§328-20 False advertising; exceptions. (a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.
(b) For the purpose of this part the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, or venereal disease shall also be deemed to be false, except that no advertisement not in violation of subsection (a) shall be deemed to be false under this subsection if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, osteopathic, podiatric, dental, or veterinary professions, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices; provided that whenever the department determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the department shall by regulation authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the department may deem necessary in the interest of public health; provided that this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious. [L 1941, c 318, §15; RL 1945, §2219; RL 1955, §51-19; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; am L 1964, c 15, §2; HRS §328-20]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
328. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
328-3 Same; misbranding or misleading advertisement.
328-4 Same; antiseptic, germicide; new drug; contamination.
328-5 Same; "selling" includes what.
328-7 Remedies for violation of law.
328-8 Regulations to be prescribed.
328-9 Foods deemed adulterated when.
328-10 Foods deemed misbranded when.
328-10.5 Regulations for exemption from labeling requirements.
328-12 Suspension and reinstatement of permits.
328-12.4 Food establishments; use of latex gloves prohibited.
328-12.7 Display of unpackaged processed food.
328-13 Adding of poisonous or deleterious substance, regulation of.
328-14 Drugs or devices deemed adulterated when.
328-15 Drugs or devices deemed misbranded when; prescriptions excepted, when.
328-16 Drugs limited to dispensing on prescription.
328-16.2 Customized patient medication package.
328-16.5 Prescription labeling.
328-17 New drugs, regulation of sale, etc.; exceptions.
328-17.5 Principal labeler responsibility under recall of drug.
328-17.6 Out-of-state prescriptions.
328-17.7 Record of prescriptions.
328-17.8 Electronic prescription information.
328-18 Cosmetics deemed adulterated when.
328-19 Cosmetics deemed misbranded when.
328-19.1 Consumer commodities; labeling; packaging.
328-20 False advertising; exceptions.
328-21 Rules and regulations, hearings.
328-23 Inspection powers of director.
328-24 Furnishing of samples to director.
328-26 Disposal of questioned articles; court orders; expenses; bond.
328-27 Perishables destroyed when.
328-28 Duties of county attorneys, prosecuting attorney.
328-30 Administrative penalties.
328-42 Department of health regulations.
328-43 Records, food to be marked.
328-45 Length of storage time.
328-47 Cold stored goods to be labeled; sales of.
328-49 What fish and when same may be put in cold storage for future sale.
328-50 Fishing on commercial fishing vessels.
328-51 Causing preventable deterioration of; penalty.
328-65 Administration and enforcement.
328-72 Flour must be enriched.
328-73 Bread, rolls, buns, standard for.
328-74 Flour, wrapped bread, rolls, standard for.
328-75 Enforcement; suspension.
328-79 Home-based agricultural producer of honey; exemption.
328-80 Home-based agricultural producer of honey; inspections.
328-92 Drug product and biological product selection.
328-96 Hawaii list of equivalent generic drug products and interchangeable biological products.
328-103 Administrative penalties.
328-106 Pharmacy benefit manager; maximum allowable cost.
328-117 Administrative penalties.
328-119 Minimum requirements for the storage and handling of prescription drugs.