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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL.



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

 1      SECTION 1. Section 321-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  The department of health, with the approval of the
 
 4 governor, may [prescribe such] adopt rules as it deems necessary
 
 5 for the public health or safety respecting:
 
 6      (1)  The occupations or practices of clinical laboratory
 
 7           directors, clinical laboratory [technologists,]
 
 8           scientists (medical technologists), clinical laboratory
 
 9           [supervisors,] specialists, clinical laboratory
 
10           cytotechnologists, clinical laboratory technicians,
 
11           tattoo artists, sanitarians, asbestos inspectors,
 
12           asbestos management planners, asbestos abatement
 
13           project designers, lead inspectors, lead risk
 
14           assessors, lead abatement workers, lead abatement
 
15           supervisors, and lead abatement project designers;
 
16      (2)  The health, education, training, experience, habits,
 
17           qualifications, or character of persons to whom
 
18           certificates of registration or permits for these
 
19           occupations or practices may be issued;
 

 
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 1      (3)  The health, habits, character, practices, standards, or
 
 2           conduct of persons holding these certificates or
 
 3           permits; [or] and
 
 4      (4)  The grounds or causes for revoking or suspending these
 
 5           certificates or permits.
 
 6 The rules shall have the force and effect of law."
 
 7      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 8 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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