(a) The Hawaii criminal justice data center is the central repository of criminal history records for purposes of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact and shall do all things necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact.
(b) The administrator of the Hawaii criminal justice data center, or the administrator’s designee, is the State’s compact officer and shall administer the compact within the State. The administrator may adopt rules and establish procedures for the cooperative exchange of criminal history records between this State and other state governments and with the federal government for the use in noncriminal justice background checks.