Section 23-200-5 - Persons required to register but exempt from fee(a) The director shall exempt requirement of obtaining a registration fee for registration or re-registration: (1) Any hospital or other institution which is operated by an agency of the United States (including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Veteran's Administration), of any State, or any political subdivision or agency thereof; and(2) Any individual practitioners who are required to obtain an individual registration in order to carry out their duties as an official of an agency of the United States (including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Veteran's Administration), of any State, or any political subdivision thereof.(b) In order to claim exemption from payment of a registration or re-registration application fee, the registrant shall have completed the certification on the appropriate controlled substance application form wherein the registrant's superior (if the registrant is an individual) or officer (if the registrant is an agency) certifies to the status and address of the registrant and to the authority of the registrant to acquire, possess, or handle controlled substances.(c) Any person who is exempt from the registration fee may apply to re-register not earlier than sixty days prior to the expiration date of the registration. A fee of $25 shall be paid for re-registration after the expiration date on the certificate of registration. Exemption from payment of a controlled substance registration or re-registration fee does not relieve the registrant of any other requirements or duties prescribed by law.(d) In order to enable law enforcement agency laboratories to obtain and transfer controlled substances for use as standards in chemical analyses, laboratories must obtain annually a registration to conduct chemical analyses. Such laboratories shall be exempted from payment of any fee for registration.[Eff APR 15 2000] (Auth: HRS §§ 329-31, 353C-2) (Imp: HRS § 329-32)The amended version of this section by Hawaii Administrative Rules Listing of Filings, 2018-01, February, eff. 2/22/2018 is not yet available.