STAND. COM. REP. NO. 326

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1470

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1470 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATUROPATHY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the practice of naturopathy includes the administration of natural medicine through the appropriate means, including injection.

The Board of Examiners in Naturopathy, the Hawaii Society of Naturopathic Physicians, and eight individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Hawaii Medical Association, and three individuals submitted testimony in opposition.

Your Committee finds that according to the Board of Examiners in Naturopathy, the practice of naturopathy includes utilization of natural medicines using the appropriate route of administration, including injection. This proponent testified that the administration of natural medicine using injections is within the scope and practice of naturopathy as it is taught at naturopathic colleges, and students are clinically trained in the use of injections. Furthermore, applicants for licensure are required to take and pass a national examination that includes questions on the procedures for intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injections and vaccinations.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, in order to facilitate further discussion on this issue.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1470, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1470, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair