STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1576

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 426

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 426, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve access to dental services by allowing dentists participating in an accredited, post-doctoral dental residency program to obtain temporary licensure without examination for the duration of their enrollment in the residency program.

 

     The Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Lanai Women's Center, Kokua Kalihi Valley, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will facilitate the participation of newly graduated dentists in residency programs that improve access to dental services where critically needed.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making it effective upon its approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 426, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 426, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair