Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 334-161

(a) A patient who has been committed to a psychiatric facility for involuntary hospitalization or who is in the custody of the director and residing in a psychiatric facility may be ordered to receive treatment over the patient's objection, including the taking or application of medication, if the court, or administrative panel through the administrative authorization process established pursuant to section 334-162, finds that:

(b) For the purposes of this section, “imminently dangerous to self or others” means that, without intervention, the person will likely become dangerous to self or dangerous to others within the next forty-five days.