§464-7  Powers and duties of board;
secretary; records.  In addition to any other powers and duties authorized
by law, the board may compel the attendance of witnesses upon subpoena,
administer oaths, take testimony, and do all other things necessary and proper
to carry out this chapter in all matters within its jurisdiction.  It shall
adopt and have an official seal and adopt, subject to chapter 91 and with the
approval of the governor and the director of commerce and consumer affairs,
rules for the performance of its duties and the carrying on of its business and
the enforcement of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules which
define the branches of engineering in which licensure shall be offered, clarify
the qualifications needed for licensure, and set forth practice requirements. 
It shall have a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary, and a quorum
shall consist of not less than six members.



The board shall keep a record of its
proceedings and all applicants for licensure as engineers, architects,
surveyors, or landscape architects, the date of application, name, educational
and other qualifications, address, whether or not an examination was required,
and whether or not the applicant was licensed and a certificate issued to the
applicant and the date of the action.  The records shall be prima facie
evidence of all matters therein contained. [L 1923, c 227, §3; RL 1925, §3685;
am L 1933, c 40, §1; RL 1935, §7036; RL 1945, §7608; am L 1949, c 306, §3; RL
1955, §166-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§14, 15; am L 1961, c 184, §24; am L 1963,
c 114, §§1, 3; am L 1965, c 96, §106; am L 1967, c 9, §1; HRS §464-7; am L
1970, c 85, §1; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17 and c 155, §3; gen
ch 1985; am L 1988, c 226, §4; am L 1989, c 210, §9; am L 1992, c 11, §1 and c
202, §154; am L 1997, c 8, §2]