STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1416-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 66

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 66 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION OF VETERINARY TECHNICIANS AND THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor, pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conduct a sunrise review of the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, as proposed under Senate Bill No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014).

 

     The measure also requests the Auditor to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015.

 

     The Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association, the Board of Veterinary Examiners, and one individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     Senate Bill No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014), proposes to establish requirements for the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, which are currently unregulated.  Your Committee believes that the establishment of registration requirements and regulations for veterinary technicians in Hawaii would improve the level of care of animals in the State.

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 66 and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair