Title 08, Business and Professions

Any person may file with the investigator of the board a charge of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, or violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under it, or the code of ethics of the board. The charge, constituting an accusation under AS 44.62 (Ad…

The board may bring an action in the superior court to enforce compliance with this chapter or an order of the board or to enjoin a person from doing an act that violates this chapter.

The attorney general of the state shall act as legal advisor to the board and render legal assistance upon request of its chair.

An applicant for registration as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect must be of good character and reputation and shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board of the applicant's education, training, and experience.

Except as provided in AS 08.48.191, for registration as a professional architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect, a person shall be examined in this state in accordance with the regulations of procedure and standards adopted…

(a) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to practice architecture in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country, or holding a certificate of qualification issued by the National Council o…

(a) Application for registration as a professional architect, a professional engineer, a professional land surveyor, or a professional landscape architect shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the board. (b) [Repealed, § 54 ch 37 SLA 1985.]

(a) An applicant who fulfills the requirements set out by the board shall be awarded a certificate of registration authorizing the holder to offer or perform services or work for the public, or to certify or sign documents. Certificates of registration shall be designed as determ…

(a) On retiring from practice and payment of an appropriate one-time fee, a registrant in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of a certificate of registration to a retired status registration. The registrant may not practice architecture, engineering, land s…

(a) Each registrant may obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name, registration number, and the appropriate legend for architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect. When a registrant issues final drawings, specifications, sur…

(a) To remain valid, certificates shall be renewed in accordance with AS 08.01.100. Notice of renewal dates, given under AS 08.01.050(a)(11), shall be transmitted to the registrant, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership at l…

(a) This chapter does not prevent a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership from offering architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural services; however, the corporation, limited liability company, li…

This chapter does not prevent the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture by a partnership if all of the members of the partnership are registrants under this chapter. In this section, “partnership” does not include a limited liability par…

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for examinations, registrations, certificates of authorization, and renewals of a certificate.

(a) A person may not practice or offer to practice the profession of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state, or use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume or advertise a title or description tending to convey the impres…

A person who practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state without being registered or authorized to practice in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or a person presenting or attempting to use the cer…

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, if a person practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying in the state without being registered or authorized to practice in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the board may enter an order …

The right to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture is considered a personal and individual right, based on the qualifications of the individual as evidenced by the individual's certificate of registration, which is not tran…

A person practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture who (1) practices a branch of the profession of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as defined in AS 08.48.341; (2) by verbal claim, sign…

(a) This chapter does not apply to (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or superintendent for a contractor; (2) workers in building trades crafts,…

In this chapter, (1) “architect” means a professional architect; (2) “board” means the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; (3) “building” means a structure used or intended for human occupancy; (4) “certificate of authorization” means a cert…

This chapter may be cited as the Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects Registration Act.

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development may issue orders and adopt regulations relating to the storage and use of explosives necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

In connection with an excavation, tunnel, quarry, earth removal, or construction carried on in this state, a person may not be employed without a certificate of fitness, while engaged in (1) emplacing explosives for detonation; (2) installing primers, fuses, wires, or other means…

The department shall issue certificates of fitness. A certificate may be issued only to an individual. An applicant for a certificate shall apply in writing, under oath, on a form prescribed by the department containing (1) the name and address of the applicant; (2) the applicant…

(a) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of fitness under this chapter shall submit to the department, with the application, the applicant's fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice informat…

(a) If, upon investigation and examination by the department, the applicant is found competent by reason of training, experience, criminal history and background check, and physical fitness, the department shall issue a certificate of fitness. The certificate must set out the com…

An applicant for a certificate of fitness shall pay a fee at the time of application in the amount established by regulations adopted by the department.

A certificate of fitness is effective for three years from the date of issue. The department may cancel a certificate for cause.

Persons employed in mining operations as defined in AS 27.20.061 are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

An employer who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted or order made under authority of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. Each day's continuance of a violation constitutes…

In this chapter, “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

(a) For the purposes of licensing and regulating the activities of providers of commercial services to big game hunters in the interest of the state's wildlife resources, there is created the Big Game Commercial Services Board. For administrative purposes, the board is in the Dep…

State agencies shall provide the board with information, data, or technical assistance requested by the board for the purposes of licensing and regulating the activities of providers of commercial services to big game hunters.

(a) The board shall (1) prepare and grade (A) a qualification examination for a registered guide-outfitter license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of fishing, hunti…

(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, 08.54.630, 08.54.650, and 08.54.660, a person may not receive, hold, or renew a registered guide-outfitter license, master guide-outfitter license, class-A assistant guide license, assistant guide license, or transporter license if (1)…

(a) On retiring from guiding or outfitting, or both, and on payment of an appropriate one-time fee, an individual who has held a license issued under AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, or 08.54.630 that has not been suspended or revoked under AS 08.54.710 may apply for a retired status lic…

(a) A natural person is entitled to a registered guide-outfitter license if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older; (2) has practical field experience in the handling of firearms, hunting, judging trophies, field preparation of meat and trophies, first aid, photography, and r…

(a) A natural person is entitled to a class-A assistant guide license if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older; (2) applies for a class-A assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee; (3) possesses a cu…

(a) A natural person is entitled to an assistant guide license if the person (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) has legally hunted big game in the state during two calendar years; (3) possesses a first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization; (4) either (A) o…

(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide a big game hunt may, under regulations adopted by the board, delegate to a person not licensed under this chapter the services of (1) packing, preparing, salvaging, or caring for a client's meat; (2) packing trophies; and (3…

(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610 — 08.54.630 and except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not hold, or earn experience credits to apply for, a registered guide-outfitter license under this chapter, while the person is a law enforcement officer and for three months …

(a) A person is entitled to a transporter license if the person (1) applies for a transporter license on a form provided by the department; and (2) pays the license application fee and the license fee. (b) A transporter may provide transportation services and accommodations to bi…

(a) An applicant for renewal of a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, or transporter license shall submit (1) a request for renewal of the license on a form provided by the department; and (2) the appropriate license fee for the next licensing pe…

The department may not issue a license to a person who held a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license and who has failed to renew the license under this chapter for four consecutive years unless the person again meets the qualifications for…

(a) The department may require a registered guide, who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt, or a transporter to provide proof of financial responsibility up to the amount of $100,000. A registered guide or transporter may demonstrate financial responsibility by assets, i…