§324-1 - Sources of information protected.
PART I. MATERNAL AND PERINATAL STUDIES
§324-1 Sources of information protected. Any person, hospital, sanitorium, nursing or rest home, or other similar medical facility may provide information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data or material relating to the condition and treatment of any person to the maternal and perinatal mortality study committee of the Hawaii Medical Association, any in-hospital staff committee, or the department of health, to be used in the course of any study for the purpose of reducing morbidity or mortality.
No liability of any kind or character for damages or other relief shall arise or be enforced against any person or organization by reason of having provided the information or material, or by reason of having released or published the findings, conclusions, and summaries of the research or study committees to advance medical research and medical education. [L 1963, c 109, §1; Supp, §48B-1; HRS §324-1; am L 1990, c 326, §13(1)]