THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2199
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to treatment OF coronavirus disease 2019.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§453-   Limitation of liability for coronavirus disease 2019 treatment. A person licensed or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine or surgery under this chapter, an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority under chapter 457, or a pharmacist who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of pharmacy under chapter 461, shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for prescribing or administering early treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 in good faith to prevent hospitalization and death."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Physicians; Pharmacists; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Coronavirus Disease 2019; Prescription

Description:

Protects physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and pharmacists from civil and criminal liability for prescribing or administering early treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 in good faith to prevent hospitalization and death.

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