HRS §486N-2
Who is exempt from this health club law
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lists groups that do not have to follow this chapter. It covers nonprofits, self-defense or dance schools, member-owned private clubs, doctors' medical services, the state and its counties, certain older health clubs, and clubs where fitness is only a small part of their space.
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The statute, as written — Exemptions
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.
This chapter shall not apply to: (1) Any nonprofit organization; (2) Any person operating a business primarily for the purpose of teaching a form of self-defense or dance as an art; (3) Any private club owned and operated by its members; (4) Any medically related service performed by a doctor legally authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State, in a private office, clinic, or hospital; (5) The State or any of its political subdivisions; (6) Any health club which began offering health club contracts or any other contracts in the State prior to December 31, 1969; or (7) Any club whose function as a health club is only incidental to its overall function and purpose, and whose covered floor space devoted to the maintenance or development of physical fitness or well-being through physical exercise comprises less than thirty-five per cent of the total covered floor space of the club available to members.
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