Bill Text: HI SB2188 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Dentistry; Teeth Whitening

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-18 - (H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Finnegan, Manahan, M. Oshiro excused (4). [SB2188 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2188-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2397

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2188

 

 

 

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.B. No. 2188 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to include teeth whitening in the definition of the practice of dentistry. 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Dental Examiners and the Hawaii Dental Association.  Testimony with comments was received from the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that numerous kiosks offering teeth whitening services have appeared in the State in recent years.  Your Committee finds that these kiosks are frequently staffed by operators or employees with little or no training in dentistry or hygiene procedures and operate without proper oversight by regulatory agencies.  Your Committee further finds that teeth whitening performed by untrained persons can injure consumers through damage to teeth, burned gums, choking on or swallowing of whitening agents, and potential spread of disease.  Your Committee notes that the risk of harm from disease also extends to the employees of teeth whitening kiosks who may be exposed and who may lack the proper hygiene or sanitation training to protect themselves. 

 

     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 S.B. No. 2188 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair