§438-5  Powers and duties of the board. 
(a)  In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board
may give examinations for the issuance of licenses to practice barbering and
cosmetology; issue apprentice permits or temporary permits; grant, revoke, or
suspend licenses, apprentice permits, or temporary permits; and establish,
subject to chapter 91 and with the approval of the governor and the director,
rules governing the practice of barbering and cosmetology that shall have the
force and effect of law.



(b)  The board may require the attendance of
witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers as it or any person
involved may desire at any hearing of any matter which the board has authority
to investigate, and for that purpose may require the executive secretary to
issue a subpoena for any witness or a subpoena duces tecum to compel the
production of any books, records, or papers directed to the sheriff or chief of
police of the county where the witness resides or is found which shall be
served and returned in the same manner as a subpoena in a criminal case.  Fees
and mileage shall be paid from the funds in the state treasury for the use of
the board in the same manner as other expenses of the board.



(c)  Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing
which the board is empowered by law to hold or undertake may be held or
undertaken by or before any member or members of the board or an appointed
hearings officer and the finding or order of that member, members, or hearings
officer shall be deemed to be the finding or order of the board when approved
and confirmed by it.



(d)  The board, as prescribed by rules, may
recognize the equivalency of barber and hairdresser practices to allow training
of an apprentice by either licensee in order for the apprentice to fulfill
training requirements. [L 1947, c 194, §5; RL 1955, §58-5; am L 1965, c 96,
§40; HRS §438-5; am L 1974, c 205, §2(5); am L 1983, c 240, §3; am L 1986, c
138, §7 and c 211, §4; am L 1987, c 246, §3; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990,
c 281, §11; am L 1992, c 202, §36; am L 1993, c 264, §2; am L 1997, c 87, §4]



 



Cross References



 



  Sheriff, etc., §26-14.6.