HAR §11-26-3. Definitions

As used in this chapter: "Arthropods" means invertebrate (without spinal column) animals with jointed legs. "Department" means the Hawaii state department of health. "Director" means the director of health or a duly authorized person. "Eradication" means the elimination or extermination of rodents and other public health vectors. "Foodstuff" means articles used or intended to be used for food or drink by humans or animals. "Garbage" means all discarded wastes resulting from the growing, handling, storage, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food. "Harborage" means any condition or place which may provide shelter for public health vectors or favor their multiplication or continued existence. "Nuisances" mean any vector breeding sources and harborages, sources of filth, causes of sickness, disease, injury, or discomfort. "Opening" means any aperture through which any vector may enter a building. "Pest management" means the utilization of a coordinated multiple control approach to secure the precision control of vectors, which includes but is not limited to a combination of chemical, biological, physical, mechanical, and environmental control measures. "Putrescible wastes" means those waste materials of organic origin capable of breeding, harboring, or serving as food sources for vectors. 26-3 §11-26-3 "Ratproof" means to construct or repair so as to prevent the entrance of rats and other rodents into buildings from the exterior or from one building or establishment to another. Such construction consists of closure or barrier with materials impervious to rodents' gnawing. "Refuse" means putrescible wastes, rubbish, or trash, or a mixture of any of these items. "Rubbish" means waste, broken or rejected matter, and all loose materials, not including garbage, whether combustible or not. "State" means the State of Hawaii. "Vector" means an organism, usually an insect or other arthropod, rodent, or other animal, capable of transmitting the causative agents of human diseases or affecting public health and well-being. [Eff. 9/18/81; am and comp 8/10/00] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 321-10) (Imp: HRS §321-11)