Contractor: means any person who by oneself or through others offers to undertake, or holds oneself out as being able to undertake, or does undertake to alter, add to, subtract from, improve, enhance, or beautify any realty or construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck, or demolish any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation, or other structure, project, development, or improvement, or do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 444-1
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(1) Any person unless the person has filed an application and paid the applicable fees;(2) Any person unless the person meets the experience requirements as prescribed in the board‘s rules; provided that the board may accept experience acquired on a self-employed or unlicensed basis if the experience can be verified;(3) Any person who does not possess a history of honesty, truthfulness, financial integrity, and fair dealing; provided that any person who during the six years prior to application has failed to satisfy an undisputed debt or a judgment relating to services or materials rendered in connection with operations as a contractor shall be presumed not to possess a history of financial integrity;(4) Any person unless the person has successfully passed a written examination as prescribed by the board;(5) Any individual unless the individual is age eighteen years or more;(6) Any joint venture which is not exempt under section 444-2(8) unless the contracting business thereof is under the direct management of a member or employee thereof, and unless the member or employee holds an appropriate license;(7) Any individual who is unable to qualify as a contractor or any partnership or corporation, unless the contracting business of the individual, partnership, or corporation is under the direct management of an employee, partner, or officer thereof who holds an appropriate license;(8) Any person unless the person submits satisfactory proof to the board that the person has obtained workers’ compensation insurance, or has been authorized to act as a self-insurer under chapter 386 or is excluded from the requirements of chapter 386;(9) Any person unless the person submits satisfactory proof to the board that the person has obtained liability insurance; or(10) Any person unless the person submits a bond if required by the board under section 444-16.5.(b) Any license issued hereunder shall not be renewed if the licensee no longer meets any of the foregoing qualifications.(c) An application shall be considered abandoned if the application is not completed and the required documents or other information are not submitted to the board within two years from the last date the documents or information were requested.
