Hawaii Administrative Code

In applying for examination, the applicant shall present to the department the applicant's qualifications, together with the application, the examination fee of $10, the cost of obtaining the examination materi administered by the department. If an applicant's qualifications and …

A person aspiring to become a registered Sanitarian in the State shall furnish satisfactory proof to the department that the applicant holds a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by the American Associat Registrars and Admissions Offices with a major in a bi…

The licensing of sanitarians by any state which uses the National Examination for the Registration of Sanitarians given by the Professional Examination Service shall be recognized as valid and the applicant may be licensed if, in the judgment of the director, the applicant meets …

Licenses must be renewed annually. Each registered sanitarian shall re-register with the department by January 31 of each year and shall pay a re-registration fee of $3. Any registered sanitarian who fails, neglects, or refuses to re-register pay the re-registration fee shall, fo…

It shall be unlawful for any person to be called a registered sanitarian and to perform any duties that come within the scope of the definition of a registered sanitarian for any department, board, commission or other agency of the State or of any county or municipal governing bo…

The director may deny, suspend or revoke any license for one or more of the following reasons: (1) Professional misconduct, or (2) Procurement of license by fraud or misrepresentation; or (3) To take an examination in place of another applicant for purposes of obtaining a license…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties of Section 321-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-18-9 [Eff SEP 18 1981] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-13) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-13, 321-18)

To prescribe procedures to be utilized by the department of health (DOH) to provide safe drinking water during emergency situations. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-19-1 [Eff. 11/27/81] (Auth: HRS §§ 340E-5, 340E-9) (Imp: HRS §§ 340E-5, 340E-9, 42 U.S.C. §300 g - 2(a)(5) )

As used in this chapter: "CDA" means Civil Defense Agency. "Corps" means United States Army Corps of Engineers. "DHO" means the state department of health district health officer or district health office, as appropriate. "DOH" means the state department of health. "DWS" means th…

(a) "Type A" emergencies are major state or county disasters and include: nuclear disasters, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. Type A disasters will most likely be characterized by: (1) Relatively widespread disruption of many basic publi…

The primary responsibilities of DOH on all emergency circumstances involving drinking water shall be: (1) To coordinate with other governmental agencies and the private sector to provide drinking water supplies to areas deprived of such supplies as a result of the emergency. (2) …

(a) "Type A" and "Type B" emergencies county water systems. (1) The state and all county government agencies in Hawaii shall have emergency response plans, to deal with drinking water problems. (2) Each county department of water supply shall have a plan, updated at least yearly,…

(a) The DOH has neither the equipment nor the expertise to actually "provide" water in an emergency nor does it have generally-recognized authority to mobilize such equipment, expertise, or other resources from a wide range of public and private agencies. (b) Primary responsibili…

(a) "Type A" emergencies. (1) The state CDA shall notify DOH emergency health mobilization coordinator who shall notify the chief, EPHSD. The chief, EPHSD, shall notify the drinking water supervisor, EPHSD; chief, laboratories branch, MHSD; and DHO. (2) The county CDA shall notif…

(a) "Type A" emergencies. (1) The DOH and CDA shall determine response priorities, resource allocation, and activities in consultation with appropriate DOH personnel. (2) Within the DOH as relating to drinking water, the DHO in consultation with the chief, EPHSD, shall determine …

The list located at the end of this chapter entitled "Contact List" dated September 1981 provides addresses and telephone numbers of certain agencies and officials relevant to this emergency plan, accurate as to the effective date of this rule. The DOH shall receive, keep, and ma…

(a) General requirements The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations This section establishes requirements for filtration and disinfection that are in addition to criteria under which filtration and disinfection are required under secti…

(a) Samples shall be taken by suppliers of water for public water systems using surface water sources in whole or in part. Turbidity measurements shall be made by the Nephelometric Method 2130B cited in the 18th edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewa…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions of applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

(a) Community water systems shall conduct monitoring to determine compliance with the MCLs specified in section 11-20-3 in accordance with this section. Non-transient, non-community water systems shall conduct monitoring to determine compliance with the MCLs specified in section …

(a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) (Reserved) (e) Analysis for the contaminants in section 11-20-4(d) and (e) shall be conducted using the EPA methods cited in 40 C.F.R. § 141.24(e), or alternative methods listed in Appendix A to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-13 R 11/28/11

With the written permission of the director, concurred with by the administrator, an alternative analytical technique may be employed An alternative technique shall be acceptable only if it is substantially equivalent to the prescribed test in both precision and accuracy as it re…

(a) For the purpose of determining compliance with sections 11-20-9 through 11-20-14, 11-20-34, 11-20-35, 11-20-46(d), 11-20-48, and 11-20-50, samples may be considered only if they have been analyzed by a laboratory certified by the director as specified in EPA 815-R-05-004 "Man…

When a public water system supplies water to one or more other public water systems, the director may modify the monitoring requirements imposed by this chapter to the extent that the interconnection of the public water systems justifies treating them as a single public water sys…

(a) Except where a shorter period is specified in this chapter, the supplier of water shall report to the director the results of any test measurements or analysis required by this chapter: (1) Within the first ten days following the month in which the result is received; or (2) …

(a) Public water systems shall give notice as described below. (1) Each owner or operator of a public water system (community water systems, non-transient non-community water systems, and transient non-community water systems) must give notice for all violations of national prima…

(a) Any supplier of water of a public water system subject to the provisions of this chapter shall retain on its premises or at a convenient location near its premises the following records. (b) Records of microbiological analyses and turbidity analyses made pursuant to this chap…

(a) General Requirements(1) The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations. The regulations in this section establish or extend treatment technique requirements in lieu of maximum contaminant levels for Cryptosporidium. These requirements …

(a) The director may grant one or more variances to any public water system from any MCL requirement of an applicable state primary drinking water regulation upon a finding that: (1) Because of characteristics of the raw water sources which are reasonably available to the public …

(a) A supplier of water seeking a variance shall submit a written request to the director. Suppliers of water may submit a joint request for variances when they seek similar variances under similar circumstances. Any written request for a variance or variances shall include the f…

(a) In the director's consideration of whether the public water system is unable to comply with a contaminant level requirement of a state primary drinking water regulation because of the nature of the raw water source, the director shall consider such factors as he considers to …

(a) The director may exempt any public water system from any MCL requirement or any treatment technique requirement, or from both, of an applicable state primary drinking water regulation upon a finding that:(1) Due to compelling factors (which may include economic factors), the …

A supplier of water seeking an exemption shall submit a written request to the director. Suppliers of water may submit a joint request for exemptions when they seek similar exemptions under similar circumstances. Any written request for an exemption or exemptions shall include th…

In the director's consideration of whether the public water system is unable to comply due to compelling factors, the director shall consider such factors as the director determines to be relevant, including the following: (1) Construction, installation, or modification of treatm…

(a) If the director determines that a request for a variance or exemption is inadequate or incomplete, the director may deny the request. If the director fails to act on a variance or exemption request within one hundred eighty days after the request is submitted, the request wil…

(a) Before a variance, variance schedule, or exemption schedule proposed by the director pursuant to section 11-20-26 may take effect, the director shall provide notice and opportunity for public hearing on the variance, variance schedule, or exemption schedule. A notice given pu…

(a) Within sixty days after the termination of any public hearing held pursuant to section 11-20-27, the director shall, taking into consideration information obtained during such hearing, and other relevant information which shall include any written comments submitted pursuant …

(a) No person shall use a new source of raw water to supply a public water system unless the source and its treatment facilities, if any, have been approved by the director. (b) Any person proposing to use a new raw water source to supply a public water system shall submit plans,…

(a) General Requirements. (1) The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations. The regulations in this section establish monitoring and other requirements for achieving compliance with maximum contaminant levels based on locational running …

(a) No new public water system shall be constructed or used to deliver water to any user and no existing public water system shall be substantially modified nor shall the substantial modification be used to deliver water to any user until the new public water system or the substa…

(a) Before any person, other than a county department or board of water or water supply, may use a truck to deliver drinking water to supply a public water system, such person shall first notify the director and shall comply with procedures specified by the director to ensure tha…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any variance or exemption issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to enforcement action by the director pursuant to section 340E-8, HRS. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-32 [Eff 12/26/81; comp 3/7/92; comp 1/2/93; am and comp …

The director shall have the right: (1) To enter premises on which any public water system is located; (2) To inspect any equipment, operation, or sampling of any public water system; (3) To take water samples from any public water system; and (4) To have access to and copy any re…

(a) Suppliers of water for community public water systems shall collect and analyze one sample per plant at the entry point of the distribution system for the determination of sodium concentration levels; samples shall be collected and analyzed annually for public water systems u…

(a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) Community water supply systems shall identify whether the following construction materials are present in their distribution system and report to the department: (1) Lead from piping, solder, caulking, interior lining of distributi…

(a) The requirements of this section apply only to owners and operators of a public water system required to monitor for unregulated contaminants under 40 C.F.R. § 141.40. (b) Public water systems monitoring for unregulated contaminants under 40 C.F.R. § 141.40 must comply with t…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-37 R 11/30/02

(a) No supplier of water shall directly or indirectly add any chemical, material, or product to the drinking water supplied by a public water systems unless the chemical, material, or product has been tested and certified as meeting the specifications of American National Standar…

(a) Suppliers of community public water systems shall comply with section 11-20-34 monitoring requirements by February 27, 1982. Said suppliers shall complete the first round of sampling and reporting by August 27, 1981. (b) Suppliers of community public water systems shall compl…