Title 08, Business and Professions

(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…

Article 2. Enforcement. (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 res…

(a) The board may impose a disciplinary sanction in a timely manner under (c) of this section if the board finds that a licensee (1) is convicted of a violation of any state or federal statute or regulation relating to hunting or to provision of big game hunting services or trans…

(a) It is unlawful for a (1) person who is licensed under this chapter to knowingly fail to promptly report, unless a reasonable means of communication is not reasonably available, to the Department of Public Safety, and in no event later than 20 days, a violation of a state or f…

When, in the judgment of the board, a person has engaged in an act in violation of AS 08.54.620(b), 08.54.630(b), 08.54.650(b), 08.54.710(g), or 08.54.720(a) or the regulations adopted under these statutes, the board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the a…

(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state or federal wildlife or game or guiding statute or regulation committed by a person while the person provides guide services for t…

(a) At least 30 days before conducting big game hunting services within a guide use area, a registered guide-outfitter shall inform the department, in person or by registered mail on a registration form provided by the department, that the guide-outfitter will be conducting big g…

(a) The department shall collect and maintain hunt records provided by a registered guide-outfitter. A registered guide-outfitter shall submit to the department a hunt record for each contracted hunt within 60 days after the completion of the hunt. A hunt record must include a li…

(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following: (1) registered guide-outfitter license; (2) class-A assistant guide license; (3) assistant guide license; (4) transporter license; (5) retired status license; (6) license application fee. (b) The lice…

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person providing, for compensation or with the intent to receive compensation, only accommodations to a big game hunter in the field at (1) a permanent lodge, house, or cabin on private land owned by the person; or (2) a state or f…

In this chapter, (1) “any class of guide license” does not include a retired status license issued under AS 08.54.608; (2) “big game” means brown bear, grizzly bear, caribou, moose, black bear, bison, Sitka blacktail deer, elk, mountain goat, musk ox, and mountain or Dall sheep; …

(a) The department shall issue a license to act as a hearing aid dealer to an individual who (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) applies on a form provided by the department; (3) has a high school diploma or the equivalent; (4) has a business license issued under AS 43.70.020; (…

(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.] (b) On or before the expiration of a license under this chapter, a licensee may apply for renewal of the license, and the department shall renew the license if the licensee pays the renewal fee, has a current business license to act as a heari…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a license under AS 08.55.010 shall at the time of applying for the license file with the department a surety bond in the amount of $5,000 running to the state and conditioned on the applicant's promise to pay all …

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following: (1) application; (2) hearing aid dealer license; (3) renewal of license; (4) renewal delinquency; (5) duplicate license.

(a) A hearing aid dealer shall give the following items to a consumer at the time the consumer contracts with the hearing aid dealer to buy or lease a hearing aid: (1) an instructional brochure that contains operating instructions, purchase privileges, and performance data for th…

(a) A hearing aid dealer who is not a physician may not sell or lease a hearing aid unless the prospective user of the hearing aid presents to the hearing aid dealer a written statement signed by a physician stating that the physician has evaluated the prospective user's hearing …

If a hearing aid dealer mails a hearing aid to a customer, the dealer shall send the hearing aid by certified mail.

(a) A person may file a complaint with the department about a hearing aid or a hearing aid dealer within three years from the date of the cause of the complaint. (b) A hearing aid dealer shall prominently display in the business establishment of the dealer a sign indicating that …

A hearing aid dealer shall maintain in conformity with the standards set by the American National Standard Institute the calibration of each audiometer used by the hearing aid dispenser, and shall keep a record of the results of the annual calibration of each audiometer used by t…

(a) In addition to the cancellation allowed under AS 45.02.350, a person who has purchased or leased a hearing aid from a hearing aid dealer may cancel the sale or lease as provided under (b) of this section or by giving written notice of the intention to cancel the sale or lease…

(a) A hearing aid dealer may take threshold measurements to determine the need for a hearing aid, but may not perform diagnostic procedures to determine the cause of a hearing impairment or charge a fee for a hearing measurement. (b) A hearing aid dealer shall include in every pr…

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

(a) When it finds that a licensee has committed an act listed in AS 08.55.130, the department may impose the following sanctions singly or in combination: (1) permanently revoke a license to practice; (2) suspend a license for a determinate period of time; (3) censure a licensee;…

(a) Unless a person is licensed under this chapter or is licensed as an audiologist under AS 08.11, the person may not (1) deal in hearing aids; (2) use a title indicating or representing that the person deals in hearing aids or is licensed to deal in hearing aids; (3) advertise …

A person who violates AS 08.55.150 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

A person who holds a license under this chapter shall notify the department in writing of the regular address of the place or places where the person deals or intends to deal in hearing aids.

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

In this chapter, (1) “audiologist” means an individual licensed as an audiologist under AS 08.11; (2) “dealing in hearing aids” means the sale or lease, or attempted sale or lease of hearing aids, and the recommendation, selection, fitting, or adaptation of hearing aids; (3) “dep…

The proprietors of roadhouses, hotels, or boardinghouses located outside of incorporated cities shall each keep a register containing the name and address of each guest with the date of arrival and departure.

A person who refuses to register may not be accepted as a guest or given accommodations.

The proprietor of a roadhouse, hotel, or boardinghouse who fails to comply with this chapter is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $25, or by imprisonment for not more than 10 days, or by both.

All fines collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund.

(a) When the operator of a hotel or boardinghouse provides a safe or vault in which guests may deposit valuable property for safekeeping and notice of this fact is posted in three or more conspicuous places in the hotel or boardinghouse, the operator is not liable for the loss, d…

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.56.050, the operator of a hotel or boardinghouse is not liable for the loss, damage, or destruction of property brought to or sent into the hotel or boardinghouse by a guest unless the loss, damage, or destruction was caused by negligence of the op…

In this chapter, (1) “guest” includes every person who is a member of the family of, or dependent upon, a guest, boarder, or lodger in a hotel or boardinghouse; (2) “hotel or boardinghouse” includes any building held out to the public to be an inn, motel, hotel, or public lodging…

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