Title 18, Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender

Article 7. High Voltage Lines. In AS 18.60.580 — 18.60.660, (1) “commissioner” means commissioner of labor and workforce development; (2) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; (3) “electrical wiring” means the entire electrical system, including al…

A person individually or through an agent or employee may not (1) place any type of tool, equipment, machinery, or material that is capable of lateral, vertical, or swinging motion, within 10 feet of a high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor; (2) store, operate, erect,…

A person individually or through an agent or employee may not operate a crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of vertical, lateral, or swinging motion, unless the operator or the operator's employer post…

Before a person is going to temporarily engage in work or other activity in closer proximity to a high voltage line or conductor than is permitted by AS 18.60.670, the person shall immediately notify the operator or owner of the high voltage line or conductor of the work to be pe…

(a) A person who violates AS 18.60.670 — 18.60.695 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both. (b) If a violation of AS 18.60.670 — 18.60.695 results in physical or ele…

AS 18.60.670 — 18.60.695 do not apply to (1) activities relating to high voltage overhead conductors or their supporting structures conducted by persons authorized by the operator or owner of high voltage overhead conductors or their supporting structures; (2) work done on teleph…

Article 8. Plumbing Code. In AS 18.60.670 — 18.60.695, (1) “high voltage” means a voltage in excess of 750 volts between conductors or between any single conductor and the ground; (2) “overhead lines or overhead conductors” means all bare or insulated electrical conductors instal…

(a) Except as provided otherwise in this section, and unless the department adopts by regulation a later edition of the following publications or a later version of another nationally recognized code approved by the legislature by law, the following publications are adopted as th…

The department is responsible for the administration of the code. The department may adopt regulations designed for maximum practical implementation of the code, and may grant exceptions from specific code provisions, where distance or other factors make implementation impractica…

(a) The code applies to all new construction, all new work in relocated buildings, and to any alteration, repairs, or reconstruction of buildings except as provided otherwise under AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740. (b) The department may inspect work installed, removed, altered, or repla…

(a) If the department by regulation requires permits for plumbing work, fees may not exceed the following: (1) for issuing each permit ..... $2.00; (2) a permit for each (A) plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap, including water, drainage piping and backflow pro…

(a) A department inspector shall give written notice to the owner of a constructed premise or the contractor of a premise under construction of each violation of the code. The notice of violation must accurately describe the violation and give specific reference to the section an…

A person who violates a provision of the code, and who, after receiving the notification required by AS 18.60.725, refuses to correct the violation, after proof of the violation, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.

AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740 do not affect the authority of a municipality to prescribe by ordinance, rule, or order, standards for their respective areas of jurisdiction no less stringent than those established under AS 18.60.705. AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740 are not intended to duplica…

Article 9. Safety Glazing. In AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740, (1) “code” means the code adopted under AS 18.60.705; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development; (3) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; (4) “inspector” me…

(a) Each lite of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, sold for use, or installed in hazardous locations in the state shall be permanently labeled by etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material, hot-die stamping, transparent pressure sensitive labels,…

(a) A supplier, contractor, or installer, other than a private homeowner installing glazing material in an owner-occupied single dwelling, may not knowingly install, have installed, or consent to the installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in a hazar…

No liability under AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 is created as to workers who are employees of a material supplier, contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755.

A person who violates AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.

Except where a city or borough ordinance is more strict in terms of the test and labeling standards for safety glazing material required or more broad in its application to persons or locations covered, AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 supersede a city or borough ordinance relating to sa…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 10. Elevators. In AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755, (1) “bathtub enclosure” means a sliding, pivoting, or hinged door and fixed panels that are glazed or to be glazed and used to form a barrier between the bathtub and the rest of the bathroom area or other room in which bathing f…

(a) Unless the Department of Labor and Workforce Development establishes by regulation a different edition, the most current edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers …

[Repealed or reserved.]

A Department of Labor and Workforce Development inspector shall give written notice to the owner of an elevator of each violation of safety standards as a result of inspection by the inspector. If within 15 days after receipt of written notice of a safety violation the person not…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. In AS 18.60.800 — 18.60.820, “elevator” includes elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks.

Article 12. Piping Codes.

Article 13. Health Care Protections. The United States of America Standards Institute Codes listed below are established as the piping codes for the state: (1) B 31.1.0 — 1967 power piping; (2) B 31.2 — 1968 fuel gas piping; (3) B 31.8 — 1968 gas transmission and distribution pip…

(a) An employer shall conduct product evaluations of needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections. The product evaluations shall include the categories of devices that are used in the employer's facilities. For each category of device, the product evalu…

In AS 18.60.880 — 18.60.890, (1) “bloodborne pathogens” means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans, including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus; (2) “department” means the Department of Labo…

[Repealed or reserved.]