HRS §469-7
Health department can subpoena witnesses for hearings
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The health department can require witnesses to come and testify under oath at its hearings. If a witness does not cooperate, the circuit court can step in to make them appear and testify.
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The statute, as written — Powers of department to subpoena witnesses, etc
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 may subpoena and examine witnesses under oath upon all such charges as may be preferred before it, and the circuit court of the circuit in which the hearing is held shall enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses so subpoenaed.
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