UIPA REQUEST
The Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes (UIPA), is Hawaii’s public records law. The Office of Information Practices (OIP) was created by the Legislature in 1988 to administer the UIPA.
To make a Uniformed Information Practices Act (UIPA) request to the Department of Health for public records:
The Request (requirements)
- Must be in writing
- Have sufficient contact information for the agency to correspond with you
- Provide a reasonable description of the requested record
- State how you would like to receive the record (For example: pick up copy, mail, e-mail, etc.)
You may use the State of Hawai‘i Office of Information Practices’ form to submit your request: Request to access a government record. The completed form may be submitted to the following programs to request their public health records. Check the list below for the contact information for specific Department of Health Programs.
Contact Information for UIPA Requests:
Department of Health Director’s Office
Email: webmail@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4400
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 325, Honolulu, HI 96813
Disability and Communication Access Board
Email: dcab@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-8121
Address: 1010 Richards Street, 118, Honolulu, HI 96813
Executive Office on Aging
Email: eoa@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-0100
Address: 250 South Hotel Street, Suite 406, Honolulu, HI 96813
Office of Language Access
Email: ola@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-8730
Address: 1177 Alakea Street, Basement B-100, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Email: hiscdd@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-8100
Address: 1010 Richards Street, Room 122, Honolulu, HI 96813
State Health Planning and Development Agency
Email: SHPDA@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 587-0788
Address: 1177 Alakea Street Room 402, Honolulu, HI 96813
To make a UIPA request for public records for the Deputy Director of Health, Administrative Offices, contact:
- Kaua‘i District Health Office
Email: jackie.teves@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 241-3409
Address: 3040 Umi Street, Lihue, HI 96766
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Environmental Health Records
Clean Water: (808) 586-4309
Sanitation: darren.tamekazu@doh.hawaii.gov
Vector Control: alan.takenaka@doh.hawaii.gov
Waste Water: lori.vetter@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 241-3323
Address: 3040 Umi Street, Lihue, HI 96766
. - Hawai‘i District Health Office
Email: carlisle.kaae@doh.hawaii.gov AND hdhosec3@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 974-6004
Address: P.O. Box 916 Hilo, HI 96721-0916
. - Maui District Health Office
Email: marc.nishimoto@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 984-8208
Address: 54 High Street, Room 301, Wailuku, HI 96793
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Environmental Protection and Health Services
Email: patricia.kitkowski@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 984-8230
Address: 54 High Street, Room 301, Wailuku, HI 96793
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Public Health Nursing Program
Email: Heidi.taogoshi@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 984-8260
Address: 54 High Street, Room 301, Wailuku, HI 96793
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Family Health Services Section
Email: jeny.bissell@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 984-2130
Address: 54 High Street, Room 301, Wailuku, HI 96793
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Case Management and Information Services
Email: jennette.cavalier@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 243-4625
Address: 210 Imi Kala Street, Room 105, Wailuku, HI 96793
. - Administrative Services Office
Email: doh.budgetchief@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4550
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, #310, Honolulu, HI 96813
. - Office of Health Status Monitoring
Email: None
Phone: (808) 586-4600
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, #123, Honolulu, HI 96813
. - Health Information Systems Office
Email: hisoclerk@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4450
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, HISO 2, Honolulu, HI 96813
. - Office of Planning, Policy and Program Development
Email: Andrew.lum@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4454
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, 3rd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
. - Human Resources Office
Email: kainani.quiacusan@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4522
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 313, Honolulu, HI 96813
To make a UIPA request for public records for environmental health programs contact:
- Clean Air Branch (records related to air monitoring, emissions, permits etc.)
Email: cab@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4200
Address: 2827 Waimano Home Road, Room 130, Pearl City, HI 96782
- Wastewater Branch (records related to wastewater systems)
Email: wwb@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4294
Address: 2827 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
- Vector Control Branch (inspection reports, letters, surveillance data etc.):
Email: Gracelda.simmons@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: Grace Simmons at (808) 586-4590
Address: Environmental Health Services Division, Vector Control Branch
99-945 Halawa Valley Street, Aiea, Hawaii 96701 - Environmental Planning Office (EPO responses to draft land use environmental assessment under HRS Chapter 343):
Email: DOH.EPO@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4337
2827 Waimano Home Road #109, Pearl City, HI 96782
- Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office (HEER)
To make a Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) request for site specific records pertaining to oil/hazardous material spills or properties with known or suspected contamination under the oversight of HEER, go to https://health.hawaii.gov/heer/submit-documents-to-heer/public-record-request/
HEER Office Public Records Contact:
Email: Rosa.Iu@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4249
Address: 2385 Waimano Home Road #100, Pearl City, HI 96782
Website: https://health.hawaii.gov/heer/submit-documents-to-heer/public-record-request
- Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch
Email: amy.liana@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4226
Address: 2827 Waimano Home Road, #100 Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
To make a UIPA request for public records related Health Resource Administration programs such as Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing, Emergency Medical Services, Family Health Services, or health care facility licensing or inspection records contact:
- Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division
Email: DOH.healthyhawaii@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4495
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 422, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
- Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Division
Email: shelley.roberts@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4580
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 423, Honolulu, HI 96813
- Disease Outbreak Control Division
Email: john.istvan@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 587-6592
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, 4th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
- Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch
Email: EMSIPSB@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 733-9210
Address: 3675 Kilauea Avenue, Leahi Hospital – Trotter Building, Honolulu, HI 96816
- Family Health Services Division
Email: doh.fhsdsec@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 586-4122
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Rm 216, Honolulu, HI 96813
- Office of Health Care Assurance
Email: Keith.ridley@doh.hawaii.gov
Call: (808) 692-7227
Address: 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 337, Kapolei, HI 96707
To make a UIPA request for public records related behavioral health programs, mental health programs, developmental disabilities services, or substance abuse treatment, contact:
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Email: angela.bolan@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 692-7518
Address: 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 360, Kapolei, HI 96707
- Adult Mental Health Division
Email: amy.yamaguchi@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-4681
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 256, Honolulu, HI 96813
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division
Email: janet.ledoux@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 733-4198
Address: 3627 Kilauea Avenue, Room #101, Honolulu, HI 96816
- Developmental Disabilities Division
Email: karen.zane@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-5842
Address: 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room #463, Honolulu, HI 96813