Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-14

  • authority: means the director, or any licensing board or commission under the administrative control of the director pursuant to section 26-9(c), authorized by statute to grant or to deny licenses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-2
  • forfeiture: means the immediate and automatic termination or cancellation without any prior consultation with the licensee of a license issued by a board, caused by a licensee's voluntary or involuntary failure to comply with the requirements for maintaining or renewing a license. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-2
  • License: means the permission to engage in a profession or vocation granted by the applicable licensing authority to a person who has satisfied every requirement for licensure, and shall include any registration, certificate, or other document issued by the licensing authority reflecting proof of permission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-2
  • Person: includes an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, business, trust, or any organized group of persons or legal entity, or any combination thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-2
  • renewal: means the permission to engage in a profession or vocation granted by the applicable licensing authority to a licensee who has applied for an extension of a current and valid license. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436B-2

A license which has been forfeited may be restored by the licensing authority within one year after the date of forfeiture upon compliance with the licensing renewal requirements provided by law and upon written application and payment of all applicable renewal fees, penalty fees, compliance resolution fund fees and, if applicable, recovery fund assessments. Any person who fails to have the person’s license restored within one year from the date of forfeiture may be required by the licensing authority to reapply for licensure as a new applicant.