Section 13-251-6 - Examination of applicants(a) The department shall examine every applicant for an operator permit, except as otherwise provided in this section. The examination shall include a test of the applicant's knowledge of this chapter and shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of catamarans, canoes, surfboards, sailboards, or commercial motorboats, as the case may be, and such further written, physical, and mental examination as the department feels is necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to operate a catamaran, canoe, surfboard, sailboard, or motorboat safely upon the Waikiki or Kaanapali ocean waters as appropriate; provided that applicants for learner steersperson permits shall not be required to pass the canoe surfing test.(b) The department may issue without examination an operator permit to any person applying therefore who furnished evidence satisfactory to the department that the person is not disqualified under this chapter and that the person has previously been issued an operator permit by the department. [Eff 2/24/94; am and comp SEP 25 2014] (Auth: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-3, 200-4) (Imp: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-3, 200-4)