HRS §464-2
Who must be licensed
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says you must have a license to work as a professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, or landscape architect in Hawaii, unless you are exempt under other rules. It protects people's safety and property.
everyone
The statute, as written — Licensing of practicing engineers, etc
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
In order to safeguard life, health, and property, no person except those exempted by sections 464-3 and 464-5 shall practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying or landscape architecture in the State unless the person is duly licensed under this chapter.
Sections this one refers to
§464-3 Federal employees exempt from state licensing
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