Title 18, Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender

No liability under AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 is created as to workers who are employees of a material supplier, contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755.

A person who violates AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.

Except where a city or borough ordinance is more strict in terms of the test and labeling standards for safety glazing material required or more broad in its application to persons or locations covered, AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755 supersede a city or borough ordinance relating to sa…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 10. Elevators. In AS 18.60.750 — 18.60.755, (1) “bathtub enclosure” means a sliding, pivoting, or hinged door and fixed panels that are glazed or to be glazed and used to form a barrier between the bathtub and the rest of the bathroom area or other room in which bathing f…

(a) Unless the Department of Labor and Workforce Development establishes by regulation a different edition, the most current edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers …

[Repealed or reserved.]

A Department of Labor and Workforce Development inspector shall give written notice to the owner of an elevator of each violation of safety standards as a result of inspection by the inspector. If within 15 days after receipt of written notice of a safety violation the person not…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. In AS 18.60.800 — 18.60.820, “elevator” includes elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks.

Article 12. Piping Codes.

Article 13. Health Care Protections. The United States of America Standards Institute Codes listed below are established as the piping codes for the state: (1) B 31.1.0 — 1967 power piping; (2) B 31.2 — 1968 fuel gas piping; (3) B 31.8 — 1968 gas transmission and distribution pip…

(a) An employer shall conduct product evaluations of needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections. The product evaluations shall include the categories of devices that are used in the employer's facilities. For each category of device, the product evalu…

In AS 18.60.880 — 18.60.890, (1) “bloodborne pathogens” means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans, including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus; (2) “department” means the Department of Labo…

[Repealed or reserved.]

In connection with work performed subject to the standards established in AS 18.60.580 and AS 18.60.705, a person may not be employed without a certificate of fitness to perform the work, except that a certificate of fitness may not be required of employees of an electric utility…

(a) The department shall issue certificates of fitness and renewal certificates of fitness. A journeyman level certificate and renewal certificate is valid for two years. A trainee level certificate and renewal certificate is valid for six years. A certificate may be issued only …

(a) An applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of $50 when applying for a certificate of fitness. The department shall charge a fee of $200 for the issuance of a trainee level certificate or renewal certificate and $200 for the issuance of a journeyman level certifica…

The department may cancel a certificate for cause. A certificate, if not cancelled for cause, is valid for the term it was issued for. A certificate holder whose certificate is about to expire may apply for a new certificate.

(a) If, upon investigation and examination by the department, the applicant is found competent by reason of training and experience, the department shall issue a certificate of fitness. The certificate shall set out the competency of the applicant and provide for positive identif…

The department shall issue orders and adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

A person engaged in one of the following trades shall first obtain from the department the appropriate certificate of fitness in that trade: (1) electrical wiring subject to the standards established in AS 18.60.580; and (2) plumbing subject to the uniform plumbing code; in this …

A person, either an employer or employee, who violates a provision of this chapter or of a regulation adopted under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.

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

(a) A person may not employ or contract with a professional painter to perform hazardous painting for compensation unless the painter holds a current valid hazardous painting certificate issued by the department. As a condition of employment, an employer may require a professiona…

(a) An application for issuance of a hazardous painting certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the department. An application for initial issuance of a certificate must include proof that the applicant completed an approved basic hazardous painting certificate program not m…

The commissioner shall establish the triennial fee for a hazardous painting certificate by regulation. The fee must reflect the department's approximate costs or projected costs for the hazardous painting certification program.

(a) The department shall (1) establish requirements for basic and supplemental hazardous painting certificate programs; (2) review, and approve or disapprove, programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private schools, vocational education institutions, and…

The department shall (1) inspect job sites to assure that persons performing hazardous painting are certified as required under AS 18.63.010(a) and are performing the work safely; (2) issue citations to persons who employ or contract with a professional painter in violation of AS…

The department may adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

The department may impose a civil fine of not more than $200 for a first violation, and not more than $1,000 for a subsequent violation, of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter.

In this chapter, (1) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; (2) “hazardous painting” means the application of a substance containing or combined with a toxic or hazardous substance, as defined in AS 18.60.105, in vaporized, liquid, or particulate fo…

(a) The commissioner of public safety may appoint as special officers qualified police officers of the federal, state, or local government units or other persons with adequate police training over the age of 19 years, as the commissioner considers necessary to aid and assist the …

The state shall provide members of the state troopers with standard uniforms, vehicles, supplies, and equipment necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of AS 18.65.020 — 18.65.110. All of this property shall remain the property of the state.

The commissioner of public safety shall establish stations and headquarters at the places and localities that are necessary for the enforcement of the laws. The state troopers may, with the approval of the governor, have the right to use land and buildings for the accommodation o…

The commissioner of public safety may direct a member to serve without wearing a uniform.

The Department of Public Safety shall make available central information on fingerprints, handwriting, ballistics, stains, and other evidence of crime.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

(a) The Department of Public Safety and each member of the state troopers is charged with the enforcement of all criminal laws of the state, and has the power of a peace officer of the state or a municipality and those powers usually and customarily exercised by peace officers. E…

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement unit for the purpose of investigating and combating the illicit sale and distribution of narcotic drugs and alcoholic beverages in the state. Enforcem…

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a special unit for the purpose of investigating cases of repeated child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children. (b) The commissioner of public safety shall prepare, in odd-num…

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers and shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and AS 12.63. A post of the Alaska state troopers or a municipal police department that rece…

The Department of Public Safety shall assist other departments of the state, municipal, and federal governments in the enforcement of criminal laws and regulations pertaining to those departments.

The Department of Public Safety and members of the state troopers may command the assistance of any able-bodied person to aid in accomplishing the purposes of AS 18.65.020 — 18.65.110, and when called, the person, during the time assistance is required, is considered a member of …

Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. Members of the state troopers may not interfere with the rights or property of any person except in a lawful manner necessary for the prevention of crime or the capture and arrest of an offender.