said Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char, FACEP. “We will continue to enforce all regulations to protect Hawai‘i residents and we thank our government partners for their collaboration on this action.”After learning that Embry Health was collecting specimens for COVID-19 tests in Hawai‘i, DOH made repeated attempts to work with Embry Health to secure the necessary certification or approval.
Embry Health withdrew its application for certification on October 19.Following the withdrawal of this application, the DOH Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) conducted an investigation.
The City and County of Honolulu cooperated with the investigation. The investigation determined that Embry Health was operating collection depots without clinical.