Haw. Rev. Stat. § 321-16.5
Special treatment facilities
Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 321 — Department of Health · Status: effective
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- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 321-16.5, Special treatment facilities, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2420117
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(a) All special treatment facilities shall be licensed to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the individuals placed therein.
(b) The director shall adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 91, regarding special treatment facilities that shall be designed to:
(1) Provide a therapeutic residential program for care, diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation for socially or emotionally distressed persons, mentally ill persons, persons suffering from substance abuse, and developmentally disabled persons. Special treatment facilities shall include a short-term crisis residential program or a long-term residential treatment program;
(2) Comply with applicable federal laws and regulations; and
(3) Provide penalties for the failure to comply with any rule.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Long-term residential" means a residential treatment program for persons whose duration of stay is thirty days or longer.
"Short-term crisis residential" means a residential treatment program for persons who are in crisis and whose duration of stay is less than thirty days.
"Socially or emotionally distressed person" means an individual who is experiencing psychiatric symptomatology that may be acute or chronic in nature, which requires therapeutic or rehabilitative services.