STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1045

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 155

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 155, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a regulatory system for athletic trainers.

 

     The University of Hawaii, Hawaii Chapter–American Physical Therapy Association, Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Athletic Trainers, Hawaii High School Athletic Association ad hoc Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Professional and Vocational Licensing Division and Regulated Industries Complaints Office provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 155, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair