Hawaii Assisted Living Regulations and Records

When choosing an assisted living community, it is important to understand Hawaii state regulations for assisted living facilities and know how to look up assisted living license information. But public access to assisted living records varies greatly by state.

We developed a system to rate each state on how easy – or difficult – it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.

States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.

Access to Hawaii assisted living records: High

Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of Hawaii is high. Key findings that informed this rating include:

• Hawaii inspects assisted living communities at least twice annually.
• Hawaii has generally transparent records but was marked down because license information is listed separately from inspections and enforcement actions are not included with licensing information.

How to look up Hawaii assisted living licenses and records

• To locate licensed communities, use Hawaii’s State Licensing Section.
• Use the state’s inspections reports site for viewing inspection reports.

How we arrived at our Hawaii rating

We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:

1. Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
2. If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? No
3. If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
4. Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? Yes
5. If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently? [within 90 days] No
6. If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? No
7. If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations / inspections searchable at all? Yes
8. Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
9. Capacity shown? Yes
10. Payment types shown, [e.g. Medicaid, private pay]? No
11. Administrator / Contact name shown? Yes
12. State may fine facility? Yes
13. Frequency of inspections? Every 6 months
14. Website includes pricing of facility? No