{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-5-602","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:5-602","heading":"Sterilization of wards.","body":"Persons who are wards and who have attained the age of eighteen years have the legal right to be sterilized when at least thirty days, but not more than one hundred eighty days, have passed following the entry of an order providing for sterilization. In no event, however, shall wards be sterilized without court approval in accordance with this part unless sterilization occurs as part of emergency medical treatment.","path":["Hawaii Code","Division 3","Title 30A","Chapter 560"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0005-0602.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"7342c826a75db4e5ec676609ff8c909045c608f6b9f3f9ed63ab0d31daf541f7","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-5-433","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-5-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}