Title 08, Business and Professions

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…

(a) Every person licensed to practice law in the state shall become a member in the Alaska Bar. All active and inactive members in good standing as of September 14, 1976, shall be considered to be members. (b) A person licensed to practice law in the state who, on September 14, 1…

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).

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.

The Board of Governors shall require an applicant for admission to be fingerprinted and to provide the applicant's social security number and provide the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal h…

(a) The Board of Governors shall administer the bar examination under the Alaska Bar Rules. (b) The Board of Governors may contract with another state or a testing organization for the preparation and grading of a portion of the Alaska Bar examination. (c) The Board of Governors …

Applicants who have not graduated from an accredited law school but are otherwise qualified may take the bar examination if they have completed a clerkship in the manner prescribed by AS 08.08.207.

(a) Every person who desires subsequently to qualify as a general applicant for admission to the Alaska Bar without having been graduated from an approved law school shall register as a law clerk as provided by this section. The person shall present satisfactory proof that the pe…

(a) A person may not engage in the practice of law in the state unless the person is licensed to practice law in the state and is an active member of the Alaska Bar. A member of the bar in good standing in another jurisdiction may appear in the courts of the state under the rules…

(a) A person not an active member of the Alaska Bar and not licensed to practice law in the state who engages in the practice of law or holds out as entitled to engage in the practice of law as that term is defined in the Alaska Bar Rules, or an active member of the Alaska Bar wh…

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Integrated Bar Act.

The department shall issue a license to practice audiology to an individual who (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) applies on a form provided by the department; (3) pays the fee required under AS 08.11.050; (4) furnishes evidence satisfactory to the department that the person (…

The department shall issue a license to practice speech-language pathology to an individual who (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) applies on a form provided by the department; (3) pays the fee required under AS 08.11.050; (4) has not engaged in conduct that is a ground for imp…

An audiologist or speech-language pathologist holding a valid license under this chapter on July 1, 2024, is exempt from the requirements of AS 08.11.010(5) and 08.11.015(6), but is otherwise subject to this chapter.

(a) On receipt of the completed application the department shall issue a temporary license for the practice of audiology as an audiologist to an individual who is licensed to practice audiology in another state and has submitted to the department an application for a license unde…

(a) The department may issue a temporary license for the practice of speech-language pathology as a speech-language pathologist to an individual who is licensed to practice speech-language pathology in another state and has submitted to the department an application for a license…

(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.] (b) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.] (c) The department may reinstate a lapsed license or registration if the license or registration has lapsed for less than two years and if the individual submits to the department an application for renewal…

(a) An individual licensed to practice audiology as an audiologist or licensed to practice speech-language pathology as a speech-language pathologist in the state shall display the license in a prominent place at each place of business of the individual. (b) If an audiologist or …

(a) A person may not practice as a speech-language pathologist assistant in the state without registration under this chapter. (b) Except as provided in (e) of this section, a person registered under this chapter and who is under the immediate supervision of a person licensed as …

(a) The department shall register an individual as a speech-language pathologist assistant if the individual submits an application on a form approved by the department, pays the required fee, and (1) submits proof satisfactory to the department that the individual has successful…

(a) A speech-language pathologist qualified under (b) of this section shall design and implement a plan for supervision of a speech-language pathologist assistant that protects the client and that maintains the highest possible standard of care. The amount of supervision required…

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following: (1) application; (2) credential review; (3) audiologist license and speech-language pathologist license; (4) temporary license; (5) renewal of license; (6) delinquency; (7) reinstatement; (8) duplicate li…

An audiologist may deal in hearing aids as a hearing aid dealer without being licensed as a hearing aid dealer under AS 08.55, but shall comply with AS 08.55.050, 08.55.070, 08.55.100, 08.55.110(a), 08.55.110(b)(3) and (c) — (h), and 08.55.130(7) — (13) when dealing in hearing ai…

(a) After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on an audiologist when the department finds that the licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in th…

(a) After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on a registered speech-language pathologist assistant when the department finds that the registrant (1) secured a registration through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) fraudulently or decep…

(a) After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on a speech-language pathologist when the department finds that the licensee (1) secured a license or temporary license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) fraudulently or deceptively …

(a) When it finds that an audiologist has committed an act listed in AS 08.11.080, that a speech-language pathologist has committed an act listed in AS 08.11.085, or that a speech-language pathologist assistant has committed an act listed in AS 08.11.083, the department may impos…