Title 08, Business and Professions

The practice of chiropractic (1) addresses ramifications of health and disease with a special emphasis on biomechanical analysis, interpretation and treatment of the structural and functional integrity of skeletal joint structures, and the physiological efficiency of the nervous …

In this chapter, (1) “ancillary methodology” means employing within the scope of chiropractic practice, with appropriate training and education, those methods, procedures, modalities, devices, and measures commonly used by trained and licensed health care providers and includes (…

The department shall enforce all laws and regulations relating to collection agencies.

The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall pass upon the qualifications of applicants for collection agency licenses and operators licenses.

The department may apply to the superior court for an injunction to temporarily restrain a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it, conduct investigations of alleged violations of this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter, and perform other action…

The department shall reproduce the laws relating to licensing of collection agencies and operators, the regulations adopted by the department and other pertinent matter, publish the material in pamphlet form, and make the pamphlets available to the public without expense.

(a) A person other than a collection agency licensed and authorized under this chapter may not for compensation (1) conduct a collection agency business in this state; (2) collect claims for others in this state; (3) solicit the right to collect or receive payment of a claim for …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a licensee may not engage in the collection agency business unless and until the collection agency and each branch office of the agency is under the management and control of a licensed operator for each office. The departm…

(a) To qualify for an operator's license, the applicant shall (1) be a high school graduate, or have the equivalent education of a high school graduate; (2) be of good moral character; (3) not have been convicted of violating this chapter, nor have any unsettled complaints under …

(a) An application for an operator's license shall be made on forms furnished by the department and must contain the information required in AS 08.24.110 and the following: (1) a complete set of fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.…

(a) An application for a collection agency license or for a renewal of a license shall be made upon forms furnished by the department and must contain the following information: (1) the full name and proposed business name of the applicant; (2) the address of the applicant's prin…

The department shall set fees for licenses and applications under AS 08.01.065 and shall set delayed renewal penalties under AS 08.01.100.

(a) The application must be accompanied by (1) if it is an original application, the application fee; (2) the biennial license fee for a collection agency for the principal place of business and the same amount for each branch office; (3) a bond running to the state with a surety…

(a) The bond provided for in AS 08.24.140 shall be in the sum of $5,000, executed by the applicant, as principal, and by a corporation that is licensed or authorized to transact business of fidelity and surety insurance within the state as surety. The department may at any time r…

The bond required by AS 08.24.140 and 08.24.150 shall be in the form substantially as follows: BONDKnow all Men by These Presents that we,.................................., as principal, and ..................................as surety, are held and firmly bound to the State of A…

If the department does not issue the license applied for, the license fee and bond shall be returned. The application fee may not be returned.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a license granted under this chapter is a personal privilege and is not assignable. (b) Upon the death of a collection agency licensee, the department has the right to transfer the license of the decedent to the executor or administr…

(a) All licenses required by this chapter shall expire on June 30, 1970, and June 30 of each second year thereafter and shall be renewed as of July 1 following upon payment of required biennial fees. (b) If a licensee under this chapter is delinquent for a period of 15 days in ap…

Each collection agency licensee shall, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, file with the department a verified annual statement for the preceding calendar year, showing the respective amounts of all customers' money collected by the licensee during the preceding cale…

The wilful making of a false declaration in the annual statement or biennial statement of employees constitutes sufficient grounds for revocation of the license of the licensee.

If the annual statement of collection is not filed as required under AS 08.24.210, the failure to file constitutes grounds for the immediate suspension of the collection agency license of the licensee failing to file the statement, and the department shall notify the licensee by …

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information in whatever form required to be filed by the terms of AS 08.24.210 shall be confidential and may not become a public record, but it may be introduced in evidence in a suit, action, or proceeding in a court or in a proceedi…

The department may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the sworn complaint in writing of a customer of a collection agency, investigate the actions of a licensee claimed to have violated this chapter and, for that purpose, shall have free access to the offices and place of busi…

The department shall comply with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) both as to adoption of regulations and adjudication.

(a) A collection agency shall keep a record of all sums collected by it, and of all disbursements made by it, and shall maintain and keep all the records and all customers' funds in a trust account with a recognized financial institution in this state. Collection agencies shall m…

The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or grant a license issued or applied for under this chapter if the licensee or applicant or a partner, associate, or major stockholder of a collection agency has since the date of the application been disbarred from the pract…

A collection agency is not entitled to maintain a suit or action involving the collection of money on behalf of its customers in a court of this state without alleging and proving that it is licensed and has procured a bond, as provided in this chapter. A copy of the collection a…

A collection agency using a business name other than the one appearing on the application for its license shall secure a separate license and bond as provided in this chapter for each business name used.

Forms of demand or notice or other documents drawn to resemble court process may not be used by collection agencies in the collection of bills, accounts, or other indebtedness.

Each collection agency shall maintain its principal office and any branch office at a street address that is stated in its original application for license or another address that the agency may designate to the department; the office shall be maintained in such a manner as to be…

(a) Within 15 days after licensure under this chapter, a collection agency shall submit to the department a list of all persons employed by the agency. Thereafter, upon hiring a new employee, the collection agency shall, within 15 days after the hiring, submit to the department t…

When an employee withdraws from employment or the employee's employment with a collection agency is terminated for any reason, the agency shall, within 15 days of withdrawal or termination of employment, notify the department in writing of the employee's withdrawal from employmen…

A collection agency or an operator who fails on written demand to render a true and complete account to the person from whom an indebtedness was taken for collection or who fails to turn over to that person the proceeds of the collection within 30 days after written demand, or wh…

A nonresident may apply for and receive a collection agency license or an operator license or both on the same basis as a resident. The application fee and the biennial license fee for a nonresident operator or nonresident agency license are double the same fees established by re…

In this chapter, (1) “collection agency” means a person licensed and authorized to engage in the collection agency business; (2) “collection agency business” means the business of engaging directly or indirectly and having as a primary or secondary object, business or pursuit the…

(a) Except as provided by (b) of this section or AS 08.26.180, a person may not engage in the business of providing services as a private professional guardian or conservator unless the person has a license issued under this chapter. (b) An individual may be appointed and provide…

(a) The department shall issue a private professional full guardian license to an individual (1) who is at least 21 years of age; (2) who has two or more years of professional client casework experience or at least an associate degree in human services, social work, psychology, s…

The department shall issue a private professional conservator license to an individual (1) who is at least 21 years of age; (2) who has obtained a high school diploma, or a general education development diploma or its equivalent; (3) who has six months' employment experience in a…

(a) The department shall issue a temporary license to an individual under AS 08.26.020 who (1) is not certified by a nationally recognized organization in the field of guardianships at the time of the application but is likely to become certified within one year from the date the…

To apply for a license under this chapter, a person shall submit an application on a form provided by the department and submit (1) two complete fingerprint cards containing fingerprints and other information required by the Department of Public Safety to obtain state and nationa…

(a) For each applicant for a license under this chapter, the department shall submit the fingerprint cards and other relevant information received with the application to the Department of Public Safety and request the Department of Public Safety to (1) submit the fingerprints to…

(a) Within 30 days following the end of each calendar year, a licensee shall submit to the office of public advocacy, Department of Administration (1) evidence of the continuing existence of a court ordered bond, if any, required by a court to be maintained by the guardian or con…

Upon request of the department, a licensee shall submit to the department a copy of the reports that the licensee is required to submit to a court under AS 13.26.

An individual who engages in the business of providing services as a guardian or conservator may not be appointed as a guardian or a conservator in a court proceeding unless the individual is licensed under this chapter or exempt under AS 08.26.010 or AS 08.26.180.

(a) A licensee may not receive a payment for services rendered to a ward or a protected person until the licensee obtains court approval of a proposed fee schedule. The fee schedule must include a statement of the hourly fee for professional and administrative services and a mont…

A licensee shall notify the department immediately if (1) the licensee fails to file a report to the court required by this chapter; (2) the licensee has been removed as a guardian or conservator for a ward or protected person; (3) the licensee has received a gift with a value of…