§327-12 - Search and notification. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§327-12]  Search and notification.  (a)  The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the searcher reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:

     (1)  A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

     (2)  If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.

     (b)  If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

     (c)  A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions. [L 2008, c 122, pt of §1]