STAND. COM. REP. NO. 851

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1139
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1139, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLINICAL LABORATORY
     PERSONNEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the clinical
laboratory licensing program by:

     (1)  Deleting the clinical laboratory supervisor category of
          licensure;

     (2)  Adding the clinical laboratory specialist and clinical
          laboratory cytotechnologist categories of licensure;
          and

     (3)  Renaming the laboratory technologist category to
          clinical laboratory scientist.

     The Department of Health testified in support of this
measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1139, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair