Opinion ID: 1121240
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Heading: pertinent statutory provisions

Text: HRS Chapter 91, Administrative Procedure, provides, inter alia, as follows: § 91-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter: (1) Agency means each state or county board, commission, department, or officer authorized by law to make rules or to adjudicate contested cases, except those in the legislative or judicial branches. (2) Persons includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, or public or private organizations of any character other than agencies. (3) Party means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, in any court or agency proceeding. ...... (5) Contested case means a proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of specific parties are required by law to be determined after an opportunity for agency hearing. (6) Agency hearing refers only to such hearing held by an agency immediately prior to a judicial review of a contested case as provided in section 91-14. ...... § 91-14 Judicial review of contested cases. (a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision and order in a contested case ... is entitled to judicial review....