§128-16  Status of personnel other thanregular officers and employees.  All persons, including volunteers whoseservices have been accepted by authorized persons, while engaged in theperformance of duty pursuant to this chapter, including duty performed duringperiods of training, shall be deemed state employees or employees of apolitical subdivision, as the case may be, and shall have the powers, duties,rights, and privileges of such in the performance of their duties, except as,pursuant to this chapter, may be prescribed by or under the authority of thegovernor or the political subdivision. [L 1951, c 268, pt of §2; RL 1955,§359-16; HRS §128-16; am L 2006, c 48, §3]