HRS §338-2
Department of Health: Authority and Duties
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section gives the Department of Health the job of running a statewide system for public health statistics. It must set up a central office, make rules, and enforce the law. The section is about the department's duties, not about individual rights.
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The statute, as written — Authority and duties of the department of health
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.
The department of health, herein referred to as the department, shall: (1) Establish a central bureau of public health statistics with suitable offices properly equipped for the safety and preservation of all its official records; (2) Install a statewide system of public health statistics; (3) Make and amend, after notice and hearing, necessary regulations, give instructions and prescribe forms for collecting, transcribing, compiling, and preserving public health statistics; and (4) Enforce this part and the regulations made pursuant thereto.
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