ยง321-15ย  Biennial registration; fees,
failure to register; denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.ย  (a)ย 
Every person holding a license to practice any occupation specified in section
321-13(a)(1) shall reregister with the department of health every other year in
accordance with the rules of the department, before February 1 except where
superseded by federal law, and shall pay a reregistration fee.ย  The failure,
neglect, or refusal of any person holding such a license to reregister or pay
the reregistration fee, after thirty days of delinquency, shall constitute a
forfeiture of the person's license; provided that the license shall be restored
upon written application therefor together with a payment of all delinquent
fees and an additional late reregistration fee that may be established by the
director of health.ย  All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
deposited into the environmental health education fund established under
section 321-27.



(b)ย  The department shall suspend, refuse to renew,
reinstate, or restore, or deny any license or application if the department has
received certification from the child support enforcement agency pursuant to
the terms of section 576D-13 that the licensee or applicant is not in
compliance with an order of support as defined in section 576D-1 or has failed
to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support
proceeding.ย  Unless otherwise provided by law, the department shall grant,
renew, restore, or reinstate a license only upon receipt of an authorization
from the child support enforcement agency, office of child support hearings, or
family court.



(c)ย  The department
shall not renew or reinstate, or shall deny or suspend any license or
application, if the department has received certification from an administering
entity pursuant to chapter 436C that the licensee or applicant is in default or
breach of any obligation under any student loan, student loan repayment
contract, or scholarship contract that financed the licensee's or applicant's
education, or has failed to comply with a repayment plan.



The department in receipt of a certification
pursuant to chapter 436C shall, as applicable, and without further review or
hearing:



(1)ย  Suspend the license;



(2)ย  Deny the application or request for renewal of
the license; or



(3)ย  Deny the request for reinstatement of the
license,



and unless otherwise provided by law, shall grant,
renew, or reinstate the license only upon receipt of an authorization from the
administering entity. [L 1957, c 316, pt of ยง1; am L 1959, c 25, ยง2; am L Sp
1959 2d, c 1, ยง19; Supp, ยง46-15.2; HRS ยง321-15; am L 1969, c 160, ยง3; am L
1973, c 80, ยง2(3); am L 1974, c 214, ยง3; am L 1982, c 80, ยง3; gen ch 1985; am L
1994, c 169, ยงยง4, 9; am L 1996, c 164, ยง1; am L 1997, c 293, ยง15; am L 1998, c
311, ยงยง14, 16; am L 1999, c 273, ยง3; am L 2002, c 226, ยง5; am L 2003, c 133,
ยง6]