STAND. COM. REP. NO.  611

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 770

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 770 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for the orderly transition of a dental practice during contingencies by allowing the executor or administrator of a dentist's estate or the legal guardian or authorized representative of a dentist to contract with a licensed dentist to continue the operations of the deceased or incapacitated dentist for up to one year.

 

     The Hawaii Dental Association and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Dental Examiners supported this measure with amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Fulfilling the intent of the bill by providing an exemption for the ownership and management of a dental practice by the executor or administrator of a dentist's estate or the legal guardian or authorized representative of a dentist, where the licensed dentist has died or is incapacitated, for the purpose of winding down, transferring, or selling the practice, rather than adding a new section to the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 770, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 770, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair