HRS §349-24

Blocking the long-term care ombudsman is a crime

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section makes it a crime to deliberately block or interfere with the long-term care ombudsman or their assistant while they are doing their job. Each time you interfere, and each day the interference continues, counts as a separate offense.

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The statute, as written — Wilful interference; prohibited

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.

Any individual, including any long-term care facility or long-term care facility employee, who wilfully interferes with or impedes the long-term care ombudsman or designee in the performance of the long-term care ombudsman's or designee's duties pursuant to this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each separate act of wilful interference and each day during which any wilful interference continues shall constitute a separate offense.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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