DCCA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
(Through March 2024)

The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and its respective state Boards and Commissions released a summary of disciplinary actions through the month of March 2024, taken on individuals and entities with professional and vocational licenses in Hawai‘i. These disciplinary actions include dispositions based upon either the results of contested case hearings or settlement agreements submitted by the parties. Respondents enter into settlement agreements as a compromise to claims and to conserve on the expenses of proceeding with an administrative hearing.

The DCCA and the Boards and Commissions are responsible for ensuring those with professional and vocational licenses are performing up to the standards prescribed by state law.

BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC

Respondent:        Dustin R. Craft (Hawai‘i Island)

Case Number:     CHI 2020-0020-L

Sanction:             $1,000 fine, proof of completion Continuing Education (CE) hours

Effective Date:     3-11-24

RICO alleges that Respondent renewed his license on December 26, 2019, certifying Respondent completed the required 20 CE hours in the 24 months preceding the renewal deadline, that the Board audited Respondent requiring proof of CE completion, and that Respondent did not submit written proof of completion of CE programs, in potential violation of HRS §§ 436B-19(2), 442-9(a)(11), and 442-9(a)(14) and HAR § 16-76-38(a). (Board approved Settlement Agreement.)

BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Respondent:        John P. Moscony

Case Number:     VET 2021-4-L

Sanction:             Reprimand letter

Effective Date:     3-13-24

After a contested case hearing, the Board found and concluded that Respondent violated HRS §§ 471-9(f), 471-10(b)(2) and 436B-19(17). (Board’s Final Order after contested case hearing.)

REAL ESTATE APPRAISER PROGRAM

Respondent:        Maylyn H.M. Stake

Case Number:     REA 2023-0004-L

Sanction:             Voluntary license suspension

Effective Date:     3-15-24

RICO alleges that on May 16, 2023, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) removed Respondent from the Federal Housing Administration Appraiser Roster for a period of one year, based on a determination that Respondent reported an appraisal of real estate property, which included multiple appraisal deficiencies and that Respondent failed to report an appraisal in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, in potential violation of HRS §§ 466K-4(a), 436B-19(13), and 436B-19(17) and HAR §§ 16-114-106(4), 16-114-106(5), and 16-114-106(8). (Program approved Settlement Agreement.)

MEDICAL BOARD

Respondent:        Kalyan R. Dandala

Case Number:     MED 2023-71-L

Sanction:             $1,000 fine

Effective Date:     3-7-24

RICO alleges that Respondent was convicted of Negligent Driving in the First Degree in the state of Washington on July 30, 2013, and that on Respondent’s initial February 2017 application, Respondent did not disclose the July 2013 conviction, in potential violation of HRS §§ 453-8(a)(6) and 453-8(a)(15). (Board approved Settlement Agreement.)

PEST CONTROL BOARD

Respondent:        Kamaʻaina Termite & Pest Control, Inc.

Case Number:     PCO 2021-19-L + 13 cases

Sanction:             License revocation, $35,000 fine, $22,114.56 restitution

Effective Date:     3-18-24

After a contested case hearing, the Board adopted the Hearings Officer’s recommended order and found and concluded that Respondent violated HRS § 460J-15(a)(4) in all 14 cases.  (Board’s Final Order after contested case hearing.)

REAL ESTATE COMMISSION

Respondents:      Dave Lucas and Keana Alexandra Lucas (Hawai‘i Island)

Case Number:     REC 2023-243-L

Sanction:             $1,000 fine

Effective Date:     3-22-24

RICO alleges that Respondent Dave Lucas (DL) knowingly certified Respondent Keana Lucas’s (KL) application which contained a misrepresentation of Respondent KL’s legal name, and that Respondent KL knowingly misrepresented her legal name on her application, in potential violation of HRS §§ 467-1.6(b)(4), 467-14(13) and HAR § 16-99-3(b) and HRS §§ 436B-19(2), 467-14(13) and HAR § 16-99-3(b). (Commission approved Settlement Agreement.)

CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD

Respondents:      Sterling Pacific Construction, Inc. and Miroslav Neskovic

Case Number:     CLB 2021-175-L

Sanction:             $2,000 fine

Effective Date:     3-22-24

RICO alleges that Respondents failed to sign a contract for a bathroom renovation project and did not verbally explain lien rights or contractor bonding, and that Respondent’s license number is not listed on its website, in potential violation of HRS §§ 444-9.2(b), 444-17(12), 444-25.5(a)(1), 444-25.5(a)(2) and 444-25.5(b). (Board approved Settlement Agreement.)

Copies of the decisions are available online at: http://cca.hawaii.gov/oah/oah_decisions/