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HRS §321-30

Getting your placenta back from the hospital

A hospital can give a placenta to the woman who gave birth or to someone she chooses, but only after tests show no infection or hazard. The health department will create a form that explains how to release the placenta safely.

The statute, as written — Human placenta

Upon negative findings of infection or hazard after appropriate testing of the mother, the human placenta may be released by the hospital to the woman from whom it originated or to the woman's designee. The department shall establish a release form which shall stipulate appropriate measures for the safe release of human placenta.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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