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HRS §304A-1754

Penalty for breaking the residency contract

This section says what happens if a doctor in the residency program breaks their contract. If they break it, they must pay the State $10,000. But it is not a breach if they got a permanent medical license but could not find a job because no vacancy or shortage existed, as certified by the state.

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The statute, as written — Penalty for breach of contract

A person who is placed in the residency program under this subpart, but who breaches any term of the contract under section 304A-1753, shall pay to the State damages of $10,000; provided that a contract shall not be deemed breached if the person has obtained a permanent license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathy under chapter 453 but could not fulfill the requirements of section 304A-1753(3) and (4) because no employment vacancy existed in the correctional facilities of the department of corrections and rehabilitation or no shortage of physicians or osteopathic physicians existed in any rural community and the department of corrections and rehabilitation or the department of health, as applicable, certifies that no employment vacancy or shortage existed.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§304A-1753 Contract required before filling a medical position

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