Haw. Code R. § 4-87.1-4
As used in this chapter:
"Acceptance tolerance" establishes limits of inaccuracy permissible for measures susceptible of commercial usage. Acceptance tolerance applies to a new or newly overhauled or newly installed or adjusted measure, and is smaller than the maintenance tolerance, usually by one-half.
"Administrator" means the administering officer of the quality assurance division, or any qualified person so designated by the chairperson of the board of agriculture.
''Certificate of conformance" means a document issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology based on testing in participating laboratories and constitutes evidence of conformance of a type with the requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, 105-1, 105-2, or 105-3.
"Department" means the department of agriculture.
"Maintenance tolerance" establishes the limits of inaccuracy within which measures susceptible of commercial usage shall perform, and beyond which the use of such measure becomes unlawful. The maintenance tolerance applies to measures which have been in use for more than thirty days.
"Measure" includes all measures of every kind, including but not limited to weight, mass, length, volume, time, and count; instruments and devices for weighing, measuring, or counting; and appliances and accessories associated with any such instruments and devices.
"Measurement standards" includes any standard, definition, model, reference, or measurement relating to metrology including but not limited to weights and measures, artifacts, and reproducible definitions of a unit of measure and their applicable tolerances including those of the International Standards, and definitions of a lot size, sample, and tolerances as related to statistical inspection.
"Registered service person" means a person who, for consideration or payment of any kind, alters the state of any component of a measure or measurement standard or its performance, and who voluntarily registers with the administrator.
"Seal" means the sign, symbol, or object placed upon a measure to indicate that it has been inspected and tested by the administrator or registered service person and found to be in compliance with all applicable requirements.
"Susceptible of commercial usage" includes persons, things, actions, including governmental agencies, involved in establishing the net, gross, or tare measure, cost, or value of any part, portion, or proration of the total, as it may be used in the quantification or measurement of anything impacting upon salary or wages, commerce or trade, or their documentation, including the establishing of a basis for taxes due.
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