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HRS §321-29.5

State lab for disease and air/water testing

The state health department must set up and run a lab that tests for diseases, air and water quality, and other complex issues. The lab must follow federal lab standards. The department can use federal money to run this lab.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Testing laboratory; diseases; air and water quality

(a) The department shall: (1) Establish and operate a laboratory capable of: (A) Testing for diseases; (B) Testing for air and water quality issues; and (C) Conducting other high complexity testing; and (2) Ensure that the testing laboratory complies with all applicable standards enumerated in the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments of 1988, title 42 United States Code section 263a. (b) The department may obtain and expend federal moneys for the operation of the testing laboratory established pursuant to this section.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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