HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	66
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the state auditor to conduct a sunrise REVIEW of the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology.

 

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014), proposes to establish requirements for the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, which are presently unregulated; and

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2502, S.D. 1, also proposes to establish provisions relating to registration requirements, educational requirements, limitations on use of titles, grounds for refusal to grant and relocation or suspension of registration, hearings, and criminal penalties for veterinary technicians; and

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2502, S.D. 1, additionally proposes to require the Board of Veterinary Examiners to issue certificates of registration to applicants beginning on July 1, 2018; and

 

     WHEREAS, veterinary technicians are key team members in the field of veterinary medicine; and

 

     WHEREAS, the establishment of registration requirements and regulations for veterinary technicians in Hawaii would improve the level of care of animals in the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires new measures, subjecting unregulated professions and vocations to licensing or other regulatory controls, to be referred to the State Auditor for analysis; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the Senate concurring, that the Auditor is respectfully requested to conduct a sunrise review of the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology, as proposed under S.B. No. 2502, S.D. 1 (2014), pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is further requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor, Chair of the Board of Veterinary Examiners, and President of the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Sunrise Review; Auditor; Veterinary Technicians; Veterinary Technology