Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-472

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-471
  • Director: means the director of health or the director's designated representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-471
  • Domestic violence: means physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the threat of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault, extreme psychological abuse or malicious property damage between family or household members. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-471
  • Domestic violence fatality review team: means those individuals appointed by the director to review domestic violence fatalities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-471

The department shall conduct multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews of domestic violence fatalities, near-deaths, and suicides to reduce the incidence of preventable intimate partner homicides. The director may form domestic violence fatality review teams, as necessary, by appointing individuals to review domestic violence fatalities. A domestic violence fatality review team shall not be subject to part I, chapter 92.