STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1170

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 114

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 114, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Require, after January 1, 2016, licensed dentists to complete at least three hours of ethics training annually as part of their continuing education; and

(2)  Enable the Board of Dental Examiners to suspend or revoke a dentist's license or fine a dentist for conduct or practice contrary to recognized standards of ethics of dentistry, as adopted by the American Dental Association or Hawaii Dental Association.

The Hawaii Dental Association testified in support of this measure.  The Board of Dental Examiners supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Regulated Industries Complaints Office commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 114, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair