STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2573

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2826
                                        S.D. 1




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. 2826 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGIST
     LICENSURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the exemption from
psychologist licensure for persons of another profession licensed
in Hawaii who advertise their services.

     Testimony was received from the Board of Psychology and
Hawaii Nurses' Association.

     This measure recognizes that members of other licensed
professions, with the appropriate education, training, and
experience, may be able and should be allowed to perform
psychological services, specifically "psychotherapy".  Licensees
of other professions are allowed by their licensure to perform
psychological services.  The intent of this measure is not to
exclude qualified members from other licensed professions from
performing "psychotherapy".

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making a clarifying change to improve understanding of
          the text;


 
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     (2)  Adding "including psychotherapy" to the services
          permitted to be rendered or advertised; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for proper
          statutory drafting style.

     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
purpose of S.B. No. 2826, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2826, S.D. 1, 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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