Bill Text: HI SB2772 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Veterinary Medicine

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-09 - (S) Act 013, 4/9/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 468). [SB2772 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2772-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2535

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2772

       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 Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2772, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the Board of Veterinary Examiners may revoke or suspend the license of or fine a licensee for violation of the recognized principles of medical ethics adopted by the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that the statutes regulating ethical practice for veterinarians are currently silent as to an accepted code of conduct.  Your Committee finds that the enforcement procedure of the Regulated Industries Complaints Office (RICO) for ethical issues in cases where there is no statutorily specified code of conduct is to look to generally accepted standards that may be ill-defined or unclear.  Your Committee finds that this measure will provide clarity and certainty in enforcement and will remove ambiguity as to the appropriate ethical standards for veterinarians.

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2772, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2772, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair