"Appeal" means a timely filed petition disputing the university's notification of delinquent financial obligation, including a request for hearing under subchapter 2 filed on the appropriate form.
"Board" means the board of regents of the university.
"Business office" means the primary business office which receives payments for tuition, fees, and other official charges on the campus at which the delinquent financial obligation occurred.
"Campus" refers to each of the following major organizational units of the University:
"Chancellor" refers to the chief executive officer of the respective campus, and shall include their authorized designee.
"Claimant" means the university program which initiates the utilization of the setoff procedure provided in subchapter 3.
"Contested case" means the administrative case initiated by a person to contest the setoff under subchapter 3.
"Debtor" means any person who owes a debt to the university.
"Defaulted" means failure to make a scheduled installment payment on a promissory note or failure to comply with other terms of a promissory note.
"Delinquent" means being past due on student loan payments or failing to pay or establish a payment plan for other types of financial obligations by the established deadlines.
"Financial obligation" means any amount owed to the university.
"Hearing officer" means a person duly designated by the university to preside over a hearing under this chapter.
"Party" means any person that participates in an appeal hearing or a contested case hearing as a person filing the appeal, a business office, a debtor, or a claimant.
"Person" includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any trustee, assignee, receiver, or legal successor thereof.
"President" means the president of the university.
"Review" means an informal proceeding which affords a person an opportunity to present the person's case to a university staff member duly authorized under this chapter.
"Sanctions" means the range of penalties which the university may invoke in cases of delinquent financial obligations.
"Setoff" means the application of a person's income tax refund or any other sums due to the person from the State, to a valid debt due and owing the university pursuant to the authority granted by sections 231-51 to 231-59, HRS.
"University" means the University of Hawaii. Any of the provisions in this chapter which affect the standing of a person at any one campus also affect the standing or potential standing at all other campuses.
Haw. Code R. § 20-10-3