Haw. Code R. § 16-85-25 - General standards for categories of information
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
where standards of medical practice indicate that a health care provider should
provide the patient, or the patient's guardian, with information prior to
obtaining consent for proposed medical or surgical treatment, or for a
diagnostic procedure, information satisfying the following categories shall be
supplied to the patient or the patient's guardian:
(1) The condition to be treated or the
suspected existence of which is the indication for a diagnostic
procedure;
(2) A description of the
proposed medical or surgical treatment or diagnostic procedure;
(3) The intended and anticipated
result;
(4) The recognized
alternative treatments or diagnostic procedures, including the option of not
providing treatment or performing the diagnostic procedure;
(5) The recognized substantial risks of
serious complication or mortality associated with the proposed treatment or
diagnostic procedure, with the recognized alternative treatments or diagnostic
procedures, and with not undertaking treatment or diagnosis; and
(6) The recognized benefits of the proposed
treatment or diagnostic procedure, of recognized alternative treatments or
diagnostic procedures, and of not undertaking treatment or diagnosis.
(b) The disclosure of information
required by subsection (a) may be withheld if in the judgment of the health
care provider the information would be detrimental to the patient's mental or
physical health, or not in the best interest of the patient, provided that such
action is consistent with general standards of medical and surgical
practice.
Notes
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