§326-26  Persons allowed at places forHansen's disease patients.  (a)  No person, not having Hansen's disease,shall be allowed to visit or remain upon any land, place, or inclosure setapart by the department of health for the domiciles and community facilities ofpersons affected with Hansen's disease, without the written permission of thedirector of health, or some officer authorized thereto by the department, underany circumstances whatever, and any person found upon such land, place, orinclosure without a written permission shall be fined not less than $10 normore than $100 for such offense; provided that any patient resident ofKalaupapa desiring to remain at the facility shall be permitted to do so for aslong as the person may choose, regardless of whether the person has beensuccessfully treated.

(b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon therequest of a patient, the non-patient-spouse of a patient residing at Kalaupapashall be allowed to reside with the patient-spouse at Kalaupapa.  The non-patient-spouseshall not be entitled to receive any services or benefits accorded specificallyto Hansen's disease patients at Kalaupapa. [L 1870, c 33, pt of §1; am L 1903,c 8, §2; RL 1925, §1201; am L 1931, c 139, §5; am L 1933, c 118, §1; RL 1935,§1164; RL 1945, §2427; am L 1949, c 53, §19; RL 1955, §50-28; am L Sp 1959 2d,c 1, §19; HRS §326-26; am L 1969, c 152, §1; am L 1977, c 25, §3; am L 1981, c185, §13; am L 1982, c 147, §16; am L 1985, c 250, §11; am L 1996, c 2, §1]