Title 25, Professions And Occupations

§453-5.3 Physician assistant; licensure required. (a) The Hawaii medical board shall require each person practicing medicine under the supervision of a physician, osteopathic physician, or group of physicians, other than a person licensed under section 453-3, to be licensed as a …

§453-5.4 Physician assistant advisory committee. There shall be a physician assistant advisory committee under the Hawaii medical board consisting solely of persons licensed under section 453-5.3. The committee shall review all complaints and requests relating to physician assist…

§453-5.5 Physician assistant; authority to sign documents. Any physician assistant who holds a current, valid, and permanent license to practice medicine pursuant to this chapter, and who is under the supervision of a licensed physician or osteopathic physician, shall have the au…

[Part III.] expedited partner therapy §453-51 Definitions. As used in this part: "Expedited partner therapy" means the indirect treatment of partners of a patient who has been diagnosed as having a sexually transmitted disease through the dispensing or prescribing of antibiotic t…

[§453-52] Expedited partner therapy. (a) A health professional may, in addition to treating a patient, provide expedited partner therapy to the partners of the patient if all of the following requirements are met: (b) A health professional who provides expedited partner therapy a…

[§453-53] Information sheet. The department of health shall develop and, upon request, distribute to health professionals subject to this part an information sheet that includes all of the following:

[§453-54] Limitation of liability. A health professional who provides expedited partner therapy as authorized under section 453-52, a person licensed or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine or surgery under this chapter, an advanced practice registered nurse with pres…

§453-6 Fees; expenses. (a) No applicant shall be examined under this chapter until the applicant has paid to the board application, examination, and license fees. The board may provide separate fees for licensure by endorsement and for limited and temporary licenses. (b) Every ph…

§453-7 Form of license. The form of license to practice medicine and surgery shall be substantially as follows: State of Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Board License to Practice Medicine and Surgery ....................., having been duly examined by the Hawaii Medical Board, and having …

§453-7.5 Review of complaints and information by department. (a) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall review each complaint, inquiry, and information, as applicable, received under sections 92-17, 329-44, 453-8.7, 663-1.7, and 671-5. The department shall investig…

§453-8 Revocation, limitation, suspension, or denial of licenses. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, any license to practice medicine and surgery may be revoked, limited, or suspended by the board at any time in a proceeding before the board, or may be denied…

§453-8.1 Voluntary limitation of license. A physician, osteopathic physician, or surgeon may request, in writing, that the board limit the individual's license to practice. The board may grant the request and may impose conditions on the limited license. The board shall determine…

§453-8.2 Disciplinary action. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, in disciplining a licensee in a proceeding held in conformity with chapter 91, the board may impose one or more of the following sanctions: (b) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the actions, …

[§453-8.4] Summary suspension. (a) The board may summarily suspend any license issued under this chapter upon a specific determination that the failure to take such an action may result in an immediate and unreasonable threat to personal safety or of fraud that jeopardizes or end…

§453-8.6 Discipline based on action taken by another state or federal agency; conditions; prohibition on practice. (a) Upon receipt of evidence of revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action against a licensee by another state or federal agency, the board may issue an or…

§453-8.7 Reporting requirements. (a) Every physician or osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who does not possess professional liability insurance shall report any settlement or arbitration award of a claim or action for damages for death or personal injury cau…

§453-8.8 Physician workforce assessment fee; license; physician workforce information. [Repeal of section on June 30, 2017, by L Sp 2009, c 18, §9; L 2012, c 186, §3(2) as noted in the main volume deleted by L 2017, c 40, §2.] When a license is renewed, each physician or surgeon …

[§453B-1] Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. [L 2023, c 112, pt of §1]

[§453B-2] Terms and provisions of compact; authorization; governor. The legislature hereby authorizes the governor to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Hawaii with any other state legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICEN…

[§453B-3] Rules. The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the purposes of implementing and administering this chapter. [L 2023, c 112, pt of §1]

§453D-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Accredited educational institution" means a university or college accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or a comparable regional body. "Associate mental health co…

[§453D-10] Licensure; fees. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] A license shall be issued to a person deemed to be qualified under section 453D-7 upon the payment of a license fee to be determined by the department and shall be …

[§453D-11] Renewal of license; fees. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] Licenses shall be renewed, upon the payment of a renewal fee, triennially not earlier than ninety days before June 30, with the first renewal deadline occu…

§453D-12 Grounds for refusal to renew, reinstate, or restore, and for revocation, suspension, denial, or condition of, licenses. (a) In addition to any other acts or conditions provided by law, the director may refuse to renew, reinstate, or restore, and may deny, revoke, suspend…

[§453D-12.5] Revocation of license or denial of application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license based on conviction requiring registration as a sex offender; conditions. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director shall automatically revoke a license or deny a…

[§453D-13] Confidentiality and privileged communications. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] No person licensed as a mental health counselor, nor any of the person's employees or associates, shall be required to disclose any in…

[§453D-14] Mental health counselor prohibited from testifying in alimony and divorce actions. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] If both parties to a marriage have obtained mental health counseling from a licensed mental health…

[§453D-2] Mental health counselors licensing program. There is established a mental health counselors licensing program within the department to be administered by the director. [L 2004, c 209, pt of §2; am L 2008, c 206, §1]

[§453D-3] Powers and duties of the director. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the director shall have the powers and duties to: §453D-3 Powers and duties of the di…

[§453D-4] Fees; disposition. (a) Application, examination, reexamination, license, renewal, restoration, penalty, and any other fees relating to the administration of this chapter, shall not be refundable and shall be provided in rules adopted by the director pursuant to chapter …

[§453D-5] Prohibited acts. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in the practice of mental health counseling or use the title of "licensed mental health couns…

§453D-6 Exemptions. [Section effective until June 30, 2026. For section effective July 1, 2026, see below.] (a) This chapter shall not apply to: (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other licensed professions as defined by any law or rule…

§453D-7 Application for licensure as a mental health counselor. (a) An applicant shall be issued a license by the department if the applicant provides satisfactory evidence to the department that the applicant is qualified for licensure pursuant to the requirements of this chapte…

[§453D-7.5] Provisional license for associate mental health counselors; services reimbursable. [Section effective July 1, 2026.] (a) The department shall grant, upon application and payment of proper fees, provisional licensure as an associate mental health counselor to an indivi…

[§453D-8] Reciprocity. (a) The director may enter into a reciprocity agreement with any state that licenses mental health counselors if the director finds that the state has substantially the same or higher requirements as this chapter. (b) The agreement shall provide that the di…

[§453D-9] Examination. (a) The department shall conduct a licensing examination of applicants at least once a year at a time and place designated by the department. (b) The department shall administer the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification in complianc…

§453J-1 Conversion therapy prohibited; advertising prohibited. (a) No person who is licensed to provide professional counseling shall: (b) Any person who is licensed to provide professional counseling who engages in or attempts to engage in the offering of conversion therapy on a…

[PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS] §454F-1 Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: "Advertisement" or "advertising" means: "Applicant" means a person applying for the issuance of a license or a renewal of a license under this chapter. "Bor…

§454F-1.5 Registration with NMLS required. (a) All mortgage loan originators, mortgage loan originator companies, exempt registered mortgage loan originators, exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator companies, nonprofit organizations, and every other person in this State that …

§454F-1.6 Presumption of control. An individual is presumed to control a mortgage loan originator company if that individual is:

§454F-1.7 Duties of a qualified individual and branch manager. (a) Every mortgage loan originator company licensed under this chapter and every exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator company registered with NMLS under this chapter shall designate a qualified individual to ful…

§454F-1.8 Sponsorship by mortgage loan originator company, exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator company, or nonprofit organization. All mortgage loan originators shall be sponsored by a mortgage loan originator company, an exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator company,…

§454F-10 Authority to require license. In addition to any other duties imposed upon the commissioner, the commissioner shall require mortgage loan originators and mortgage loan originator companies to be licensed and registered through NMLS. The commissioner is authorized to part…

§454F-10.5 Authorized places of business; designation of qualified individuals and branch managers; branch offices; principal office; relocation. (a) Every mortgage loan originator company licensed under this chapter and every exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator company sh…

[§454F-10.6] Voluntary cessation of operation; surrender of license. (a) Subject to the approval of the commissioner, a licensee may voluntarily cease activity for which a license to operate has been issued under this chapter by delivering to the commissioner a written notice of …

§454F-10.7 Change in control of a licensee; fees. (a) A licensee shall submit to the commissioner an application requesting approval of a proposed change of control of the licensee, accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $500, payable to the division. (b) The commissio…