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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-2

  • Alcohol: means ethanol or any substance containing ethanol. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Intoxicant: means alcohol or any drug, as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Law enforcement officer: means any public servant, whether employed by the State, a county, or by the United States, vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses or to enforce the criminal laws, and includes a conservation and resources enforcement officer as specified in section 199-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • State: means : any state or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the United States Virgin Islands; American Samoa; Guam; any province or territory of the Dominion of Canada; and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, except when the word, in context, clearly refers to the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1
  • Under the influence: means that a person:

    (1) Is under the influence of alcohol in an amount sufficient to impair the person's normal mental faculties or ability to care for the person and guard against casualty;
    (2) Is under the influence of any drug that impairs the person's ability to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner;
    (3) Has . See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291E-1

The several county and state government physicians shall, or any other qualified person may, make whatever tests and analyses as may be requested of them by any law enforcement officer in connection with the determination of whether a person is or was under the influence of an intoxicant or has consumed a measurable amount of alcohol for any purpose under this chapter.