(a) In addition to any other administrative or judicial remedy provided by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, the director may impose by order the penalties specified in § 342P-20.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342P-21

(b) Factors to be considered in imposing an administrative penalty shall include:

(1) The nature and history of the violation and any prior violations;
(2) The economic benefit, if any, resulting from the violation;
(3) The opportunity, difficulty, and history of corrective action;
(4) Good faith efforts to comply; and
(5) Any other matters that justice may require.
(c) It shall be presumed that the violator’s economic and financial conditions allow payment of the penalty; the burden of proof to the contrary shall be on the violator.
(d) In any judicial proceeding to collect the administrative penalty imposed, the director need only show that:

(1) Notice was given;
(2) A hearing was held or the time granted for requesting a hearing expired without a request for a hearing;
(3) The administrative penalty was imposed; and
(4) The penalty remains unpaid.
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