Lets get the facts here as there are many opinions, which are always welcome. I have now made three trips to HPD this week and kept asking the same questions. Since i spoke with different officers every time , the answers were slightly different to much different as you can see on this forum. One answer that was universal. " If you are a Kaiser or Straub member, Your doctors letter has to be verbatim as the one that was handed to you. If not then a simple "no has not had, does not have.... or yes has had issues or has issues. The third option left is the doctor does not answer in that case it's considered "no has not had issues and a permit is awarded. As for the entire or even part of the medical record being transmitted to HPD, please read the entire HRS 134-2 i have enclosed the pertinent parts. The following text has been copied and pasted so it's the real deal. Lets look and stick to the facts.
(b) The permit application form shall include the applicant's name, address, sex, height, weight, date of birth, place of birth, country of citizenship, social security number, alien or admission number, and information regarding the applicant's mental health history and shall require the fingerprinting and photographing of the applicant by the police department of the county of registration; provided that where fingerprints and photograph are already on file with the department, these may be waived.
Please look at the last sentence. Finger prints may be waived if already on file. "these may be waived" so don't get bent out of shape if they finger print you again. They have the right to by law.
(c) An applicant for a permit shall sign a waiver at the time of application, allowing the chief of police of the county issuing the permit access to any records that have a bearing on the mental health of the applicant. The permit application form and the waiver form shall be prescribed by the attorney general and shall be uniform throughout the State.
That is why you signed the release, now its up to HPD to get the information they need. What did they ask for " access to any records that have a bearing on the mental health of the applicant". The officers don't want to be looking in your whole medical record, thats what I was told. But wait a minute, you asked for any medical records. Now that you got them, you don't know or want to do anything with them.
(e) The permit application form shall be signed by the applicant and by the issuing authority. One copy of the permit shall be retained by the issuing authority as a permanent official record. Except for sales to dealers licensed under section 134-31, or dealers licensed by the United States Department of Justice, or law enforcement officers, or where a license is granted under section 134-9, or where any firearm is registered pursuant to section 134-3(a), no permit shall be issued to an applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the twentieth day from the date of application.
They have a minimum of 14 days and maximum of 20 days, that's 10 -15 working days to issue you a permit, unless they find evidence that prevent you by law from owning. Not getting a responce from your doctors office or getting the entire medical record does not constitute or prevent you from getting a permit. Other factors do.
This folks is the law. Everything else is conjecture.