(a) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes any substance specified in § 329-61 for use by a person in this State or who receives from a source outside of the State any substance specified in § 329-61 shall obtain a permit for the conduct of that business from the department of law enforcement.

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $10,000
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-660 and Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-67

  • Address: means , with respect to prescriptions, the physical location where an individual resides such as:

    (1) Street address, city, and state;
    (2) Tax map key number; or
    (3) The description of a physical location. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Person: means individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
(b) Applications for permits shall be filed in writing and signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the name of the applicant, the business in which the applicant is engaged, the business address of the applicant, and a full description of any substance sold, transferred, or otherwise furnished, or received.
(c) The department of law enforcement may grant permits which shall be effective for not more than one year from the date of issuance. Applications and permits shall be uniform through the State, on forms prescribed by the department of law enforcement.
(d) Each applicant shall pay at the time of filing an application for a permit a fee determined by the department of law enforcement in accordance with the department’s rules.
(e) A permit granted pursuant to this part may be renewed one year from the date of issuance, and annually thereafter, upon the filing of a renewal application and the payment of a permit renewal fee in accordance with the department’s rules.
(f)

(1) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes, or receives any substance specified in § 329-61 without a permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and
(2) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who has previously been convicted of violating section 329-67(a), upon a subsequent conviction thereof shall be guilty of a class C felony.