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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-17

  • Board: means the pest control board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 460J-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.
  • 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.
  • 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

No partnership, joint venture, or corporation shall be deemed to have violated this chapter by acting or assuming to act as a pest control operator after the death or dissociation of a licensee who had the direct management of the pest control business thereof prior to final disposition by the board of an application for a license made within thirty days from the date of the death or dissociation.