OAH Overview/Services

A description of OAH’s mission with links to key services

The kinds of cases heard by the Office of Administrative Hearings include:

  • disciplinary proceedings against professional and vocational licensees;
  • hearings to contest the denial of an application for licensure or registration, or the denial of an application for renewal or restoration;
  • hearings to contest the issuance of citations for engaging in activities for which a professional or vocational license is required;
  • disputes involving the denial or withholding of no-fault or personal injury protection benefits;
  • disputes involving the legal ownership of trade names, trade marks, partnership names, and corporate names; and
  • hearings to contest the issuance of cease and desist orders issued by the Boards, Commissions, programs, and Divisions of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

The Office of Administrative Hearings also conducts formal administrative proceedings to resolve disputes arising from the State’s procurement laws pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Chapter 103D.

Also included within the Office of Administrative Hearings are the Medical Inquiry and Conciliation Panel (“MICP”) and the Design Claim Conciliation Panel (“DCCP”).

Since October 2012, the Office of Administrative Hearings has been responsible for conducting case hearings for the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii.