Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-2
Unharmed newborn children left at hospitals, fire stations, or police stations, or with emergency services personnel; avoidance of prosecution
Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 587D · Status: effective
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- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-2, Unharmed newborn children left at hospitals, fire stations, or police stations, or with emergency services personnel; avoidance of prosecution, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2429048
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A person may leave a newborn child with the personnel of a hospital, fire station, or police station, or emergency services personnel without being subject to prosecution for abandonment of a child pursuant to section 709‑902; provided that:
(1) The newborn child was born within seventy-two hours of being left at the hospital, fire station, or police station, or with emergency services personnel as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty; and
(2) The newborn child is left in an unharmed condition.