§338-2  Authority and duties of the department of health.  The department of health, herein referred to as the department, shall:

     (1)  Establish a central bureau of public health statistics with suitable offices properly equipped for the safety and preservation of all its official records;

     (2)  Install a statewide system of public health statistics;

     (3)  Make and amend, after notice and hearing, necessary regulations, give instructions and prescribe forms for collecting, transcribing, compiling, and preserving public health statistics; and

     (4)  Enforce this part and the regulations made pursuant thereto.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-2

  • Public health statistics: includes the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to births, adoptions, legitimations, deaths, fetal deaths, morbidity, marital status, and data incidental thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-1