HI Rev Stat § 453-8.4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|453. Medicine and Surgery|453-8.4 Summary suspension. (a) The board may summarily suspend any license issued under this chapter upon a specific determination that the failure to take such an action may result in an immediate and unreasonable threat to personal safety or of fraud that jeopardizes or endangers the health or safety of patients as determined by the professional standards of care upon consumers, and that, for the protection of the public from the possible consequences of such practices, the license should be immediately suspended or restricted. (b) The order of summary suspension shall include a brief statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall be served upon the licensee as required by chapter 91. The order of summary suspension shall be effective upon service. (c) A licensee served with an order of summary suspension shall have the right to request a hearing to show cause why the order of summary suspension should be terminated. Any request for a hearing shall be made in writing and filed with the board within five business days of service of the order. The board shall hold a hearing within seven business days of receipt of the licensee's request for the hearing to show cause. (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an order summarily suspending a license issued under this chapter shall remain in effect until the effective date of a final decision and order issued by the board in a disciplinary action or the effective date of an order issued by the board terminating the summary suspension following a hearing to show cause, whichever occurs first, but in either case shall not exceed thirty business days. (e) The board shall conduct a hearing for disciplinary action against a licensee whose license has been summarily suspended under this section within twenty business days from the effective date of the order of summary suspension. (f) Any attempt by the licensee to continue the practice of medicine or the practice of medicine by the licensee while the license has been summarily suspended shall be grounds for r

  §453-8.4 Summary suspension. (a) The board may summarily suspend any license issued under this chapter upon a specific determination that the failure to take such an action may result in an immediate and unreasonable threat to personal safety or of fraud that jeopardizes or endangers the health or safety of patients as determined by the professional standards of care upon consumers, and that, for the protection of the public from the possible consequences of such practices, the license should be immediately suspended or restricted.  (b) The order of summary suspension shall include a brief statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall be served upon the licensee as required by chapter 91. The order of summary suspension shall be effective upon service.  (c) A licensee served with an order of summary suspension shall have the right to request a hearing to show cause why the order of summary suspension should be terminated. Any request for a hearing shall be made in writing and filed with the board within five business days of service of the order. The board shall hold a hearing within seven business days of receipt of the licensee's request for the hearing to show cause.  (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an order summarily suspending a license issued under this chapter shall remain in effect until the effective date of a final decision and order issued by the board in a disciplinary action or the effective date of an order issued by the board terminating the summary suspension following a hearing to show cause, whichever occurs first, but in either case shall not exceed thirty business days.  (e) The board shall conduct a hearing for disciplinary action against a licensee whose license has been summarily suspended under this section within twenty business days from the effective date of the order of summary suspension.  (f) Any attempt by the licensee to continue the practice of medicine or the practice of medicine by the licensee while the license has been summarily suspended shall be grounds for revocation of the license and shall subject the licensee to any penalties prescribed under this chapter, the applicable licensing laws, or any rule or order of the board. [L 2013, c 219, §1]