STAND. COM. REP. NO. 595-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2464
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2464 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF
     NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify and to make
consistent the current language relating to the duties of the
Hawaii Board of Nursing (Board), by enabling the Board to:

     1.   Consult and confer with experts on various issues;

     2.   Communicate with national organizations to promote
          consumer safety and welfare;

     3.   Administer the nursing exams;

     4.   Contract with a professional test vendor; and

     5.   Develop rules relating to telehealth, as necessary.

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Board, Hawaii Nurses' Association, and Hawaii Government
Employees Association.

     Your Committee has amended this measure for clarity and
consistency by:


 
 
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     1.   Defining "telehealth"; and

     2.   Replacing references to "accreditation" of nursing
          educational programs by the Board in HRS, section 457-
          11, with the term "approval".

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for
clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2464, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2464, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair