Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 465D · 12 active provisions
It is the intent of the legislature to establish standards for the licensing of behavior analysts to address the present and critical need for ensuring that those in the community requiring diagnosis and treatment for autism receive the care needed along with other healthcare needs. The special state interest for creat…
For the purposes of this chapter: "Applied behavior analysis" means interventions that are based on scientific research and the direct observation and measurement of behavior and the environment. "Behavior Analyst Certification Board" means the international accredited Behavior Analyst Certification Board or its succes…
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, there is established a behavior analyst program within the department to be administered by the director. (b) The department may employ necessary personnel without regard to chapter 76 to assist with the implementation and continuing functions of this chapter.
(a) Beginning on January 1, 2016, except as specifically provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis or use the title "licensed behavior analyst" or "behavior analyst" without a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter. (b) Any person who violates this section shal…
In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the director shall have the powers and duties to: (1) Grant, deny, renew, refuse to renew, restore, terminate, reinstate, condition, restrict, suspend, or revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter; (2) Grant permission to a person to engage in the pra…
(a) Upon issuance of a new license and at each license renewal period, each behavior analyst shall pay, in addition to a license fee or renewal fee, a surcharge of $50, which shall be maintained in a separate account within the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o). At the end of each quart…
(a) This chapter is not intended to restrict the practice of other licensed or credentialed practitioners practicing within their own recognized scopes of practice and shall not apply to: (1) A licensed psychologist and any supervisee of the licensed psychologist; provided that applied behavior analysis services perfor…
The department shall issue a license under this chapter to an applicant for behavior analyst if the applicant provides satisfactory evidence to the department that the applicant meets the requirements for licensure contained in this chapter and rules adopted by the director and if the applicant for behavior analyst: (1…
. The director may issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who holds a current and unencumbered license as a behavior analyst in another state; provided that the requirements for a license in that state are deemed by the director to be equivalent to or higher than the current requirements for licensure in this S…
Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for two years and shall be renewed upon the payment of a renewal fee within sixty days before the expiration of the license. Failure to renew a license shall result in forfeiture of that license. Licenses that have been forfeited may be restored within one year of…
(a) In addition to any other acts or conditions provided by law, the director may refuse to renew, reinstate, or restore and may deny, revoke, suspend, or condition in any manner any license for any one or more of the following acts or conditions on the part of a licensee or license applicant: (1) Failure to meet or to…
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director shall automatically revoke a license or deny an application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license under either of the following circumstances: (1) The licensee has been convicted in any court in or outside of this State of any offense that, if committed or a…