REPORT TITLE:
Alcohol and substance abuse


DESCRIPTION:
Expands definition of "certified substance abuse staff" to
include physicians who are board certified in addiction
psychiatry. (SD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431M-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "certified substance abuse
 
 3 staff" to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Certified substance abuse staff" means professionals and
 
 5 paraprofessionals with current full certification as substance
 
 6 abuse counselors or program administrators under chapter 321, and
 
 7 physicians who hold a current American Society of Addiction
 
 8 Medicine certificate[.] or who are board certified in addiction
 
 9 psychiatry."
 
10      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
11 New statutory material is underscored.
 
12      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.