(a) The department of health, within the funds available, shall be responsible for the related services of school health, mental health, psychological, and medical services for evaluation or diagnostic purposes, and, within the funds available, shall provide for those exceptional children who need these services and who attend public school in the State.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-442

  • Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • Exceptional children: includes :

    (1) Persons under twenty-two years of age who deviate from the so-called normal person in physical, mental, social, or emotional characteristics or abilities to such an extent that specialized training, techniques, and equipment are required to enable these persons to attain the maximum of their abilities or capacities; provided that "exceptional children" shall not include "gifted and talented children";

    (2) Persons under twenty-two years of age who by reason of physical defects cannot attend the regular public school classes with normal children; and

    (3) Persons under twenty-two years of age who are certified by a licensed physician eligible for membership in the state medical society as being emotionally maladjusted or intellectually incapable of profiting from ordinary instructional methods. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101

(b) The department of education, within the funds available, shall be responsible for the related services of occupational therapy and physical therapy for evaluation or diagnostic purposes, and, within the funds available, shall provide for those exceptional children who need these services and who attend public school in the State.
(c) The department of health shall work in cooperation with the department of education to implement this section. The procedures to implement this section shall be in accordance with the rules of the department of health and the department of education.