Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 486-6

  • Administrator: means the administering officer of the quality assurance division, or any qualified person so designated by the chairperson. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486-1
  • Board: means board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486-1
  • Measurement standards: includes any standard or definition or model or reference or measurement relating to metrology including but not limited to weights and measures, artifacts, and reproducible definitions of a unit of measure and their applicable tolerances including those of the SI, and definitions of a lot size, sample and tolerances as related to statistical inspection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486-1
  • sale: include barter and exchange. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486-1

The board shall have the custody of the state measurement standards including the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter, and shall keep accurate records of the same. The board shall maintain such standards in a protective environment, as appropriate to such standards, and through the administrator and inspectors, shall enforce this chapter. The board shall have and maintain general supervision over the measurement standards proposed, established, or in use, and measures and measurement standards offered for sale, sold, or in use in the State.