Haw. Code R. § 17-2030-2
As used in this chapter:
"Corporation" means the housing and Community development corporation of Hawaii.
"Dependent" means a member of a household, other than the head or spouse, who is related by blood or adoption and including foster children and hanai children, who is under nineteen years of age; disabled; or physically-challenged.
"Facility Operator" means an Organization managing or operating a homeless facility pursuant to the stipend program and may include the corporation or a provider agency.
"Family" means:
(1) Two or more persons who live or intent to live together as a unit, one of whom is a dependent, under nineteen years of age, related by blood, marriage, or Operation of law, including foster children and hanai children; or
(2) A person who is pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child or children, and who has reached the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated.
"Government record" means Information maintained by an agency in written, auditory, Visual, electronic, or other physical form as defined in section 92F-3, HRS.
"Hanai child" means a person, under nineteen years of age, for whom an applicant provides food, nourishment,' and support and who is known among friends, relatives, and the Community as the applicant's child.
"Hearings officer" means any person, or panel of persons, duly appointed and authorized by the facility Operator to hold a hearing for the purpose of taking evidence or oral argument and making a decision in any matter concerning participants before the facility Operator.
"House rules" means rules which provide for the internal management of a homeless facility and which participants are required to follow.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Notice of cause" means a notice by the facility Operator to evict a participant, or to bar a homeless family or individual from further participation in a homeless facility.
"Participant" means a family or individual that is determined eligible for and receives shelter or Services in any program for the homeless pursuant to chapter 17-2026.
"Party" means the facility Operator, if named, permitted, or entitled as of right to participate in a proceeding; a provider agency; a participant; each person named in a proceeding; or any person, permitted or entitled as of right to participate in a proceeding before the hearings officer, in the capacity of a petitioner, claimant, respondent, intervenor, or in a capacity other than that of a witness.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association through a representative, or public or private Organization of any character.
"Proceeding" refers to any matter brought before the hearings officer to evict a participant or to bar a participant from further participation in a homeless facility.
"Respondent" means the party who contests or controverts a proceeding.
"Social Services agreement" means the agreement signed between a facility Operator and a participant which outlines specific terms and conditions the participant must satisfy in order to continue participation in the program.
Haw. Code R. § 17-2030-2