Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Director of the Department of Health
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1960-
History
In 1959 the Hawaii State Reorganization Act created a Department of Health under a single head called the Director, under the supervision of the Governor, and limited the powers of the Board of Health to that of serving in an advisory capacity to the Director. The Board now serves only as an advisory body.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Director, under the direction of the Governor and with the advice of the Board of Health, directs programs for the protection of the physical and mental health of the people of Hawaii. He supervises the licensing of physicians. He also supervises the Deputy Director of Health, and the Deputy Directors of the present four DOH Administrations (see the Department of Health Administrative History).
Mandates/sources of authority
Hawaii Revised Statutes (ss. 26-13, 321-11).
Session Laws of Hawaii 1959, 2nd Special Session Act 1
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Type of relationship
is the predecessor of
Director of the Department of Health