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HRS §286-109.4

Asking about advance health-care directives on driver's license applications

When you apply for or renew a driver's license, the examiner must ask if you have an advance health-care directive. If you say yes, your license will show that designation. No medical treatment details are printed on the license.

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The statute, as written — Designation of advance health-care directive

On the application form for any driver's license or license renewal, the examiner of drivers shall ask the applicant to designate whether the applicant has an advance health-care directive. The examiner of drivers shall issue or renew a license bearing the designation "advance health-care directive", a symbol, or an abbreviation thereof, for those applicants who have so indicated. "Advance health-care directive" means an individual instruction in writing, a living will, or a durable power of attorney for health care decisions. No specific medical treatment information shall be imprinted on the driver's license.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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