STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3092

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 53

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.R. No. 53, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE TO ADOPT RULES CONSISTENT WITH ACT 22, SPECIAL SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2009, TO ALLOW NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS TO PERFORM PARENTERAL THERAPY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to immediately adopt administrative rules that:

 

     (1)  Allow the use of parenteral therapy by naturopathic physicians in accordance with Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009; and

 

     (2)  Grandfather all persons licensed under chapter 455, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow those persons to perform intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous injections and to prescribe, administer, and dispense naturopathic formulary substances manufactured for injection.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure with amendments was submitted by one individual.  Testimony commenting on this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Medical Association.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that in passing Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, it was the Legislature's intent to allow naturopathic physicians to perform parenteral therapies.  Your Committee further finds that the Legislature delayed the effective date of the prohibition on parenteral therapy to provide the Board of Naturopathic Medicine with sufficient time to establish the required rules, which it has failed to do.  As a result, patients' parenteral care regimens have been needlessly interrupted, detrimentally impacting patient care.  Your Committee hopes that the Board of Naturopathic Medicine will correct the problems associated with its tardiness by adopting the necessary administrative rules with all possible speed.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes to insure clarity and accuracy in the language of this measure.

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 53, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 53, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair