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HRS §453-13

Penalties for practicing medicine without a license

This section sets the punishment for breaking the medical practice rules. If you practice medicine without a license, you can be fined or jailed. Each day you break the rules counts as a separate offense, and your medical tools and drugs can be taken and destroyed.

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The statute, as written — Penalty

Any person who violates this chapter, or who offers or in any way attempts to engage in the practice of medicine as defined in section 453-1 and fails to comply with any of the requirements or provisions of this chapter, penalty for which violation or failure to comply is not otherwise provided for, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months and each day's violation or failure to comply shall be deemed a separate offense. All tools, implements, medicine, and drugs used in the practice of medicine by any person convicted of practicing medicine without a license shall be declared forfeited to the State by the court and ordered destroyed.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§453-1 What counts as practicing medicine

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