STAND. COM. REP. 2543

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2905

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2905 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL BOARD DISCIPLINARY ACTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the Board of Medical Examiners may impose censure or reprimand as a disciplinary sanction for licensees.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and Board of Medical Examiners. Comments were received from the Hawaii Medical Service Association.

According to testimony of the DCCA, medical boards in more than forty states have the statutory authority to censure or reprimand licensees, in addition to revocation and suspension. This measure is intended to establish intermediate sanctions and thereby increase the range of sanctions in cases where revocation or suspension is not warranted. Furthermore, if intermediate sanctions against a licensee have already been imposed, the Board of Medical Examiners could more easily impose suspension or revocation of the license.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2905 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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RON MENOR, Chair