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HRS §841-18

Who serves as coroner's physician and lab access

This section names who acts as the coroner's physician in each county and says the state health department's labs must be available to them. It also defines what a government physician is.

countiesstate agencies

The statute, as written — Coroner's physician; laboratory facilities

The medical examiner or any of the medical examiner's assistants in the city and county of Honolulu, and any experienced or qualified government physician designated by the coroner in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, shall be the coroner's physician for such county or city and county. The facilities of the laboratories of the state department of health shall be made available to the coroner's physician. The term government physician as used in this chapter means a physician employed by the State or any of its political subdivisions.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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