Title 08 — Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
AS 08.13.010 Creation and membership of board.
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(a) There is created the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers consisting of seven members appointed by the governor. (b) The board consists of (1) one person licensed as a barber under this chapter; (2) one person licensed to practice body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic …
AS 08.13.020 Terms of office and removal of members. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.035.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.13.030 Powers and duties of the board.
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(a) The board shall exercise general control over the vocations of barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, esthetics, body piercing, tattooing, and permanent cosmetic coloring. (b) The board shall (1) examine applicants and approve the issuance of licenses and permits…
AS 08.13.040 Meetings and examinations.
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(a) The board shall meet as often as necessary to conduct its business. It shall conduct separate examinations covering the following fields of practice: barbering, hairdressing, advanced manicuring, and esthetics. Examinations shall be given at least twice in every year for each…
AS 08.13.050 Records of the board.
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Article 2. Examination and Licensing. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall keep a record of the board's proceedings related to the issuance, refusal, suspension, and revocation of each license and permit. The record shall contain the name of the p…
AS 08.13.070 License required.
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A person may not (1) practice barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, esthetics, body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring without a license, temporary permit, temporary license, or student permit unless exempted under AS 08.13.160(d); (2) practice barb…
AS 08.13.080 Qualifications of applicants.
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(a) An applicant for an examination authorized under AS 08.13.040 must (1) have successfully completed all courses that a school with a curriculum in barbering approved by the board is required to teach in order to be licensed under AS 08.13.110 if applying for a license to pract…
AS 08.13.082 Apprenticeship.
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(a) The period of apprenticeship required to qualify an applicant for a license to practice barbering is 2,000 hours. The apprenticeship must be served in a shop approved by the board. The apprenticeship may not be completed in less than 12 months from the date of its commencemen…
AS 08.13.090 Examinations and other requirements.
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(a) A written examination shall be given to each applicant for examination at a time and place determined by the board. The board may delegate the power of examination to a committee of the board or a board member. (b) The written examination must cover subjects designated by the…
AS 08.13.100 License.
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(a) The board shall authorize the issuance of a license for the practice of barbering, hairdressing, or esthetics to each qualified applicant who has passed an examination under AS 08.13.090 and meets other applicable requirements under this chapter. The board shall authorize the…
AS 08.13.110 School license.
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(a) The board shall adopt regulations for the licensing of schools of barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics. The regulations must include details of the curriculum, minimum hours of instruction, physical condition of the facilities, and financial responsibility of th…
AS 08.13.120 Shop license.
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(a) The board shall adopt regulations for the licensing of shops. The regulations must require that a shop for tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing be inspected and certified by the Department of Environmental Conservation as being in compliance with the regul…
AS 08.13.130 Display of license or permit.
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(a) A practitioner shall display the practitioner's license in a conspicuous location in the practitioner's place of business. Each shop owner is responsible for the conspicuous display of the shop's license and the licenses of employees and individuals renting booths in the shop…
AS 08.13.140 Lapsed license.
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A lapsed license may be reinstated if the license has not been lapsed for a period of more than three years, or otherwise at the discretion of the board, and all renewal and delinquent fees for the period during which the license has been lapsed are paid.
AS 08.13.150 Disciplinary sanctions and grounds for refusal of a license or permit.
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The board may, in addition to the actions authorized under AS 08.01.075, refuse, suspend, or revoke a license, student permit, temporary license, or temporary permit for failure to comply with this chapter, with a regulation adopted under this chapter, with a regulation adopted b…
AS 08.13.160 Application of license requirements.
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(a) A person holding a valid license to practice barbering under former AS 08.12 is licensed under this chapter and may continue to practice barbering under the conditions imposed by former AS 08.12 and the regulations adopted under former AS 08.12 until the license expires. (b) …
AS 08.13.170 Temporary permits.
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The department shall issue a temporary permit to an applicant for licensing who holds a license to practice barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing in another state. The permit is valid until the boar…
AS 08.13.175 Temporary license.
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A person who meets the requirements of AS 08.13.080(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (6) is entitled to be temporarily licensed after applying for examination under this chapter if the applicant works under the direct supervision, and within the physical presence, of a person who is lice…
AS 08.13.180 Student permits.
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A person attending a licensed school of barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, or esthetics and a person apprenticed to a licensed instructor in a shop approved by the board or receiving training from a practitioner of tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing shall …
AS 08.13.183 Use of title; unlicensed use prohibited.
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(a) A person licensed to practice manicuring in the state may use the title “licensed nail technician.” (b) A person who uses the title “licensed nail technician” who is not licensed to practice manicuring under this chapter is guilty of a violation.
AS 08.13.185 Fees.
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(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for initial licenses and renewals for the following: (1) schools; (2) school owners; (3) instructor; (4) shop owner; (5) practitioner of barbering; (6) practitioner of hairdressi…
AS 08.13.190 Failure to possess a license or permit.
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(a) A person who practices barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, esthetics, tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing, or operates a shop, or operates a school of barbering, hairdressing, or esthetics, or teaches in a school of barbering, hairdressing, or estheti…
AS 08.13.195 Civil penalty.
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Article 3. General Provisions. (a) In addition to any other provision of law, if a person violates AS 08.13.070 or 08.13.217, the board may enter an order levying a civil penalty. (b) A civil penalty levied under this section may not exceed $5,000 for each offense. In levying a c…
AS 08.13.200 Deposit of receipts. [Repealed, § 54 ch 37 SLA 1985.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.13.210 Health and sanitary conditions.
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(a) Health and sanitary conditions in shops and schools of (1) barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, and esthetics shall be supervised by the board; (2) tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, and body piercing shall be supervised by the Department of Environmental …
AS 08.13.215 Notification requirements for tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, and body piercing.
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(a) Before performing a tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing procedure on a client, a practitioner shall give written educational information, approved by the board, to the client. (b) After completing a tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing…
AS 08.13.217 Tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring or body piercing on a minor.
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(a) A person may not practice tattooing or permanent cosmetic coloring on a minor. (b) A person may not practice body piercing on a minor without prior written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian and the presence of the parent or legal guardian during the body pi…
AS 08.13.220 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “apprentice” means a person who receives on-the-job training under direct supervision; (2) “barbering” means shaving, trimming, or cutting, styling, curling, permanent waving, bleaching, coloring, cleansing, or chemically straightening the beard or hair of a …