Office of the long-term care ombudsman

HRS §349-21, under Chapter 349.

HRS §349-21

[PART III.] OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN

[§349-21] Office of the long-term care ombudsman. (a) There is established the office of the long-term care ombudsman in the executive office on aging to protect the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents of long-term care facilities in accordance with state and federal law. The office of the long-term care ombudsman shall be headed by the long-term care ombudsman.

(b) The long-term care ombudsman shall:

(c) The long-term care ombudsman, personally or through a designee, shall:

(d) The long-term care ombudsman shall establish procedures to ensure that all designees, employees, and volunteers are free of conflict of interest.

(e) The long-term care ombudsman shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the purposes of administering and implementing this part.

(f) For the purposes of this part:

"Conflict of interest" includes:

"Long-term care facility" means any: