HRS §466D-9
Licensure by endorsement
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you already have a current, unrestricted respiratory therapist license in another state, Hawaii may give you a license without retaking everything, as long as that state's requirements are at least as strict as Hawaii's. The director decides if they qualify.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Licensure by endorsement
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 director may issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who holds a current and unencumbered license as a respiratory therapist in another state; provided that the requirements for a license in that state are deemed by the director to be equivalent to or higher than the current requirements for licensure in this State.
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