Generally
HRS §386-181
in effect386-181. Generally
(a) As used in this section:
"Police chaplain" means a member of
an authorized chaplaincy program of a county police department who performs
services in a voluntary and unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of
an officer of the department.
"Public board" means a governmental
body, regardless of its designation, duly created under authority vested by law
for the purposes of performing quasi-judicial, administrative, or advisory
functions.
"Reserve police officer" means a
member of an authorized reserve force of a county police department who
performs services in a voluntary and unpaid capacity under the authorized
direction of an officer of the department.
"Reserve public safety law enforcement
officer" means a member of the authorized volunteer law enforcement force
of the department of law enforcement who performs services in a voluntary and
unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of an officer of the department
of law enforcement.
"Sheriffs' chaplain" means a member
of an authorized chaplaincy program of the department of law enforcement who
performs functions similar to a police chaplain in a voluntary and unpaid
capacity for the sheriff division.
"Volunteer boating enforcement
officer" means a member of the authorized volunteer enforcement force of
the harbors division, department of transportation, who performs services in a
voluntary and unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of an officer of
the department.
"Volunteer conservation and resources
enforcement officer" means a member of the authorized volunteer
enforcement force of the division of conservation and resources enforcement,
department of land and natural resources, who performs services in a voluntary
and unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of an officer of the
department.
"Volunteer firefighter" means a
person who performs services for a county fire department in a voluntary and
unpaid capacity under the authorized direction of an officer of the department.
(b) If a member of a public board, a reserve
police officer, a police chaplain, a reserve public safety law enforcement
officer, sheriffs' chaplain, a volunteer firefighter, a volunteer boating
enforcement officer, or a volunteer conservation and resources enforcement
officer is injured while performing services for the board, county police
department, county fire department, department of law enforcement, harbors
division of the department of transportation, or division of conservation and
resources enforcement of the department of land and natural resources, under
the conditions specified in section 386-3, the person or the person's
dependents shall be entitled to all compensation in the manner provided by this
chapter and, for the purposes of this chapter, the person shall, in every case,
be deemed to have earned wages for the services.
(c) In computing the average weekly wages of
an injured public board member, reserve police officer, police chaplain,
reserve public safety law enforcement officer, sheriffs' chaplain, volunteer
firefighter, volunteer boating enforcement officer, or volunteer conservation
and resources enforcement officer:
(1) The person's income from self-employment shall be
considered wages;
(2) The person shall, in no event, be considered to
have earned less than the minimum hourly wage prescribed in chapter 387;
(3) Wages of other employees in comparable employment
may be considered; and
(4) All provisions of section 386-51 not inconsistent
with this section shall apply; provided that section 386-51(5) shall not apply.
[L 1968, c 57, §2; am L 1970, c 208, §1; am L 1972, c 54, §1; am L 1977, c 191,
§2; am L 1983, c 124, §15; am L 1987, c 121, §1; am L 1996, c 260, §7; am L
2009, c 138, §1; am L 2022, c 50, §2 and c 278, §§17, 55; am L 2023, c 195, §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0386/HRS_0386-0181.htmFetched: 11/10/2026