§325-71 Reports by physicians and others. (a) Every physician, and every individual in charge of an inpatient or outpatient health care facility, shall report in writing to the department of health the identity of and epidemiologic information concerning every person known or suspected to have tuberculosis and shall, upon request, provide to the department x-ray films and medical information from the record of any person known or suspected by the department to have tuberculosis.
(b) Every director of a laboratory identifying mycobacterium tuberculosis or organisms which may be mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum, body fluids, or tissues of any person, living or dead, shall submit a report of such examination in writing to the department of health.
(c) Release of information to the department of health pursuant to this section may be made without the prior informed consent of the individual to whom the information pertains.
(d) A report made by one of the above charged individuals does not absolve the others from their individual reporting responsibilities.
(e) The director of health may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this part. [L 1911, c 118, §7; RL 1925, §944; RL 1935, §1104; RL 1945, §2322; RL 1955, §49-60; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §325-71; am L 1983, c 81, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 95, §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
325. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
325-1 Diseases or conditions declared communicable or dangerous to public health.
325-2 Physicians, laboratory directors, and health care professionals to report.
325-2.5 Health care-associated infection reporting.
325-4 Identity of patients safeguarded.
325-5 Antitoxins, antiserums, vaccines, biologics, and drugs.
325-8 Infected persons and quarantine.
325-12 Common drinking cup prohibited.
325-16 Informed consent for testing or disclosure.
325-17 Quality assurance standards for HIV antibody testing.
325-18 Advisory committees for health care workers infected with blood-borne infections.
325-19 Rubella testing of pregnant women.
325-20 Agreements; collaborative assistance in control of disease outbreaks.
325-21 Sale of sterile syringes for the prevention of disease.
325-32 Immunization against infectious diseases.
325-33 Performance of vaccination and immunization.
325-36 Duty of adult, or of parent, guardian, or caregiver.
325-37 Fraud; wilful misrepresentation; failure to comply; penalties.
325-38 Immunization of indigent, medically indigent, and other persons.
325-51 Blood samples of pregnant women required.
325-52 Serologic tests; reports.
325-53 Reports of blood tests.
325-54 Reports confidential; penalty.
325-71 Reports by physicians and others.
325-73 Protection of record; penalty.
325-74 Physicians; precautions; instructions.
325-75 Reporting recovery of patient.
325-76 Examinations for tuberculosis.
325-78 Test and treatment for tuberculosis.
325-91 Blood transfusion; hepatitis.
325-92 Prenatal hepatitis B screening and treatment of newborns.
325-101 Confidentiality of records and information.
325-104 Responsibility to report.
325-112 Sterile needle and syringe exchange program established.
325-113 Operation of the program.
325-115 Program oversight committee.
325-117 Termination of the program.
325-122 Hawaii immunization registry; establishment and purposes.
325-123 Confidentiality and content of registry records.
325-124 Purposes for access to registry information; access not a disclosure.
325-125 Registry record requirements; duration of retention.