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Act 28HB1194 HD2 SD3Midwives; Practice of Midwifery; Scope of Practice; Native Hawaiian and Customary Practices; Certified Midwives; Certified Professional Midwives; Licensure; Requirements; License Renewal; Prescriptive Authority; Peer Review; Data Submission; Medical RecordsMakes laws regulating midwives and the practice of midwifery permanent. Clarifies the scope of practice of midwifery. Establishes licensure requirements for certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Establishes continuing education requirements. Grants global signature authority to midwives. Grants prescriptive authority to licensed midwives practicing as certified midwives and amends the list of approved legend drugs that may be administered by midwives. Establishes peer review and data submission requirements. Affirms that the practice of midwifery does not include Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices. Clarifies exemptions from licensure and grounds for refusal to grant, renew, reinstate, or restore licenses or for revocation, suspension, denial, or condition of a license. Clarifies medical record availability and retention requirements for the purposes of medical torts. (SD3)
Act 94HB442 HD1 SD1 CD1UH West Oahu; Nursing; Appropriation ($)Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaiʻi, West Oahu for the pre-nursing pathway program. (CD1)
Act 136SB532 SD2 HD2 CD1DOE; Medication Administration; Staff; Agents; Health Care Professionals; Physician Assistants; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Prescriptive AuthorityAuthorizes school staff and agents trained by a health care professional to volunteer to administer medication to students at Department of Education public schools under certain conditions. Clarifies who may prescribe medication to be administered to students in schools. (CD1)
Proposed Constitutional AmendmentSB350 SD1Constitutional Amendment; Right to Obtain Contraceptives; Right to Engage in Contraception (ConAm)Proposes an amendment to article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi to protect a person’s right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception. (SD1)