Haw. Code R. § 19-133.2-18 - Operating procedures for inspectors

Inspectors shall conduct all inspections in accordance with this chapter and the following:

(1) No person shall claim to be an inspector or issue any official inspection certificate and sticker unless that person possesses a current, valid, inspector certificate to conduct inspections of the vehicle type and at the inspection station location indicated on the certificate;

(2) Certified inspectors shall be the only persons authorized to fill out and sign the inspection certificate and issue and affix an inspection sticker to a vehicle after successful completion of the inspection;

(3) A certified inspector may be assisted by a noncertified person when conducting an inspection, provided that the noncertified person and inspector must work together and at the same time on the same vehicle when doing an inspection as a means of training a potential inspector. Persons being trained to be a certified inspector must take the inspector test no later than thirty days after the start of training. If the person fails the test, the person is no longer considered to be in training and shall not assist with inspections;

(4) Any inspector, working at a public inspection station, shall not require unnecessary repairs, make excessive charges, or act abusively to customers seeking inspection certification for their vehicles;

(5) Certified inspectors shall not allow their personal vehicles that they park at the inspection station of their employment to be out of compliance with motor vehicle equipment and inspection rules and laws; and

(6) Certified inspectors shall not make modifications to any vehicle that would make the vehicle noncompliant with motor vehicle inspection rules and laws.

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Haw. Code R. § 19-133.2-18

[Eff 7/31/89; am and comp DEC 02 2005] (Auth: HRS §§ 286-18, 26) (Imp: HRS §§ 286-16, 27) [am and comp 8/13/2011; am and comp Nov 1, 2013; Am and Comp 9/30/2018] [Comp 9/4/2021]