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, 200.1-3)

Library material security. Any library customer leaving a public library with library material shall be required to charge the library material out upon presentation of a library card. (8-201.1-4)

Smoking. Smoking is prohibited within a public library. (8-201.1-5)

Alcoholic beverages. Consumption and use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in a public library. (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. (8-201.1-7)

Animals. Animals, other than those used as aids to people with physical disabilities, are prohibited from a public library, unless otherwise authorized by the branch library manager. (8-201.1-8)

Skates. (a) Skates shall not be worn or used in or on public library property, unless otherwise authorized by the branch library manager. (b) As used in this section, "skates" shall mean and include roller skates, in line skates, and skateboards. (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. A child aged five and below shall be accompanied by a parent, guardian, adult, or responsible person at all times while in a public library. A child aged five and below left unattended by a parent, guardian, adult, or responsible person may be reported to the police or other responsible public agency. (8-201.1-10)

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. Any 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 branch library manager or designee, the customer shall be requested to leave the library until the disruptive behavior has ceased. Prohibited disruptive behavior is that which unduly interferes with another 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 branch 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, department, branch library manager, or any administrative rule adopted by the state librarian, may be denied use of a public library for a period of time to be determined by the branch library manager or state librarian. (8-201.1-16)

(Auth: HRS §§296-19, 312-1) (Imp: HRS §312-1)