Appx_E_Kalaupapa_Visitor_Rules.pdf

ATTACHMENT B

INSTRUCTION FOR VISITORS

RULES & REGULATIONS GOVERNING ALL VISITORS TO KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING DURING YOUR VISIT IN KALAUPAPA, WE ASK YOU TO USE EXTRA CAUTION

SINCE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE VISUAL AND HEARING IMPAIRMENTS. ON OCCASION DEER AND WILD

BOAR ARE IN THE SETTLEMENT. PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS!

SPONSORS: ONLY RESIDENTS OF KALAUPAPA MAY SPONSOR GUESTS.

GUESTS/VISITORS: All visitors must present some type of photo identification Upon sign-in at the State Administration Office (i.e., Driver’s License, State ID, etc.)

REGISTRATION: Registration at the - State of Hawaii - Administration Office is required of “ALL” guests. Guests are required to sign the Department of Health permit upon entering the Settlement and obtain a copy of Rules if sponsor has not provided them a copy. Anyone visiting the Settlement without a sponsor and signed permit is TRESPASSING and subject to legal action and Fines.

MAXIMUM STAY: NO VISITOR is allowed to visit Kalaupapa Settlement more than thirteen (13) days in a calendar quarter. The maximum stay for each guest is limited to seven (7) days and (6) Nights at the Visitor’s Quarters/ Wilcox.

HOSTS/SPONSORS: Unescorted walking or riding beyond settlement property is strictly prohibited.

Guests must be in the company of their sponsor or a resident at all times when outside the airport terminal area and the cattle guards beginning at the road to Kalawao (where the pavement ends and dirt road begins).

VISITATION OF Children under the age of sixteen (16) are not permitted in MINORS: Kalaupapa Settlement.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of patients may NOT be taken without their written permission. This includes their property. Permits may be picked up at the State of Hawaii Administration Office.

HOSPITAL: THERE ARE NO MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO VISITORS AT KALAUPAPA

RESTROOMS: Public restrooms are located at the Airport Terminal, the Administration Building, Lion’s Club “Ocean View Pavilion, National Park’s Kalawao Pavilion.

VISITOR’S QTR’s: Check-In 2:00PM, Check-Out 12:00 Noon Please inform Administration staff if you will need an early check-in and/or late check-out time. If you fail to notify Staff, our Housekeepers have the right to gather all your personal belongings and set it aside so that they may proceed with their duties. Please DO NOT REMOVE any items from Visitors Quarters, Wilcox or Cottages.

FOOD: There are no restaurants in Kalaupapa so it is necessary for guests to provide their own food, beverages and sundry items.

Visitors may purchase a soda, candy or bag of chips per day at the Kalaupapa

Store, but shopping for groceries is PROHIBITED. Sponsors must provide for their visitors.

LIBRARY: If you wish to visit the Library, Please have your sponsor check with National Parks

Office. Removal of materials from library is strictly prohibited.

SPEED LIMITS: 15 MPH Hospital Zone and Unit Homes Drives 25 MPH within the Settlement 35 MPH outside the Settlement

**Please move onto the shoulder of the road when there is oncoming traffic.

HUNTING: Visitors are NOT PERMITTED to Hunt or ACCOMPANY hunters at any time. Visitors are NOT PERMITTED to carry firearms. Violations to this rule may result in legal action and/or Fines or both.

CAMPING: Camping is NOT ALLOWED anywhere.

USE OF NATURAL Visitors of patient residents, visitors of employees, and short-term RESOURCES: volunteers may only fish with poles. No NET fishing by any guests will be allowed.

State and Federal fish and game rules must be respected. Visitors MAY NOT take any marine life/Except for fish, on behalf of patient, employee residents or resident volunteers, or exercise their privileges. No Opihi picking. Any violations of the Kalaupapa fishing policy or fish and game rules will result in the visitor being declared unwelcome and banned from future visits to Kalaupapa. No fishing equipment or the cleaning of fish is allowed in buildings.

Harvesting and removal of sea salt is to be done under the supervision of sponsor.

Please only take what YOU need. Be mindful of others and do not leave the ponds in a MESS.

No diving tanks or scuba allowed. No surf boarding or boogey boards.

DRESS CODE: Please be respectful and dress properly at all times. While walking to the beach/pier, you are required to cover up with a towel, T-shirt, etc until you reach the beach/pier.

NO ANIMALS: No animals of any species are allowed in the settlement by visitors/guests. Service animals are an exceptions with proper documentation presented at check-in as proof. All Service animals must be properly identified.

NO LITTERING: Please be respectful of this Makanalua Peninsula. Do your part to maintain the pristine beauty, as a steward for the ‘aina (land) and all that lives and grows here.

ATTITUDE: Honor and respect the history of those who once lived here and Especially for those who still reside here and call this special place “Home”

NO TRESPASSING: Trespassing onto personal property is strictly prohibited. This Includes: any fruit, vegetable or flower picking.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE RULES GOVERNING ALL VISITORS WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND

SUSPENSION OF VISITATION AND SPONSORSHIP PRIVILEGES.

VIOLATIONS OF THE KALAUPAPA FISHING POLICY SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT

ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ALLEGED VIOLATION. VIOLATIONS OF THE KALAUPAPA FISHING POLICY MAY BE REPORTED UP TO THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE ALLEGED DATE OF THE INCIDENT. ANY

VIOLATION AFTER THAT TIME WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED.

Kenneth Seamon Kalaupapa Administrator

February 17, 2017