Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 160 - MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS
Subchapter 9 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
Section 11-160-56 - Confidential information; exceptions

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 11-160-56

Current through February, 2024

(a) All information received and records kept -by the department for purposes of administering this chapter are confidential and not subject to disclosure except to:

(1) Employees or agents of the department as necessary to perform their official duties under this chapter;

(2) Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying registration with the department pursuant to this chapter or for official law enforcement purposes;

(3) A person or entity pursuant to an order or subpoena from a court or agency of competent jurisdiction;

(4) A person or entity with the written permission of the qualifying patient or, if the qualifying patient is a minor or an adult lacking legal capacity, of the qualifying patient's parent, guardian, or person having legal custody;

(5) A person or entity with the written permission of the qualifying out-of-state patient or, if the qualifying out-of-state patient is a minor, of a caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient;

(6) Employees or agents of the State's medical cannabis dispensary system;

(7) Employees or agents of the department's contracted computer software tracking system used within the State's medical cannabis dispensary system;

(8) Medical cannabis dispensary system licensees as deemed necessary by the department for purposes of:
(A) Verifying the status of a person as a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient; and

(B) Tracking a qualifying patient's or a qualifying out-of-state patient's allowable cannabis purchase limits; and

(9) Other persons or entities deemed necessary by the department to administer this chapter or the State's medical cannabis dispensary system.

(b) Nothing in this section precludes the department from the following;

(1) Notifying law enforcement or relevant authorities about falsified or fraudulent information submitted to the department;

(2) Notifying state or local law enforcement about suspected criminal violations; and

(3) Publishing non-identifying aggregated data or statistics of program information.

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