Title 08 — Business and Professions

[Repealed or reserved.]

An individual may not sign or affix any name or any trade or assumed name used by that individual to any accounting or financial statement or opinion or report with any wording indicating that the person is a certified public accountant or public accountant or with any wording in…

An individual licensed under AS 08.04.105 may not perform attest functions through a firm unless the firm holds a valid permit issued under AS 08.04.240.

AS 08.04.560 does not prohibit (1) an officer, employee, partner, member, or principal of any organization from affixing that person's signature to any statement or report in reference to the financial affairs of the organization together with any wording designating the position…

[Repealed or reserved.]

An individual or firm that does not hold a current license, a current practice privilege, or a current permit may not hold out to the public as a certified public accountant or public accountant by use of those words or abbreviations on any sign, card, or letterhead, or in any ad…

A person may not assume or use the title or designation “certified public accountant” or “public accountant” or an abbreviation of them in conjunction with a name indicating or implying that there is a firm, or in conjunction with the designation “and Company,” “and Co.,” “L.L.C.…

This chapter does not prohibit (1) an individual who does not hold a current license or practice privilege from serving as an employee of or as an assistant to an individual or firm holding a current license, a current practice privilege, or a current permit if the employee or as…

Whenever, in the judgment of the board, a person has engaged in an act that constitutes a violation of AS 08.04.500 — 08.04.610, the board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the act. Upon a showing by the board that a person has engaged in the act, the cour…

A person who violates a provision of AS 08.04.500 — 08.04.610 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 one year, or by both.

Article 5. Miscellaneous Provisions. The display or uttering by a person of a card, sign, advertisement, or other printed, engraved, or written instrument or device, bearing a person's name in conjunction with the words “certified public accountant,” or any abbreviation of that p…

Statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a certified public accountant or a public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service to a client, except reports submitted to a client, are the property of the accountant, in the absence of…

A person holding a valid license as a public accountant under former AS 08.04.270 or a person holding a valid permit under former AS 08.04.390 on June 29, 1980, may continue to practice under the conditions imposed by statute and regulation on that date but that person is otherwi…

(a) A license holder, a permit holder, or a practice privilege holder or a partner, an officer, a shareholder, a member, or an employee of a license holder, a permit holder, or a practice privilege holder may not reveal information communicated to the license holder, permit holde…

Article 6. General Provisions. If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or to any circumstances is invalid, the remainder is not affected.

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, (1) “attest function” means (A) an audit or other engagement, if the performance of the audit or other engagement is established by the Statements on Auditing Standards; (B) a review of a financial statement, if the perform…

This chapter may be cited as the Accountancy Act.

A person may not practice acupuncture without a license.

A person desiring to practice acupuncture shall apply in writing to the department.

(a) A person is qualified to receive a license to practice acupuncture if the person (1) is of good moral character; (2) is at least 21 years of age; (3) either (A) has completed a course of study consistent with the core curriculum and guidelines of the Accreditation Commission …

The department may not renew a license under this chapter unless the applicant demonstrates continued competence as an acupuncturist in a manner established by the department in regulations.

(a) A person who practices acupuncture shall disclose that the person's training and practice are in acupuncture (1) to each patient; and (2) on all material used in the practice of acupuncture and made available to patients or to the public. (b) A person who practices acupunctur…

A person who practices acupuncture may not (1) give, prescribe, or recommend in the practice a (A) prescription drug; (B) controlled substance; (C) poison; (2) engage in surgery; or (3) use the word “physician” in the person's title unless the person is also licensed as a physici…

After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on a person licensed under this chapter when the department finds that the licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misre…

This chapter does not apply to a person who practices acupuncture under AS 08.36 or AS 08.64.

A person who violates this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

The department may adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations establishing (1) standards for the practice of acupuncture; (2) standards for continuing education and training; (3) a code of ethics for the practice of acupuncture.

In this chapter, (1) “acupuncture” means a form of healing developed from traditional Chinese medical concepts that uses the stimulation of certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize ph…

(a) An individual may not practice or offer to practice athletic training, or allow another person to offer athletic training by the individual, in the state without being licensed under this chapter, unless the individual is (1) a student in an accredited athletic trainer progra…

(a) The department shall issue an athletic trainer license to an individual who (1) applies to the department on a form provided by the department; (2) meets the requirements established in regulation by the department; (3) pays the fees established by the department; and (4) pro…

(a) An athletic trainer may practice athletic training only under the direction of a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy under AS 08.64. In this subsection, “direction” means the physician authorizes a procedure by a verbal order if the physician is present or by w…

After consulting the professional standards issued by the Board of Certification, Inc., the board's successor, or another nationally recognized professional association approved by the department, the department shall adopt regulations to protect the public, ensure quality patien…

In this chapter, (1) “athlete” means an individual who participates in an athletic or sport-related exercise or activity, including interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, semiprofessional, and professional sports activities; (2) “athletic injury or illness” means an injury…

There is created an instrumentality of the state known as the Alaska Bar Association, referred to in this chapter as the Alaska Bar. The Alaska Bar shall have a common seal, may sue and be sued, and may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and promoting the objects of the Ala…

Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.

The Alaska Bar is governed by the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar. The board has the powers and duties conferred by this chapter and by the Alaska Bar Rules. Members of the board do not receive a salary.

(a) There is created a Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar to be elected under bylaws and regulations adopted by the board. (b) The board consists of nine active members elected by the active members of the Alaska Bar and three persons appointed by the governor who are not attor…

(a) Two members of the board shall be elected by and from among the members of the association resident in the first judicial district; four members of the board shall be elected by and from among the members of the association resident in the third judicial district; two members…

The active members of the Alaska Bar who are in actual attendance at the association's annual convention shall elect by a majority vote during the convention the association's officers from the membership of the Board of Governors.

(a) The board shall fill a vacancy in the elected membership of the board until the next annual election. (b) The governor shall appoint a member to fill a vacancy in the appointed membership of the board for the unexpired term.

AS 44.62.310 — 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the meetings of the board. Members of the Alaska Bar and the public shall be given 30 days' notice of meetings of the board except for emergency meetings. Meetings of the board shall take place in the state.

(a) Except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter or the Alaska Bar Rules, the board may approve and recommend to the state supreme court rules (1) concerning admission, discipline, licensing, continuing legal education, and defining the practice of law; (2) providing for c…

A member of the Board of Governors each year shall complete the mandatory ethics continuing legal education requirements and the voluntary continuing legal education requirements set out in the Alaska Bar Rules.

(a) The Board of Governors shall annually prepare a report on all matters concerning admissions, discipline of members, and disbarment proceedings, except for those matters defined as confidential by court rule, and notify the legislature that the report is available. (b) The ann…

A bylaw or regulation adopted by the Board of Governors may be modified or rescinded, or a new bylaw or regulation may be adopted, by a vote of the active members of the association under bylaws and regulations to be adopted by the Board of Governors.

The bylaws and regulations adopted by the board or the members of the Alaska Bar under this chapter are not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

Article 3. Admission to Alaska Bar.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

State and local law enforcement officers shall assist the Board of Governors in the processing of fingerprints of applicants seeking admission to the Alaska Bar Association and shall release the resulting information to the association.