(a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, or holds oneself out as authorized and qualified to practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, except as provided in §§ 464-3 and 464-5; or who uses the title “engineer”, “architect”, “land surveyor” or “landscape architect”, or any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that such person is practicing professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture, or is a professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, or landscape architect, without having first acquired a license in accordance with this chapter and without having a valid unexpired license; or who uses or attempts to use as the person’s own the seal, certificate or license of another, or who falsely impersonates any duly licensed practitioner hereunder, or who uses or attempts to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-14

  • Architect: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, including aesthetic and structural design, or observation of construction, in connection with any private or public buildings, structures, or projects or the equipment or utilities thereof, or the accessories thereto, wherein the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when the professional service requires the application of the art and science of construction based upon the principles of mathematics, aesthetics, and the physical sciences. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
  • 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.
  • Land surveying: means any professional service or work which involves the application of specialized knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the physical and applied sciences, and the act of measuring, locating, establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, natural and manmade features on the surface and immediate subsurface of the earth, or on the beds or surface of bodies of water, for the purpose of determining, establishing, describing, displaying, or interpreting the size, shape, topography, elevation datum planes, legal or geodetic location or relocation, or orientation of improved or unimproved real property and appurtenances thereto, including acreage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
  • land surveyor: means a person who holds oneself out as able to practice, or who does practice, land surveying in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
  • Landscape architect: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional services such as consultation, investigation, reconnaissance, research, design, preparation of drawings and specifications, and observation of construction where the dominant purpose of the services is:

    (1) The preservation and enhancement of land uses and natural land features;

    (2) The location and construction of aesthetically pleasing and functional approaches for structures, roadways, and walkways; and

    (3) The design for equestrian trails, plantings, landscape irrigation, landscape lighting, and landscape grading. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1

  • Professional engineer: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or observation of construction or operation, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects, wherein the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when such professional service requires the application of engineering principles and data. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
(b) Any corporation or copartnership which advertises that it furnishes architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural services in the making of plans or specifications or in the construction of any building or other structure, without first complying with § 464-12; or any corporation or copartnership which furnishes or offers to furnish architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural services for the construction of any building, structure, project, or utility in the State, without first complying with § 464-12, shall be fined not more than $1,000. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, persons, corporations, or copartnerships working on structures exempted in § 464-13 shall not be affected by this subsection.