STAND. COM. REP. NO. 211

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 114

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

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

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require, after January 1, 2016, the continuing education program for dentists to include three hours of ethics training per year.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Dental Association.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Dental Examiners.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii's licensed dentists are required to maintain their professional licensure with continuing education classes in order to keep up with current professional standards and procedures.  Ethics is an area that is often overlooked in education.  This training will maintain the integrity of the profession and assure the public that their interests are protected.

     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 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair