§349-2 Executive office on aging; appointments. (a) There is established within the department of health, for administrative purposes only, an executive office on aging.
(b) The head of this office shall be known as the director of the executive office on aging, hereinafter referred to as director. The director shall have professional training in the field of social work, education, public health, and other related fields; extensive direct experience in programs or services related to elders; and recent experience in a supervisory, consultative, or administrative position. The director shall be nominated and appointed by the governor without regard to chapters 76 and 89. Effective July 1, 2005, the director shall be paid a salary set by the appointing authority that shall not exceed sixty-nine per cent of the salary of the director of human resources development. The director shall be included in any benefit program generally applicable to the officers and employees of the State. [L 1976, c 217, pt of §2; am L 1982, c 129, §12; am L 1986, c 128, §11; am L 1989, c 329, §9; am L 1990, c 67, §8; am L 2002, c 148, §39; am L 2003, c 204, §1; am L 2005, c 226, §9]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
349. Executive Office on Aging
349-1 Declaration of purpose; support; duties.
349-2 Executive office on aging; appointments.
349-3 General functions, duties, and powers of the director.
349-3.1 Renumbered as §349-17.
349-3.2 Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator.
349-4 Policy advisory board for elder affairs; lifetime honorary kupuna.
349-5 Administrative and program support for the executive office on aging.
349-5.5 Executive office on aging administrative claiming special fund.
349-6 State master plan for elders.
349-6.5 Alzheimer's disease and related dementias state plan.
349-7 Recognition as responsible state agency.
349-8 Powers of other departments and agencies; cooperation with the executive office on aging.
349-10 Annual senior citizen's fair.
349-11 State policy for senior centers.
349-12 to 349-14 Renumbered as § §349-21 to 349-23.
349-15 Coordination and development of caregiver support services.
349-18 Kupuna caregivers program.
349-21 Office of the long-term care ombudsman.
349-22 Access to long-term care facilities.
349-23 Retaliatory acts by facilities or facility employees prohibited.
349-24 Wilful interference; prohibited.