The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Haw. Const. art. V; HRS 127A-9, 127A-12(a)(5), 663-1.5
- Issued
- 2021-09-01 Sept. 1, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-01 'to and including the date that the COVID-19 emergency ceases' (read as 2021-09-01)
- End
- Restated as Exhibit G of the Oct. 1, 2021 Delta Response Proclamation; emergency ceased 2022-03-25 (read as 2021-10-01)
- In force
- Sept. 1, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care orders
- Addressees
- health care facilities
- health care professionals
- health care volunteers
- Functions reached
- IP inpatient surge and rationing
- SX elective procedures deferred under crisis standards
- ED
- HR
- Collection
- Hawaii HI
Operative words
'Health care facility' means any program, institution, place, building, or agency, or portion thereof, private or public, other than federal facilities or services, whether organized for profit or not, used, operated, or designed to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, nursing, rehabilitative, or preventive care to any person or persons... [directing facilities to render assistance in support of the State's response and providing immunity from civil liability for death or injury caused by acts or omissions in rendering assistance, including omission of care under crisis standards]
Enforcement
Executive order under the emergency; conditions immunity on good-faith compliance with State and federal orders
Notes
Issued when Hawaii's hospitals were at record COVID-19 census (Sept. 2021); framework for rationing care if needed
Retrieval noteCertified signed PDF.