{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 587D-2","heading":"Unharmed newborn children left at hospitals, fire stations, or police stations, or with emergency services personnel; avoidance of prosecution.","body":"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:\n\n(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\n\n(2) The newborn child is left in an unharmed condition. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 587D"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0587D/HRS_0587D-0002.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"7f1e8f01f85a9810e009d3b935c2564ece9fb67a34b79ac0bdd210e8fb220571","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-1","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-587d-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}