HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2403

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 286-4.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  There is established within the office of the state director of transportation for administrative purposes a medical advisory board consisting of not fewer than five physicians licensed to practice in the State.  The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34, except as otherwise provided by this section.  The board shall consist of [one psychiatrist, one neurologist, one orthopedic surgeon, one ophthalmologist or optometrist, and one specialist in cardiovascular disease.] physicians with an interest in one or more of the following:  

     (1)  Psychiatry;

     (2)  Neurology;

     (3)  Orthopedics;

     (4)  Ophthalmology or optometry;

     (5)  Endocrinology;

     (6)  Geriatrics; or

     (7)  Addiction medicine.

The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expense, actually incurred in the performance of their duties under this chapter."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.



Report Title:

Medical Advisory Board

 

Description:

Amends the composition of the medical advisory board.  (HB2403 HD1)

 

 

 

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