§326-21  Employment of patients.  At any
facility for the care and treatment of persons with Hansen's disease, the
department of health, with the consent of a patient, may employ that patient to
perform labor or service.



When there are vacancies in positions,
classified under chapter 76, at a facility exclusively for the care and
treatment of persons with Hansen's disease, employment preference shall be
given to temporary release patients and discharged patients from those
facilities provided that the persons so hired shall be otherwise qualified
under chapter 76.



Discharged patients who have been employed
prior to December 30, 1960, under chapter 76 in accordance with the second
paragraph of this section shall be eligible to receive the same rights and privileges
as those enjoyed by temporary release patients employed under the second
paragraph of this section. [L 1937, c 108, §1; RL 1945, §2424; am L 1951, c
157, §11; am L 1953, c 241, §1; RL 1955, §50-24; am L 1957, c 10, §1; am L Sp
1959 2d, c 1, §19; am L 1961, c 13, §1; HRS §326-22; am L 1969, c 152, §1; am L
1974, c 115, §2; am L 1981, c 185, §10; ren and am L 1983, c 183, §2; am L
1985, c 250, §8; am L 1992, c 156, §5; am L 2000, c 253, §150]



 



Case Notes



 



  Existence or nonexistence of Hansen's disease not to be
determined collaterally in habeas corpus proceedings.  19 H. 218.