§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]