Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 348-6

(a) The department of human services may adopt and promulgate regulations with respect to methods of administration, use of medical and other records of individuals who have been provided vocational rehabilitation services, and the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, including provisions relating to the tenure, appointment, and qualification of personnel, which shall govern with respect to such matters notwithstanding any other law.

(b) The department shall adopt and promulgate regulations respecting[:]

(c) The department may also promulgate regulations with regard to the use of professional personnel of the department in cooperation with the federal government for the purpose of surveying needs and implementing rehabilitation services in any of the federal government's political subdivisions or trust territories, when such actions or services involve no cost to the State.