Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 334-71 (2026)

Transfer of patients between facilities

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PART V. TRANSFER, LEAVE, AND DISCHARGE

§334-71 Transfer of patients between facilities. A patient at a psychiatric facility, including those held on court order, may be transferred to another psychiatric facility when the administrator of the sending facility determines that it would be in the best interest of the patient that the patient be transferred and the administrator of the receiving facility agrees to accept the patient; provided that prior notice of such transfer be given to the subject of such transfer and to those persons specified in a current order of commitment. If there is no current order of commitment, notice shall be given to those persons enumerated in section 334-60.4. [L 1967, c 259, pt of §1; HRS §334-71; am L 1976, c 130, §5; am L 1977, c 76, §4; am L 1985, c 68, §8]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–2003 · leading case: Suzuki v. Quisenberry, 411 F. Supp. 1113 (D. Haw. 1976).

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Suzuki v. Quisenberry, 411 F. Supp. 1113 (D. Haw. 1976). · cites it 3× “§§ 334-71 and 334-73. H.R.S. § 334-71 allows transfer of patients from one psychiatric facility to another without recertification.”

In Re Doe, 78 P.3d 341 (Haw. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “This conclusion necessarily applies also to the conversion of an emergency commitment to a long-term commitment pursuant to [HRS] § 334-54, to the transfer of patients between hospitals pursuant to [HRS] § 334-71 or from out-of-state pursuant to [HRS] § 334-73(b), and to the…”

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