Hawaii Revised Statutes 338. Vital Statistics
PART I. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS ACT
- 338-1 Definitions of Terms.
As used in this part unless the context otherwise indicates: "Dead body" means lifeless human body, or such parts of the human body, or...
- 338-2 Authority and Duties of the Department of Health.
The department of health, herein referred to as the department, shall: (1) Establish a central bureau of public health statistics with suitable offices properly...
- 338-3 Registration Districts.
The department of health shall divide the State from time to time into public health statistics registration districts, which shall conform to political subdivisions,...
- 338-4 Deaths Reported to County Clerks.
The department of health shall within six weeks after the end of each month deliver, or forward by mail, to the county clerk of...
- 338-5 Compulsory Registration of Births.
Within the time prescribed by the department of health, a certificate of every birth shall be substantially completed and filed with the local agent...
- 338-6 Local Agent to Prepare Birth Certificate.
(a) If neither parent of the newborn child whose birth is unattended as provided in section 338-5 is able to prepare a birth certificate,...
- 338-7 Registration of Foundlings; Foundling Report.
(a) Whoever assumes the custody of a living child of unknown parentage shall immediately report, on a form to be approved by the department...
- 338-8 Compulsory Registration of Deaths and Fetal Deaths.
A certificate of every death or fetal death shall be filed with the department of health in Honolulu or with the local agent of...
- 338-9 Filing and Preparation of Death and Fetal Death Certificates.
(a) The person in charge of the disposition of the body shall file with the department of health in Honolulu or with the local...
- 338-10 Late Determination of the Cause of Death.
If the cause of death cannot be determined within three days, the certification of its cause may be filed after the prescribed period, but...
- 338-11 Form of Certificates.
The forms of certificates shall include as a minimum the items required by the respective standard certificates as recommended by the Public Health Service,...
- 338-12 Evidentiary Character of Certificates.
Certificates filed within thirty days after the time prescribed therefor shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Data pertaining to the...
- 338-13 Certified Copies.
(a) Subject to the requirements of sections 338-16, 338-17, and 338-18, the department of health shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant a certified...
- 338-14 Fees for Certified Copies and Searches; Transcripts or Other Statistical Summaries of Vital Records for National Center for Health Statistics; Certified Copies for Veterans and Others; and Corrections on Vital Statistics Certificates.
(a) The department of health shall establish reasonable fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates; provided that the department shall furnish, free...
- 338-14.3 Verification in Lieu of a Certified Copy.
(a) Subject to the requirements of section 338-18, the department of health, upon request, shall furnish to any applicant, in lieu of the issuance of...
- 338-14.5 Copies of Certificate; Fees.
The fees for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates issued by the department of health shall consist of $10 for the...
- 338-14.6 Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund.
(a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the vital statistics improvement special fund. The fund shall...
- 338-15 Late or Altered Certificates.
A person born in the State may file or amend a certificate after the time prescribed, upon submitting proof as required by rules adopted...
- 338-16 Procedure Concerning Late and Altered Birth Certificates.
(a) Birth certificates registered one year or more after the date of birth, and certificates which have been altered after being filed with the...
- 338-17 Late or Altered Certificate As Evidence.
The probative value of a "late" or "altered" certificate shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate...
- 338-17.5 Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth.
(a) If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under section 338-16, a petition may be filed with the circuit court for an order...
- 338-17.7 Establishment of New Certificates of Birth, When.
(a) The department of health shall establish, in the following circumstances, a new certificate of birth for a person born in this State who...
- 338-17.8 Certificates for Children Born Out of State.
(a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for...
- 338-18 Disclosure of Records.
(a) To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the...
- 338-19 Photostatic or Typewritten Copies of Records.
The department of health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photostatic, or microphotographic copies of any records and files in its office, which by reason...
- 338-20 Adoption.
(a) In case of the adoption of any person born in the State, the department of health, upon receipt of a properly certified copy...
- 338-20.5 Adoption; Foreign Born Persons.
(a) The department of health shall establish a Hawaii certificate of birth for a person born in a foreign country and for whom a...
- 338-21 Children Born to Parents Not Married to Each Other.
(a) All children born to parents not married to each other, irrespective of the marriage of either natural parent to another, (1) on the...
- 338-22 Other Persons Required to Make Records.
Persons in charge of institutions for care or correction or for treatment of disease, injury, or childbirth shall record and report all statistical data...
- 338-23 Permit for Removal, Burial, or Other Disposition of Body.
When a death or fetal death occurs or a dead body is found, the body shall not be disposed of or removed from the...
- 338-24 Foreign Permit for Removal, Burial, or Other Disposition of Body.
When the death or fetal death occurs outside this State and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition...
- 338-25 Prerequisite for Permit.
No permit under section 338-23 shall be issued until a certificate of death or fetal death, as far as it can be completed under...
- 338-25.5 Disinterment of Human Bodies.
(a) No corpse, nor the remains of any dead human body, exclusive of ashes, shall be exposed, disturbed, or removed from its place of...
- 338-25.6 Fee.
A fee of $5 shall be charged by the director of health for the issuing of such permit, the fee to be paid and...
- 338-26, 27 Repealed.
L 1974, c 31, §§4, 5.
- 338-28 Transmittal of Certificates to Department.
Local agents of the department of health shall transmit all certificates filed with them to the department in accordance with regulations of the department....
- 338-29 Repealed.
L 2002, c 51, §1.
- 338-29.5 Late Registration of Death, Fetal Death, Marriage, and Divorce.
(a) When a death, fetal death, marriage, or divorce occurring in this State has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance...
- 338-30 Penalties.
(a) Except where a different penalty is provided in this part, any person who violates this part, or neglects or refuses to perform any...
PART II. CERTIFICATES OF HAWAIIAN BIRTH
- 338-41 Issuance; Procedure.
(a) The department of health may make regulations respecting the form of Hawaiian birth certificates and certified copies of such certificates and other matters...
- 338-42 Repealed.
L 1997, c 216, §§9, 13; L 1999, c 194, §1.
- 338-43 [Old] Repealed.
L 1972, c 66, §1(6). §338-43 Perjury. Any applicant or any person who gives or offers any false testimony, oral or written, under oath,...
- 338-44 Renumbered As §338-43.
PART III. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Last modified: October 27, 2016