Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 321 > Part XXIV - Environmentally-Related Illness and Injury

• Board: means the pest control board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Efficacy and safety data: means data from experiments conducted by qualified scientists to determine the efficacy and safety of a nonchemical pest control device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1
• Fumigation: means the use of any substance or substances that emit or liberate gases, fumes, or vapors which may be used for the destruction or control of insects, vermin, rodents, or other pests, which, in the opinion of the board, may be lethal, poisonous, noxious, or dangerous to human life. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Nonchemical pest control device: means any device that purports to eliminate or control pests by attracting, repelling, or killing pests without the use of chemicals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1
• Pest control: means , with respect to wood-destroying pests, or other pests which may invade households or other structures, including railroad cars, ships, docks, trucks, airplanes, or the contents thereof, the engaging in, offering to engage in, advertising for, soliciting, or performing the following for hire:

  (1) Identifying pests or infestations;

  (2) Making an inspection for the purpose of identifying or attempting to identify infestations of household or other structures by pests;

  (3) Making inspection reports, recommendations, estimates, and bids, whether oral or written, with respect to infestations; or

  (4) Making contracts, or submitting bids for, or the use of avicides, insecticides, pesticides, rodenticides, fumigants, or allied chemicals or substances, or mechanical devices, for the purpose of eliminating, exterminating, controlling, or preventing infestations of pests or organisms. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1

• Pest control operator: means any person who personally or through others offers to undertake or practice, or holds oneself out as being able to undertake or practice, or does undertake or practice pest control. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-1
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.