HI SB1365

Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to conduct criminal history record checks on applicants for physician licensure or license renewal through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Amends section 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs as an entity authorized to conduct criminal background checks on physicians under the compact.

Enables Hawaii to participate as a "state of principal license" in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, allowing physicians licensed in Hawaii to apply for compact licensure in other states without needing to apply through different states of principal license.

Takes effect on July 1, 2025, with the amendments to section 846-2.7 surviving the scheduled reenactment of that statute on July 1, 2027.