialty board or association.

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