HRS §327E-12
Copies of health care documents work like the originals
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A photocopy or other copy of your advance health-care directive, its revocation, or a surrogate designation or removal has the same legal power as the original. You can use a copy just like the original document.
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The statute, as written — Effect of copy [§327E-12] Effect of copy
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.
A copy of a written advance health-care directive, revocation of an advance health-care directive, or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
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