§350-1.1 Reports. (a) Notwithstanding any other state law concerning confidentiality to the contrary, the following persons who, in their professional or official capacity, have reason to believe that child abuse or neglect has occurred or that there exists a substantial risk that child abuse or neglect may occur in the reasonably foreseeable future, shall immediately report the matter orally to the department or to the police department:
(b) Whenever a person designated in subsection (a) is a member of the staff of any public or private school, agency, or institution, that staff member shall immediately report the known or suspected child abuse or neglect directly to the department or to the police department and also shall immediately notify the person in charge or a designated delegate of the report made in accordance with this chapter.
(c) The initial oral report shall be followed as soon as possible by a report in writing to the department; provided that:
(d) Any person subject to subsection (a), upon demand of the department or any police department, shall provide all information related to the alleged incident of child abuse or neglect, including but not limited to medical records and medical reports and any image, film, video, or other electronic medium, that was not included in the written report submitted pursuant to subsection (c).
(e) The director may adopt, amend, or repeal rules, subject to chapter 91, to further define or clarify the specific forms of child abuse or neglect enumerated in section 350-1 for use in implementing this chapter; provided that rules adopted under this subsection shall be limited to such further or clarifying definitions. [L 1967, c 261, §2; HRS §350-1; am L 1970, c 21, §1 and c 105, §5; am L 1975, c 147, §1; am L 1977, c 81, §2; am L 1979, c 171, §1; am L 1981, c 59, §1; ren and am L 1982, c 77, §2; am L 1985, c 17, §1 and c 208, §3; am L 1987, c 204, §4 and c 339, §4; am L 1988, c 323, §2; am L 1998, c 134, §4; am L 1999, c 271, §4; am L 2000, c 248, §1; am L 2006, c 159, §1 and c 193, §2; am L 2020, c 35, §3; am L 2022, c 278, §17; am L 2023, c 80, §2; am L 2025, c 260, §1]