STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1441

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 332

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 332, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee

G.M. No. 332

DAVID F. MOORE MD, for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to emergency medical services for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based on his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to which he has been nominated.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Dr. David F. Moore from the Department of Health.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     David Moore, M.D., is an emergency physician who is currently the medical director for American Medical Response.  He previously worked at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai and was formally the EMS District Medical Director for the State's EMS program for the County of Kauai.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair