457B-1 Short title
457B-2 Definitions
457B-3 License required
457B-3.1 Conditions concerning qualifications for licensure examination
457B-3.2 Grounds for refusal to renew, reinstate, or restore, and for revocation, suspension, denial, or condition of licenses
457B-3.5 Limited and temporary licenses
457B-4, 5 Repealed
457B-6 Powers and duties of director
457B-7 Subpoenas
457B-8 Repealed
457B-9 Fees
457B-10 Injunctive relief
457B-11 Severability
457B-12 Penalties
457B-13 Remedies or penalties cumulative

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 457B - Nursing Home Administrators Act

  • Administrator: means the individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of the operation of a nursing home. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457B-2
  • Administrator: means the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Collector: means a person that accepts electronic devices for reuse or delivers the devices to a recycler for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contaminant: means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-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.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457B-2
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457B-2
  • Director: means the director of health or the director's authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal Act: means the Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, as amended by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, Public Law 99-339, and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-182. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Federal agency: means any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Injection: means the subsurface emplacement of any material, liquid, semi-solid, or solid, or any admixture thereof, which may add a contaminant to underground waters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • National primary drinking water regulations: means primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant to the Federal Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Nursing home: means any nursing facility licensed by the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457B-2
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, county, city and county, state, or federal agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Primary drinking water regulation: means a regulation or rule which:

         (1)  Applies to public water systems;

         (2)  Specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the director, may have any adverse effect on the health of persons;

         (3)  Specifies for each contaminant either:

              (A)  A maximum contaminant level if, in the judgment of the director, it is economically and technologically feasible to ascertain the level of such contaminant in public water systems; or

              (B)  If, in the judgment of the director, it is not economically or technologically feasible to ascertain the contaminant level[,] each treatment technique known to the director which leads to a reduction in the level of such contaminant sufficient to satisfy the requirements of § 340E-2; and

         (4)  Contains criteria and procedures to assure a supply of drinking water which dependably complies with such maximum contaminant levels, including accepted methods for quality control and testing procedures to insure compliance with such levels and proper operation and maintenance of the system, and requirements as to:

              (A)  The minimum quality of water which may be taken into the system; and

              (B)  Siting for new facilities for public water systems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1

  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public water system: means a system which provides water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
  • Recycler: means any person who engages in the recycling of electronic devices for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Recycling: means processing, including disassembling, dismantling, or shredding, electronic devices or their components to recover a useable product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Retailer: means any person who offers electronic devices for sale, other than for resale by the purchaser, through any means, including sales outlets, catalogs, or the Internet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Reuse: means any operation by which an electronic device changes ownership and is used for the same purpose for which it was originally purchased. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.