Specifically, pursuant to section 338-18, Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS), the Department of Health, which maintains these brecords/b, may not allow the inspection of a birth certificate, or issue a certified copy of a birth ... (13) A person who needs a death certificate for the determination of payments under a credit insurance policy. You can find the complete statute at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0018.htm. bMahalo/b, ...