STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2571

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2804
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2804 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED
     NURSES RECOGNITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of
Nursing to grant recognition as an advanced practice registered
nurse (APRN) or similar designation in all other states in which
the nurse has a current and active recognition as an APRN.

     Your Committee received testimony from the Board of Nursing,
Hawaii Nurses' Association, and HGEA-AFSCME.

     This measure also allows a registered nurse who is not
recognized as an APRN and who is currently certified by a
national certifying body to use another title designated by the
certification.

     According to testimony of the Board of Nursing, this measure
will provide greater consumer safety.  Your Committee believes
that this measure will streamline the administrative process of
applying for and granting recognition of an APRN who has a
similar designation in another state.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
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purpose of S.B. No. 2804 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 and
                                   Consumer Protection,



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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