HRS §321-18
Penalty for breaking department rules
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if you break a rule made by the Department of Health, and no other penalty is already set for that rule, you can be charged with a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a minor crime. This only applies to rules adopted under the proper process.
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The statute, as written — Penalty
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Except when another penalty is provided, every person who violates any rule of the department, after the same has been adopted, as provided in section 321-10, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [PC 1869, c 59, §8; RL 1925, §914; RL 1935, §906; am L 1943, c 18, §1; RL 1945, §2020; am L 1947, c 82, §1; RL 1955, §46-18; am L 1965, c 96, §29; HRS §321-18; am L 1983, c 100, §3]
Sections this one refers to
§321-10 How the Health Department's rules are made and enforced
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