HRS 0453-0001 ANNOTATIONS

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Determination of death, see §327C-1.

Medical acupuncture is not sufficiently distinct from traditional acupuncture so as to fall outside the scope of the practice of acupuncture. Physicians licensed by board of medical examiners cannot practice medical acupuncture absent licensure by board of acupuncture. Att. Gen. Op. 03-5.

Should The Right To Die Be Protected? Physician Assisted Suicide And Its Potential Effect On Hawai`i. 19 UH L. Rev. 783.

"Practice" defined. 21 H. 465.

Decision of private hospitals concerning granting of staff privileges to licensed doctors is subject to judicial review if hospital has received government funds. 53 H. 475, 497 P.2d 564.