338-41 Issuance; procedure
338-42 Repealed
338-43 Perjury
338-44 Renumbered

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 338 > Part II - Certificates of Hawaiian Birth

  • Advanced practice registered nurse: means a registered nurse who has met the qualifications for advanced practice registered nurse licensure set forth in this chapter and through rules of the board, which shall include educational requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Board: means the state board of nursing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Competency: means the ability of a nurse to integrate knowledge, skills, judgment and personal attributes to practice safely and ethically in the professional nursing position and in accordance with the scope of nationally recognized nursing practices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Licensure and discipline data: means identifying information that includes but is not limited to the licensee's name, address, social security number, date of birth, and nursing education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Nurse: means a person licensed under this chapter or a person who holds a license under the laws of another state or territory of the United States that is equivalent to a license under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Nursys: means an integrated process for collecting, storing, and sharing information on nurse licensure and enforcement activities related to nurse licensure laws that is administered by a nonprofit organization composed of and controlled by licensing boards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Telehealth: means the use of telecommunications as that term is defined in § 269-1, to encompass four modalities:  store and forward technologies, remote monitoring, live consultation, and mobile health; and which shall include but not be limited to real-time video conferencing-based communication, secure interactive and non-interactive web-based communication, and secure asynchronous information exchange, to transmit patient medical information, including diagnostic-quality digital images and laboratory results for medical interpretation and diagnosis, to support long-distance clinical health care while a patient is at an originating site and the nurse is at a distant site, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration, to the extent that it relates to nursing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457-2
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.