Report Title:
Dental Examination
Description:
Allows acceptance of dental and dental hygienist examination results from regional or state testing agencies in the event the state constructed dental or dental hygienist examination cannot be administered. (SD1)
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2897 |
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DENTAL EXAMINATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 448-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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§448-10 Examination; time. (a) The board shall require all applicants to take the state written and practical examination on dentistry. In administering the examination the State shall consider current trends in dental education. The requirements for the examination in operative and laboratory dentistry shall be decided by the board and mailed to each applicant. All instruments, materials, and patients shall be supplied by the applicant. Two examinations shall be held each year.(b) In the event the board is unable to administer an examination, a qualified applicant for the canceled board examination who has passed a regional or state examination satisfactory to the board within one year prior to the canceled board examination or who takes and passes a regional or state examination satisfactory to the board prior to the board’s next administered examination shall meet the board’s examination requirement.
[(b)] (c) The board shall establish and administer a restorative technique examination to all qualified applicants under section 448-9.5. In administering the examination the State shall consider current trends in dental education. No applicant shall be permitted to take the practical examination under subsection (a) unless the applicant has passed the
SECTION 2. Section 447-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Two examinations shall be held in each year at the time the board designates. The examinations shall cover subjects considered essential by the board for a dental hygienist and shall likewise include a practical examination on the removal of deposits or stains from the surfaces of the teeth. The board shall furnish a chair and engine, but the applicant shall supply all necessary instruments, materials, and patients for the examination.
In the event the board is unable to administer an examination, a qualified applicant for the canceled board examination who has passed a regional or state examination satisfactory to the board within one year prior to the canceled board examination or who takes and passes a regional or state examination satisfactory to the board prior to the board’s next
administered examination shall meet the board’s examination requirement."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.