Title 19, Health

PART III. CONGENITAL SYPHILIS §325-51 Blood samples of pregnant women required. Every physician attending a pregnant woman in the State for conditions relating to the woman's pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery, shall, in the case of every woman so attended, t…

§325-52 Serologic tests; reports. For the purposes of this part a standard serologic test shall be a test for syphilis approved by the department of health and shall be made at a laboratory approved to make such tests by the department. Such laboratory tests as are required by th…

§325-53 Reports of blood tests. In reporting a birth or fetal death, every physician or other person required to make such reports shall state, in a report accompanying the certificate, whether, according to the physician's or other person's knowledge or information, a blood test…

§325-54 Reports confidential; penalty. Any information secured from the tests or the reports in this part required to be made by persons having access to such tests or reports shall be used only in connection with their professional duties or within the scope and course of their …

§325-55 Rules and regulations. The department of health may, subject to the approval of the governor, adopt, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations for the more effective enforcement of this part. [L 1943, c 219, §5; RL 1945, §2314; RL 1955, §49-54; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §…

§325-56 Penalty. Any physician or other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women, and any other person, who violates this part or any rule of the department of health adopted pursuant to this part, may be fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation, to be assess…

§325-6 Epidemic control. Such appropriations as may be necessary for the purpose of controlling, suppressing, or preventing the spread of any communicable or preventable disease in the State or in any county thereof shall be allocated by the legislature out of the proceeds of the…

PART IV. TUBERCULOSIS §325-71 Reports by physicians and others. (a) Every physician, and every individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, shall report in writing to the department of health the identity of and epidemiologic information concerning eve…

§325-72 Examination of sputum. The bacteriologist of the department of health, when so requested by any physician, or by the authorities of any hospital or dispensary, shall make, or cause to be made, a microscopical examination of the sputum forwarded to the bacteriologist as th…

§325-73 Protection of record; penalty. The department of health shall cause all reports made in accordance with the provisions of section 325-71, and also all results of examinations showing the presence of the bacilli of tuberculosis, made in accordance with section 325-72, to b…

§325-74 Physicians; precautions; instructions. A physician attending a patient having tuberculosis shall take all proper precautions and give proper instructions to provide for the safety of all individuals occupying the same house or apartment. [L 1911, c 118, §13; RL 1925, §950…

§325-75 Reporting recovery of patient. Upon the recovery of any person having tuberculosis, the attending physician shall make a report of this fact to the department of health or its agent, who shall record the same, and shall relieve the person from further liability to any req…

§325-76 Examinations for tuberculosis. (a) Examinations for tuberculosis required or recommended by the department of health, including skin tests, x-rays, and other tests as may be appropriate for tuberculosis control purposes, shall be provided by the department at no charge. (…

§325-77 Notice. The department of health shall conduct such examinations at such places throughout the State as it deems advisable after the giving of a public notice of the time and place the examinations are to be held. [L 1947, c 79, §2; am L 1949, c 60, §1; RL 1955, §49-70; a…

§325-78 Test and treatment for tuberculosis. (a) The department of health may establish charges and collect fees for any diagnostic, medical, or treatment services relating to tuberculosis treatment or control; provided that the department shall not refuse to provide diagnostic, …

§325-8 Infected persons and quarantine. (a) As used in this section: "Communicable disease" means any disease declared to be "communicable" by the director of health. "Dangerous disease" means a disease as defined in section 325-20. "Quarantine" means the compulsory physical sepa…

§325-9 Quarantine without removal; duty of police officers to assist in removals and enforcement of quarantine. If the department of health or its agent determines that the removal of the person infected or suspected of being infected would directly and seriously aggravate the di…

[§325-91.5] Definitions. As used in this part, "department" means the department of health. [L 2025, c 114, pt of §2]

§325-92 Prenatal hepatitis B screening and treatment of newborns. The department may adopt rules necessary to provide appropriate hepatitis B screening of pregnant women, including reporting and follow-up procedures for newborns of hepatitis B carrier mothers. [L 1987, c 13, §1; …

[§325-93] Hepatitis prevention program. (a) The department may establish and administer a hepatitis prevention program to prevent morbidity and mortality among Hawaii residents due to hepatitis B and hepatitis C. (b) The hepatitis prevention program shall prioritize:

[§325-94] Awareness and education. The department shall develop and implement throughout the State an educational program for the purpose of informing the community how to identify and prevent hepatitis and aid in its early diagnosis. In furtherance of the hepatitis prevention pr…

[§325-95] Prevention plan; screening; treatment support. The department shall develop a statewide, comprehensive hepatitis prevention plan. The plan shall include hepatitis screening and services to support individuals with hepatitis to access care and treatment. The department m…