Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-85

  • Patient: means a person under observation, care, or treatment at a psychiatric facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
  • Psychiatric facility: means a public or private hospital or part thereof which provides inpatient or outpatient care, custody, diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation services for mentally ill persons or for persons habituated to the excessive use of drugs or alcohol or for intoxicated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1

A judicial determination under this part regarding the detention of a patient at the same psychiatric facility may not be demanded as of right more often than once in a period of six months.