HRS §321-493
Who licenses day care centers for elderly and disabled adults
The state health department must find and license day care centers that serve elderly or disabled adults. It must make rules and minimum standards to protect these adults. Those rules have the force of law and the department enforces them.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Day care centers for disabled and aged persons
The department shall be responsible for the recruitment and licensing of day care centers for elder disabled and aged persons. The department shall adopt any necessary rules, regulations, and minimum standards to protect the best interests of adults receiving care in day care centers. The rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law and shall be administered by the department.
LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.