STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1049

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1129

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1129, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect public health, safety, and welfare by requiring athletic trainers to register with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

 

     The Board of Education, Department of Education, Hawaii Athletic Trainers' Association, and Hawaii Medical Association supported this bill.  DCCA opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Chapter – American Physical Therapy Association and Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii offered comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing all references of "directing" physicians, to "treating" physicians;

 

     (2)  Clarifying the definition of "practice of athletic training";

 

     (3)  Requiring athletic trainers to have completed the educational and certification requirements of the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification, Inc.;

 

     (4)  Providing for civil penalties for violations of the registration provisions;

 

     (5)  Requiring the state Auditor to perform a sunrise analysis of the licensure of athletic trainers; and

 

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1129, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1129, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education,

 

 

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair