STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1131-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2296

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2296, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve current guidelines for qualification and licensure of nurses by:

(1) Providing for the automatic forfeiture of a license that, among other things, is not renewed in a timely manner;

(2) Imposing a two-year restoration period for forfeited licenses;

(3) Creating an inactive license status; and

(4) Adding continued education as an alternative form of proof of continued competence for nurses who wish to activate their licenses after not having practiced nursing in the United States (U.S.) or U.S.-governed territories for more than five years.

The Board of Nursing and a concerned individual supported this bill.

 

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. 2296, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair