(a) The department of public safety shall register an applicant to manufacture, dispense, prescribe, distribute, or conduct reverse distribution with controlled substances included in sections 329-14, 329-16, 329-18, 329-20, and 329-22 unless it determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the department of public safety shall consider the following factors: see full law

Every person who manufactures, distributes, prescribes, or dispenses any controlled substance listed in part II, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, within this State or who proposes to engaged in the manufacture, distribution, prescription, or dispensing of any controlled substance  within this State, or who dispenses or proposes to dispense any controlled substance for use in this State by shipping, mailing, or otherwise delivering the controlled substance from a location out of this State, shall obtain annually a certificate of registration issued by the department. see full law

(3) Dispenses or proposes to dispense any controlled substance for use in this State by shipping, mailing, or otherwise delivering the controlled substance from a location outside this State; shall obtain a registration issued by the department of public safety in accordance with the department's rules. A licensed or registered health care professional who acts as the authorized agent of a practitioner and who administers controlled substances at the direction of the practitioner shall not be required to obtain a registration. see full law