Section 4-29-7.1 - Requirements for dogs, cats, and other carnivores to remain on board a transiting private or commercial vessel for up to ten days(a) Dogs, cats, and other carnivores aboard a transiting private or commercial vessel in Hawaiian waters may be permitted by an inspector to remain on board no longer than ten days after the vessel is first anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands, provided the transiting private or commercial vessel has a professional security agent or security service on board, or provides a special duty police officer at the docking location twenty-four hours a day to ensure that animals subject to quarantine remain on board the vessel.(b) The owner, captain, or other person in charge of a transiting private or commercial vessel with dogs, cats, or other carnivores on board remaining in Hawaiian waters less than ten days after the vessel is first anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands shall submit a signed statement witnessed by an inspector and attached to the shipmaster's declaration attesting that the animals in question shall be securely confined within a locked, escape-proof room or compartment on board the vessel at all times during the period the vessel remains in port and that no other dogs, cats, or other carnivores will be allowed aboard the vessel during the time it is in Hawaii.(c) Computation of the ten-day period shall begin at the time the vessel first docks, anchors, or moors in the Hawaiian Islands regardless of the number of ports to be visited. The day of arrival shall be counted as one of the ten days, regardless of the hour of arrival, and the tenth day shall expire at midnight on the tenth calendar day after arrival.(d) If the vessel is still in Hawaiian waters or at a port within the State after ten days, all dogs, cats, or other carnivores on board shall be transported to or from the animal quarantine station pursuant to section 4-29-7(e), (f), and (g).[Eff and comp 07/10/00; am and comp 06/30/03; am and comp 02/12/04; comp 10/31/05; am and comp SEP 28 2009] (Auth: HRS § 142-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 142-3, 142-4, 142-8)