HRS §560:5-602
Sterilization of adult wards
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says an adult ward (a person under a guardian) can be sterilized only with court approval, and only after a waiting period following the court order. Emergency medical treatment is the only exception.
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The statute, as written — Sterilization of wards
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.
Persons who are wards and who have attained the age of eighteen years have the legal right to be sterilized when at least thirty days, but not more than one hundred eighty days, have passed following the entry of an order providing for sterilization. In no event, however, shall wards be sterilized without court approval in accordance with this part unless sterilization occurs as part of emergency medical treatment.
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