Hawaii Revised Statutes 327e. Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (Modified)
- 327e-1 Short Title.
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (Modified). [L 1999, c 169, pt of ยง1]
- 327e-2 Definitions.
Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Advance health-care directive" means an individual instruction or a power of attorney for health...
- 327e-3 Advance Health-Care Directives.
(a) An adult or emancipated minor may give an individual instruction. The instruction may be oral or written. The instruction may be limited to...
- 327e-4 Revocation of Advance Health-Care Directive.
(a) An individual may revoke the designation of an agent only by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health-care provider. (b)...
- 327e-5 Health-Care Decisions; Surrogates.
(a) A patient may designate or disqualify any individual to act as a surrogate by personally informing the supervising health-care provider. In the absence...
- 327e-6 Decisions by Guardian.
(a) A guardian shall comply with the ward's individual instructions and shall not revoke the ward's pre-incapacity advance health-care directive unless expressly authorized by...
- 327e-7 Obligations of Health-Care Provider.
(a) Before implementing a health-care decision made for a patient, a supervising health-care provider, if possible, shall promptly communicate to the patient the decision...
- 327e-8 Health-Care Information.
Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive, a person then authorized to make health-care decisions for a patient has the same rights as...
- 327e-9 Immunities.
(a) A health-care provider or institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or...
- 327e-10 Statutory Damages.
(a) A health-care provider or institution that intentionally violates this chapter shall be subject to liability to the individual or the individual's estate for...
- 327e-11 Capacity.
(a) This chapter does not affect the right of an individual to make health-care decisions while having capacity to do so. (b) An individual...
- 327e-12 Effect of Copy.
A copy of a written advance health-care directive, revocation of an advance health-care directive, or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same...
- 327e-13 Effect of This Chapter.
(a) This chapter shall not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance...
- 327e-14 Judicial Relief.
On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or surrogate, or a health-care provider or institution involved with the patient's care, any court...
- 327e-15 Uniformity of Application and Construction.
This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this...
- 327e-16 Optional Form.
The following sample form may be used to create an advance health-care directive. This form may be duplicated. This form may be modified to...
Last modified: October 27, 2016