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jurisdiction. Plans for single- or two family dwellings are not required to show plumbing piping plans or diagrams unless requested by the authority having jurisdiction. Exception: For single and two-family dwellings and residential accessory structures, plans and specifications may be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as an architect or professional mechanical engineer. (i) Plumbing plans and diagrams shall be required for R-3 single and two family dwellings and townhouses that include four or more bathrooms. (j) The authority having jurisdiction may require plans, computations, and specifications to be prepared, designed, and stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as an architect or professional engineer, if prescriptive requirements of the construction code are not being adhered to. (k) No person shall materially deviate from any reviewed plan or specifications or fail, neglect or refuse to comply herewith, unless permission to do so has first been obtained from the person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii and listed as the architect or professional engineer of record. Revised drawings or a letter, or both, that show such deviations and have have been prepared, designed, and stamped by the architect or professional engineer of record, shall be submitted to the authority having jurisdiction for review and approval. Section 5-4-4. Contractors and specialty contractors; work. (a) Prior to issuance of a permit, applicants for a permit shall file a statement with the authority having jurisdiction that includes the following: (1) Name; address, email address and telephone number of each contractor or specialty contractor engaged to work upon the building, structure, or project; (2) Name of the responsible managing employee or authorized employee of each contractor or specialty contractor; (3) Phase or phases of work to be performed by each contractor or specialty contractor; (4) License numbers for each contractor or specialty contractor and a statement that such licenses are in full force and effect, or if the applicant is exempt from chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the basis for the claimed exemption, pursuant to section 444-9.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and (5) A signature by the responsible managing employee or authorized employee of each contractor and specialty contractor. (b) Whenever used in this section, in accordance with section 444-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, "specialty contractor" means a contractor whose operations as such are the 31