HSPLS House Rules
(Auth: HRS §§302A-1120, 312-1) (Imp: HRS §312-1)
[Revised May 24, 2010]
Library card. A library card is required before a customer may
borrow or use library material or request enhanced services. Failure
to promptly inform the library that the customer’s card has been
lost or stolen may cause the customer to be responsible for material
borrowed. (Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 8 Department of
Education, Subtitle 3 Public Libraries, 200.6-2)
Library material security. Any library customer leaving a public
library with library material shall be required to charge the
library material out using a valid HSPLS library card. (8-201.1-4)
Smoking. Smoking is prohibited within a public library and within
twenty feet from any entrance, exit, windows that open and
ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed or partially enclosed
area. (8-201.1-5)
Alcoholic beverages. Consumption and use of alcoholic beverages is
prohibited on public library property. (8-201.1-6)
Food consumption. Eating and drinking are prohibited in a public
library except that refreshments may be served in a meeting room, or
as otherwise authorized by the state librarian or library manager.
(8-201.1-7)
Animals. Animals, other than service animals, are prohibited from a
public library, unless otherwise authorized by the library manager
or designee. A service animal means any animal that is trained to
provide those life activities limited by the disability of the
person. (8-201.1-8)
Skates. (a) Skates shall not be worn or used in or on public library
property, unless otherwise authorized by the library manager. (b) As
used in this section, "skates" include roller skates, inline skates,
skateboards, and any other instrument containing wheels which is
subject to being ridden. (8-201.1-9)
Unattended child. The public library shall not be responsible for
the care of any child left unattended in a public library. The
parent or guardian shall be responsible at all times for a child on
public library property. A child aged five and below left unattended
by a parent, guardian, adult, or other responsible person may be
reported to the police or other appropriate public agency.
(8-201.1-10)
Use of electrical outlet. Use of electrical outlets on public
library property is prohibited unless otherwise authorized by a
library manager. The use of an electrical outlet for the purposes of
personal consumption of food or drink or for personal hygiene is
prohibited. (8-201.1-11)
Personal property. Neither the public library nor the public library
staff is responsible for personal items left, stolen, or damaged on
public library property. (8-201.1-12)
Disruptive behavior. Behavior deemed disruptive by the library staff
shall be prohibited at all times. If the library customer continues
to display disruptive behavior after being warned by the library
manager, the customer shall be requested to leave the library until
the disruptive behavior has ceased. Prohibited disruptive behavior
is that which unduly interferes with a reasonable library customer’s
quiet enjoyment and use of the public library. Examples are:
fighting; excessive and/or loud noise; display of offensive images
on internet terminals; offensive body odor. (8-201.1-13)
Unlawful or malicious damage. Any person who unlawfully or
maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, disfigures, soils, obliterates,
breaks, or otherwise damages any library material shall be referred
to the library manager, and if necessary, shall be reported to the
police. (8-201.1-14)
Denial of use. Any person violating any decision or order of the
state librarian, library manager, or any administrative rule
governing HSPLS, may be denied use of a public library for a period
of time to be determined by the library manager or state librarian.
(8-201.1-16)
