HRS §326-4
Paying for medical transport for sick or injured health workers
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a health department worker at Kalaupapa gets sick or hurt and the facility's doctor (or an authorized agent if no doctor) says proper care isn't available there, the department must pay reasonable costs to move the worker to a place in Hawaii where they can get treatment, and back.
employees
The statute, as written — Officers and employees; sickness and accident; expense
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.
In case any officer or employee of the department of health becomes ill or is injured at the facility at Kalaupapa and, in the opinion of the physician of the facility, or in the absence of the physician an authorized agent of the department of health, suitable medical, hospital, nursing, or other services or facilities are not available there, the department shall incur and pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of removing and transporting the officer or employee to and from a place within the State where suitable hospital facilities or treatment can be secured.
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