HAR 16-23 — MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE LAW (Subchapter 1 to 18)

(a) Subject to the exceptions allowed under section 431:10C-302, HRS, an insurer shall make available optional coverage for naturopathic, acupuncture, and nonmedical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance with the teachings, faith or belief of any group which relies u…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-10 R 11/11/12

The application of the frequency of treatment guidelines set forth in this subchapter shall not be affected when the claimant changes the health care or alternative care provider. If a claimant receives treatments in excess of those specified in the guidelines, regardless of whet…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-101 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-102 R 11/11/12

(a) When all the required care for a case reasonably falls within the range of qualifications of one health care provider, no other health care provider may claim a fee, except for consultation service or for surgical assistance. For groups of health care providers or hospitals w…

(a) Frequency and extent of treatment shall not be more than the nature of the injury and the process of recovery requires. Authorization is not required for the initial fifteen treatments of the injury during the first sixty calendar days, except for naturopathic, chiropractic a…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-105 R 11/11/12

Attending health care providers may prescribe treatment in their discipline to be carried out by persons certified or licensed to provide the service. Fees for services provided by certified or licensed physician assistants under Hawaii law shall be sixty per cent of the fees aut…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-107 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-108 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-109 R 11/11/12

(a) Each insurer shall offer to each policyholder or applicant for a motor vehicle insurance policy the optional coverage as well as the basic motor vehicle insurance coverage, with the applicable premiums therefor, as set forth in Exhibit 1 entitled "Required Optional Additional…

(a) A base unit is listed for all procedures in the medical fee schedule in accordance with section 16-23-115. This includes the base unit of all anesthesia services except the value of the actual time spent administering the anesthesia or in unusual detention with the patient. (…

(a) Taking of anterior-posterior (A-P), lateral, and oblique x-rays shall be discretionary for one hundred-twenty days following the initial treatment and may be allowed without authorization. Prior authorization from the insurer shall be obtained for x-rays subsequent to the ini…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-112 R 1/1/98

(a) Subject to the terms of the motor vehicle insurance policy, when hospitalization is required for further treatment of a claimant, that claimant shall have a free choice of a licensed hospital in the county where the injury occurred or in the county where the claimant resides.…

(a) All charges for prescribed drugs, supplies, or materials for the use of the claimant shall be separately listed and certified by the health care provider, or a duly authorized representative that the charges for the drugs, supplies, or materials were required or prescribed fo…

(a) Charges for medical services shall not exceed one hundred ten per cent of participating fees prescribed in the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale System applicable to Hawaii (Medicare Fee Schedule) or Exhibit A at the end of Title 12, Chapter 15, entitled "Workers' …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-116 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-117 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-118 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-119 R 11/11/12

An insurer may offer other optional terms, conditions, exclusions, deductible clauses, coverages, and benefits displayed in Exhibit 2 or upon approval by the commissioner. The commissioner shall not approve the same unless they are consistent with the provisions required of a mot…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-120 R 11/11/12

An insurer and its producer shall within fifteen working days of a request for an appointment provide the applicant an application and rate quote for a motor vehicle insurance policy. Failure to service an applicant within the fifteen working day period shall be deemed a rejectio…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-14 R 1/8/99

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-15 R 1/8/99

A person who is not offered a JUP placement after that person's application is rejected, or believes that the person's motor vehicle insurance policy has been canceled or refused renewal without legal justification may file an appeal with the commissioner within ten days after th…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-17 R 6/1/93

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-18 R 9/1/82

An insurer may be licensed by the commissioner to provide those personal injury protection benefits described in section 431:10C-103.5, HRS, or to provide optional major medical coverages in excess of personal injury protection benefits coverages, or both, if the commissioner fin…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-11.2 Repealed. R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-20 R 11/11/12

The applicant for a self-insurer shall execute and file with the commissioner an agreement in a form prescribed by the commissioner, that if certified as a self-insurer the applicant will: (1) In accordance with and to the extent prescribed in the motor vehicle insurance law as a…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-22 R 11/11/12

The commissioner shall consider the number of vehicles involved, the exposure, the financial condition of the applicant, and other factors appropriate to determining adequacy of security in fixing the amount of the bond or the amount of cash or securities. Notes Haw. Code R. § 16…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-24 R 11/11/12

The commissioner may require any self-insurer to provide a bond or additional bond, cash, and securities or additional securities in a reasonable amount whenever the commissioner finds that the same is necessary or appropriate. The commissioner may also require the self-insurer t…

A self-insurer shall appoint an agent, who is a natural person, domiciled in the State of Hawaii to accept service of process and legal documents provided that in the event of a conflict between this chapter and any other statute or rule of civil procedure, the statute or rule of…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-27 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-28 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-29 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-11.3 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-30 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-31 R 11/11/12

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-32 R 11/11/12

A self-insurer shall submit the reports prescribed by subchapter 12 of this chapter. Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-33 [Eff 9/1/74; am and ren § 16-23-33, 7/7/80; am and comp 9/1/82; comp 9/1/85; am 9/1/86; comp 9/1/88; comp 9/15/89; comp 9/1/90; am and comp 6/1/93; am and comp 1/1/9…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-34 R 9/1/80

Notes Haw. Code R. § 16-23-35 R 9/1/80