Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-16 – Informed consent for testing or disclosure
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-16
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A health care provider may, for the purpose of obtaining consent to the test and in lieu of the oral-consent procedure specified in this subsection, use a written form that, at a minimum, provides equivalent information to that prescribed by paragraphs [(1) and (2)]; provided that the health care provider shall allow the person reasonable opportunity to decline consent by declining to sign the form.
provided that the person tested shall be provided with the test results by the blood bank, plasma center, agency, institution, or individual subjecting the person to the test. The opportunity to receive counseling shall be afforded both prior to obtaining a sample for human immunodeficiency virus testing, and upon disclosure of the test results, regardless of the serostatus of the individual tested, except that testing conducted pursuant to subsection (c)(1) and (2) shall be exempted from the counseling requirements of this subsection.