Bill Text: HI HB2242 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Veterinarians; Continuing Education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 306, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1423). [HB2242 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2242-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3140

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2242

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2242, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR VETERINARIANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the quality of veterinary care in Hawaii by establishing a veterinary license renewal requirement of at least twenty credit hours of continuing education during each licensing biennium.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Veterinary Examiners.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure would require continuing education so that veterinarians may continue to provide the best care for their animal patients.  Your Committee further finds that the Board of Veterinary Examiners, Hawaii veterinarians, administrators in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, education providers, and legislators are in agreement about mandating continuing education for veterinarians.

 

     Your Committee notes that the companion to this measure, S.B. No. 2522, S.D. 1, which was previously passed by the Senate, is a substantively identical measure with technical, nonsubstantive differences.  Your Committee additionally finds that the language and formatting of S.B. No. 2522, S.D. 1, are preferable.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of S.B. No. 2522, S.D. 1, and further amending the measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2242, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2242, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair