§329-63  Person required to keep records and file reports.  (a)  Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, receives, or brings in from outside the State, or otherwise furnishes a substance specified in § 329-61, or an encapsulating or tableting machine shall keep a record of each transaction for a period of two years after the date of transaction.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-63

  • address: includes a post office box; provided that the pharmacy dispensing the prescription has, on file, the physical location where an individual resides. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • delivery: means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer or sale from one person to another of a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia, whether or not there is an agency relationship. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Ephedrine: includes any synthetic compound, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation extracted from the plant (genus) Ephedra that contains the substance ephedrine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Person: means individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1

     (b)  Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, receives, or brings in from outside the State, or otherwise furnishes a substance specified in § 329-61, for use by a person in this State shall report to the administrator the following:

     (1)  Any regulated transaction involving:

          (A)  An above threshold quantity;

          (B)  Any suspicious or out-of-the-ordinary quantity of a chemical listed in [section] 329-61;

          (C)  An uncommon method of payment or delivery; or

          (D)  Any other circumstances that the regulated person believes may indicate that the regulated chemical will be used in violation of this part;

     (2)  Any proposed regulated transaction with a person whose description or other identifying characteristics the department has previously furnished to the regulated person;

     (3)  Any unusual or excessive loss or disappearance of a regulated chemical listed under § 329-61 that is under the control of the regulated person, to include exempted items.  The regulated person responsible for reporting a loss in-transit is the supplier;

     (4)  Any regulated transaction of a tableting machine or an encapsulating machine; and

     (5)  All single entity ephedrine transactions.

     (c)  [Subsection effective until December 31, 2023.  For subsection effective January 1, 2024, see below.]  The department of public safety shall provide a common reporting form for the substances in § 329-61 that contains at least the following information:

     (1)  Name of the substance;

     (2)  Quantity of the substance sold, transferred, or furnished;

     (3)  The date the substance was sold, transferred, or furnished;

     (4)  The name and address of the person buying or receiving the substance; and

     (5)  The name and address of the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person selling, transferring, or furnishing such substance.

     (c)  [Subsection effective January 1, 2024.  For subsection effective until December 31, 2023, see above.]  The department of law enforcement shall provide a common reporting form for the substances in § 329-61 that contains at least the following information:

     (1)  Name of the substance;

     (2)  Quantity of the substance sold, transferred, or furnished;

     (3)  The date the substance was sold, transferred, or furnished;

     (4)  The name and address of the person buying or receiving the substance; and

     (5)  The name and address of the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person selling, transferring, or furnishing such substance.

     (d)  Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, whenever possible, shall be made orally to the department at the earliest practicable opportunity after the regulated person becomes aware of the circumstances involved and as much in advance of the conclusion of the transaction as possible.  A written report shall also be submitted to the department following an oral report.