Haw. Code R. § 17-647-2
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Application" means a written request on the department's application form for financial assistance and food stamps.
"Authorized representative" means a person designated in writing by the head of a household, the spouse, or other responsible household member, to act on behalf of a household in applying for program benefits, and in securing and using food stamp coupons. For food stamps, it shall also mean a private nonprofit organization or institution conducting a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center, or a public or private nonprofit group living arrangement whose residents are blind or disabled recipients of benefits under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. §§401 - 433; 1381-1383), which will act on behalf of households who reside at the centers in applying for and obtaining food stamps.
"Certification period" means a definite period of time established by the branch during which the household shall be eligible for food stamp benefits unless notified otherwise through appropriate notification procedures.
"Collateral contact" means verification of a household's statements through a personal or telephone contact with a person outside a household.
"Elderly person" means a person sixty years of age or over.
"Identifiable application" means an application that contains an applicant's name, address, the signature of a responsible member of a household or a household's authorized representative, and a date.
"INS" means the Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of Justice.
"Notice of adverse action" means an adequate and timely advance notice which shall be sent to a household to inform the household of action planned to reduce or terminate program benefits.
"Verification" means the use of third party information or documentation to establish the accuracy of statements on an application.
Haw. Code R. § 17-647-2