HRS §587D-4
Reporting a newborn left at a safe place
This section says what staff at hospitals, fire stations, police stations, or emergency services must do after someone leaves a newborn with them. They must report it to the state child welfare department, but only after the person who left the baby has gone. If the baby is hurt, they must call law enforcement right away, even if the person is still there.
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The statute, as written — Reporting
Within twenty-four hours of receiving an unharmed newborn child under section 587D‑3, the personnel of the hospital, fire station, or police station, or emergency services personnel shall inform the department that a newborn child has been left at the premises; provided that the department shall not be informed until the person leaving the newborn child has left the premises. If the newborn child is received in a harmed condition, the hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency services personnel shall notify appropriate law enforcement agencies, regardless of whether the person or persons leaving the newborn child has left the premises. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]
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