Hawaii Revised Statutes 587d. Safe Place for Newborns

• 587d-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the department of human services. "Emergency services personnel" shall have the same...
• 587d-2 Unharmed Newborn Children Left At Hospitals, Fire Stations, or Police Stations, or With Emergency Services Personnel; Avoidance of Prosecution.
  A person may leave a newborn child with the personnel of a hospital, fire station, or police station, or emergency services personnel without being...
• 587d-3 Safe Place for Newborns.
  (a) The personnel of a hospital, fire station, or police station, or emergency services personnel may receive a newborn child; provided that the newborn...
• 587d-4 Reporting.
  Within twenty-four hours of receiving an unharmed newborn child under section 587D-3, the personnel of the hospital, fire station, or police station, or emergency...
• 587d-5 Immunity.
  (a) A hospital with responsibility for performing duties under this chapter, any health care provider, or hospital personnel working at the hospital, a fire...
• 587d-6 Authority to Reunite; Placement.
  (a) Upon receiving custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to section 587D-3,...
• 587d-7 Status of Child.
  For purposes of proceedings under this chapter and adoption proceedings, a newborn child left at a hospital, fire station, or police station, or with...

Last modified: October 27, 2016