Title 08, Business and Professions

AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations and proceedings under this chapter.

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, (1) “audiologist” means an individual who is licensed under AS 08.11.010 to practice audiology in the state; (2) “dealing in hearing aids” has the meaning given in AS 08.55.200; (3) “department” means the Department of Comm…

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall implement the audiology and speech-language interstate compact enacted under this section. SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pa…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

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 person to whom a license or permit is i…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

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…

(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) …

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…

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…

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 …

(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.

(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…

(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…

(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 civil penalty, the board shall s…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

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 …

(a) A person may not practice behavior analysis in this state without a license. (b) A person who practices behavior analysis in this state without a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not m…

(a) The department shall issue a license to practice behavior analysis to a person who (1) applies to the department on a form provided by the department; (2) pays the fees established by the department; (3) has passed the Board Certified Behavior Analyst Examination offered by t…

The department may issue a temporary license to practice behavior analysis in this state for 30 days or less in a calendar year if the person is licensed to practice behavior analysis in another state whose requirements to practice behavior analysis are substantially equivalent t…

The department may renew a license upon proof of continued certification by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., or another certifying entity approved by the department.

The department may, after a hearing, 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 misr…

(a) When the department finds that a licensee is guilty of an offense under AS 08.15.050, the department may impose the following sanctions singly or in combination: (1) permanently revoke the license to practice; (2) suspend the license for a determinate period of time; (3) cens…

This chapter does not apply to (1) a person licensed in this state performing behavior analysis within the scope of practice for which the person's license was issued; (2) a student or trainee who is enrolled in a behavior analysis program approved by the department while perform…

The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including (1) continuing education requirements; and (2) standards for licensure by credentials.

In this chapter, (1) “behavior analysis” means the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional and environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior, the empirical identification of functional relations between behavior and env…

(a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers w…

The department may adopt regulations establishing categories of contractors and the registration or endorsement requirements for persons in those categories.

(a) An applicant for registration as a contractor or home inspector shall submit an application under oath upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner and that must include the following information pertaining to the applicant: (1) the applicant's social security number; (2)…

(a) The department shall issue a certificate of registration as a home inspector for new homes, existing homes, or both, as appropriate, to an individual who (1) passes the appropriate home inspection examination; for purposes of this paragraph, the appropriate home inspection ex…

(a) Before performing a home inspection, a registered home inspector or associate home inspector shall provide to the person on whose behalf a home is inspected a written document that includes the home inspector's registration number and that specifies (1) the scope of intended …

(a) The department may authorize the limited use of specific construction techniques or materials that are defined by the department as part of one specialty trade by a specialty contractor licensed in a different specialty trade if those construction techniques or materials are …

(a) A general contractor may not undertake the construction or alteration, or submit a bid to undertake the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units or advertise or publicly represent that the general contractor may undertake work…