§27-21.6  Functions reassigned to the counties.  The following functions are hereby reassigned to the several counties:

     (1)  The medical care of inmates of county jails;

     (2)  The rendering of medical investigatory services requested by the police;

     (3)  Physical examinations of employees to the extent that such functions had been performed immediately prior to the adoption of Act 97, Session Laws of Hawaii 1965;

     (4)  The care and treatment of county workers' compensation cases to the extent that such functions had been performed immediately prior to the adoption of Act 97, Session Laws of Hawaii 1965; and

     (5)  The regulation of the design, construction, and operation of individual wastewater systems and private wastewater treatment works; provided that:

          (A)  The transfer of this function to each county shall take place on the date that the expenditure of start-up funds is made by the State to such county for this purpose; and

          (B)  The counties shall approve the installation and use of composting toilets in areas that are inaccessible to municipal wastewater systems.  As used in this subparagraph, "composting toilet" means a toilet that uses no water or very little water and uses natural processes to treat waste. [L 1969, c 265, §6; am L 1975, c 41, §1; am L 1978, c 148, §3; am L 1985, c 282, §1; am L 2015, c 187, §2; am L 2016, c 239, §2]