Hawaii Revised Statutes 453. Medicine and Surgery

PART I. GENERALLY

• 453-1 Practice of Medicine Defined.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-1 Practice of medicine defined. For the purposes of this chapter the practice of medicine by a physician or...
• 453-1.3 Practice of Telehealth.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-1.3 Practice of telehealth. (a) Subject to section 453-2(b), nothing in this section shall preclude any physician acting within...
• 453-1.5 Pain Management Guidelines.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-1.5 Pain management guidelines. The Hawaii medical board may establish guidelines for physicians or osteopathic physicians with respect to...
• 453-2 License Required; Exceptions.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-2 License required; exceptions. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall practice medicine or surgery in...
• 453-3 Limited and Temporary Licenses.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-3 Limited and temporary licenses. The Hawaii medical board shall issue a limited and temporary license to an applicant...
• 453-3.1 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-3.1 REPEALED. L 1983, c 92, §1(11).
• 453-3.2 Educational Teaching License.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-3.2 Educational teaching license. (a) The board may issue an educational teaching license to a physician or osteopathic physician...
• 453-3.5 Training Replacement Temporary License.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-3.5 Training replacement temporary license. (a) The board may issue a limited and temporary license to a physician or...
• 453-4 Qualifications for Examination and Licensure.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-4 Qualifications for examination and licensure. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be licensed to...
• 453-4.5 Foreign Medical Graduates; Alternative Qualifications.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-4.5 Foreign medical graduates; alternative qualifications. Notwithstanding section 453-4(b)(2)(B), a graduate of a foreign medical school who has passed...
• 453-5 Hawaii Medical Board; Appointment, Removal, Qualifications.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-5 Hawaii medical board; appointment, removal, qualifications. (a) For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the governor shall...
• 453-5.1 Powers and Duties of Board.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-5.1 Powers and duties of board. In addition to other powers and duties authorized by law, the Hawaii medical...
• 453-5.2 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-5.2 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §212.
• 453-5.3 Physician Assistant; Licensure Required.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-5.3 Physician assistant; licensure required. (a) The Hawaii medical board shall require each person practicing medicine under the supervision...
• 453-5.4 Physician Assistant Advisory Committee.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-5.4 Physician assistant advisory committee. There shall be a physician assistant advisory committee under the Hawaii medical board consisting...
• 453-5.5 Physician Assistant; Authority to Sign Documents.
  Part heading added by revisor. [§453-5.5] Physician assistant; authority to sign documents. Any physician assistant who holds a current, valid, and permanent license to...
• 453-6 Fees; Expenses.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-6 Fees; expenses. (a) No applicant shall be examined under this chapter until the applicant has paid to the...
• 453-6.5 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-6.5 REPEALED. L 1988, c 110, §5.
• 453-7 Form of License.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-7 Form of license. The form of license to practice medicine and surgery shall be substantially as follows: State...
• 453-7.5 Review of Complaints and Information by Department.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-7.5 Review of complaints and information by department. (a) The department of commerce and consumer affairs shall review each...
• 453-8 Revocation, Limitation, Suspension, or Denial of Licenses.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8 Revocation, limitation, suspension, or denial of licenses. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, any...
• 453-8.1 Voluntary Limitation of License.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.1 Voluntary limitation of license. A physician, osteopathic physician, or surgeon may request, in writing, that the board limit...
• 453-8.2 Disciplinary Action.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.2 Disciplinary action. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, in disciplining a licensee in a...
• 453-8.3 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.3 REPEALED. L 1984, c 168, §19.
• 453-8.4 Summary Suspension.
  Part heading added by revisor. [§453-8.4] Summary suspension. (a) The board may summarily suspend any license issued under this chapter upon a specific determination...
• 453-8.5 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.5 REPEALED. L 1987, c 67, §2.
• 453-8.7 Reporting Requirements.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.7 Reporting requirements. (a) Every physician or osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who does not possess professional...
• 453-8.8 Physician Workforce Assessment Fee; License; Physician Workforce Information.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-8.8 Physician workforce assessment fee; license; physician workforce information. [Section repealed June 30, 2017. L Sp 2009, c 18,...
• 453-9 Repealed.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-9 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §213.
• 453-10 Witnesses in Such Proceeding.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-10 Witnesses in such proceeding. In any proceeding the board may subpoena, administer oaths to, and examine witnesses on...
• 453-11 Recalcitrant Witnesses; Contempt.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-11 Recalcitrant witnesses; contempt. If any person called before the board as a witness in any proceeding, whether under...
• 453-12 Perjury.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-12 Perjury. Any person who wilfully and knowingly makes under oath any false statement in connection with any such...
• 453-13 Penalty.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-13 Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter, or who offers or in any way attempts to engage in...
• 453-14 Duty of Physician, Osteopathic Physician, Surgeon, Hospital, Clinic, Etc., to Report Wounds.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-14 Duty of physician, osteopathic physician, surgeon, hospital, clinic, etc., to report wounds. (a) Every physician, osteopathic physician, physician...
• 453-15 Who Shall Give Consent to a Postmortem Examination.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-15 Who shall give consent to a postmortem examination. A pathologist or any licensed physician, osteopathic physician, or surgeon...
• 453-16 Intentional Termination of Pregnancy; Penalties; Refusal to Perform.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-16 Intentional termination of pregnancy; penalties; refusal to perform. (a) No abortion shall be performed in this State unless:...
• 453-17 Subpoena of Peer Review Adverse Decision Report.
  Part heading added by revisor. §453-17 Subpoena of peer review adverse decision report. In connection with an investigation under section 453-7.5, the director of...
• 453-18 Pelvic Examinations on Anesthetized or Unconscious Female Patients.
  Part heading added by revisor. [§453-18] Pelvic examinations on anesthetized or unconscious female patients. A physician, osteopathic physician, surgeon, or student participating in a...

PART II. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL

• 453-31 Emergency Ambulance Service Personnel.
  The practice of any emergency medical services by any individual employed by an emergency ambulance service who is not licensed under this chapter or...
• 453-32 Certification of Emergency Ambulance Personnel.
  The Hawaii medical board shall certify individuals as qualified in emergency medical services upon application therefor; provided that the applicant for certification: (1) Holds...
• 453-32.1 Renewal of Certification.
  (a) Every person holding a certificate under this part shall renew the certificate with the board no later than January 31 of each even-numbered...
• 453-32.5 Temporary Certification.
  The board shall approve temporary certification of an applicant under section 453-32 if the applicant has graduated from a board approved training program within...
• 453-32.6 Delegation to Committee of Practicing Emergency Physicians or Osteopathic Physicians and Emergency Ambulance Personnel.
  The Hawaii medical board shall establish a committee consisting of practicing emergency physicians or osteopathic physicians and emergency ambulance personnel to assist the board...
• 453-32.51 Limited Temporary Certification.
  (a) The Hawaii medical board shall approve limited temporary certification of an applicant under this section if the applicant: (1) Has graduated from a board...
• 453-33 Rules.
  The Hawaii medical board shall adopt rules to implement this part, subject to chapter 91. [L 1978, c 148, pt of §2(1); am L...

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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: October 27, 2016