2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 19. HEALTH
321. Department of Health
321-345 Use of child death review information and records.

§321-345 Use of child death review information and records. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, all child death review information acquired by the department during its review of child deaths pursuant to this part, is confidential and may only be disclosed as necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.

(b) Child death review information and statistical compilations of data that do not contain any information that would permit the identification of any person shall be public records.

(c) No individual participating in the department's multidisciplinary and multiagency review of a child's death may be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a child death review meeting. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a person from testifying to information obtained independently of the department's multidisciplinary and multiagency review of a child's death, or which is public information, or where disclosure is required by law or court order.

(d) Child death review information held by the department as a result of child death reviews conducted under this part are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, except that child death review information otherwise available from other sources is not immune from subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence through those sources solely because they were provided as required by this part. [L 1997, c 369, pt of §1]