STAND. COM. REP. NO. 660

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 58

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 58, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt the executor and administrator of a deceased dentist's estate or the guardian or other authorized representative of an incapacitated dentist from the requirements of chapter 448, Dentistry, under certain circumstances.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Dental Examiners, the Hawaii Dental Association, and numerous concerned individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds it prudent to remove regulatory requirements that unduly impede the orderly transition of a dental practice in the event that a dentist dies or becomes incapacitated.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the savings clause in section 2 as unnecessary because this bill does not impose new or additional penalties;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to promote further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive revisions for clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 58, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 58, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair