STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1617

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 58

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt from the dentist licensing law, the ownership or management of a dental practice by the executor or administrator of a dentist's estate, or the legal guardian or authorized representative of a dentist, for the purposes of winding down, transferring, or selling the practice in cases where the dentist has died or is incapacitated.

     The Board of Dental Examiners, Hawaii Dental Association, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

     Your Committee finds that this bill resolves legal issues that have arisen as to how a dental practice is to be handled in the situation where a dentist dies unexpectedly or becomes incapacitated.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair