HRS §323G-3
No interference with existing health care directives
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says it does not change the rights of someone you named as your agent in a valid health care directive. It also says a caregiver cannot make health care decisions for you unless that caregiver is named as your agent in such a directive.
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The statute, as written — Noninterference with existing health care directives
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.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive under section 327E-3 or confer upon the caregiver any authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient unless the caregiver is designated as an agent in a health care directive under section 327E-3.
Sections this one refers to
§327E-3 Making and using advance health-care directives
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