STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2633

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2671

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2671, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERINARY TECHNICIANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide for the regulation of individuals practicing veterinary technology.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Requires individuals who practice veterinary technology to register with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs;

 

(2)  Establishes minimum qualifications of veterinary technicians; and

 

(3)  Appropriates funds out of the compliance resolution fund to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to implement registration of veterinary technicians.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Windward Community College Veterinary Technology Program, Pacific Pet Alliance, Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association, Hawaii Veterinary Technician Association, and five individuals.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Regulated Industries Complaints Office, and the Board of Veterinary Examiners.

 

     Your Committee finds that veterinary technicians perform a variety of functions, including interacting with clients, recording information of the patient, putting the patient under anesthesia, performing dental cleanings, assisting the veterinarian in surgery, placing catheters, and monitoring intravenous fluids.  Your Committee further finds that this measure establishes reasonable requirements to ensure that individuals who use the designation "registered veterinary technician" are qualified to perform various tasks necessary for the proper caring of animals.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2671, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair