Title 18 — Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
43 chapters · 1,022 sections in this title.
AS 18.60.735 Borough or city regulation.
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AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740 do not affect the authority of a municipality to prescribe by ordinance, rule, or order, standards for their respective areas of jurisdiction no less stringent than those established under AS 18.60.705. AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740 are not intended to duplica…
AS 18.60.740 Definitions.
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Article 9. Safety Glazing. In AS 18.60.705 — 18.60.740, (1) “code” means the code adopted under AS 18.60.705; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development; (3) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; (4) “inspector” me…
AS 18.60.750 Labeling required.
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(a) Each lite of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, sold for use, or installed in hazardous locations in the state shall be permanently labeled by etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material, hot-die stamping, transparent pressure sensitive labels,…
AS 18.60.755 Safety glazing materials required.
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(a) A supplier, contractor, or installer, other than a private homeowner installing glazing material in an owner-occupied single dwelling, may not knowingly install, have installed, or consent to the installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in a hazar…
AS 18.60.760 Employees not liable.
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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.
AS 18.60.765 Penalty.
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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.
AS 18.60.770 Local ordinances.
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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…
AS 18.60.775 Applicability. [Repealed, § 38 ch 30 SLA 1992.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.60.780 Definitions.
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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…
AS 18.60.800 Elevator safety standards.
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(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 …
AS 18.60.810 Emergency power source. [Repealed, § 5 ch 31 SLA 1983.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.60.820 Enforcement of compliance.
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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…
AS 18.60.822 Snow safety and operation plan. [Repealed, § 3 ch 63 SLA 1994. For current law, see AS 05.45.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.60.825 Definition.
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Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. In AS 18.60.800 — 18.60.820, “elevator” includes elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks.
AS 18.60.830 §§ 18.60.830 — 18.60.840. Alaska Safety Advisory Council; duties of the council; finances of the council.
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Article 12. Piping Codes.
AS 18.60.850 Piping codes.
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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…
AS 18.60.880 Needle stick and sharps injury protections for health care workers.
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(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…
AS 18.60.890 Definitions.
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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…
AS 18.60.950 Accounting and disposition of fees. [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.62.010 Certificate of fitness required.
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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…
AS 18.62.020 Application for and issuance of certificate.
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(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 …
AS 18.62.030 Fees.
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(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…
AS 18.62.040 Cancellation and duration of certificate.
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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.
AS 18.62.050 Issuance and contents of certificate.
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(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…
AS 18.62.060 Power of the department.
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The department shall issue orders and adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 18.62.070 Persons required to obtain certificate.
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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 …
AS 18.62.080 Penalty.
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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.
AS 18.62.100 Definition.
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In this chapter, “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
AS 18.63.010 Hazardous painting certificate required.
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(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…
AS 18.63.020 Issuance of certificate.
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(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…
AS 18.63.030 Fee.
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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.
AS 18.63.040 Certificate programs.
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(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…
AS 18.63.050 Inspections and citations.
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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…
AS 18.63.060 Regulations.
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The department may adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
AS 18.63.070 Penalty.
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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.
AS 18.63.100 Definitions.
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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…
AS 18.65.010 Commissioner of public safety may appoint special officers.
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(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 …
AS 18.65.020 Uniforms and equipment.
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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.
AS 18.65.030 Establishment of stations and headquarters.
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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…
AS 18.65.040 Service without uniform.
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The commissioner of public safety may direct a member to serve without wearing a uniform.
AS 18.65.050 Central information.
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The Department of Public Safety shall make available central information on fingerprints, handwriting, ballistics, stains, and other evidence of crime.
AS 18.65.060 Peace officers to cooperate. [Repealed, § 4 ch 118 SLA 1994.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.070 Destruction of department files a misdemeanor. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.080 Powers and duties of department and members of state troopers.
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(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…
AS 18.65.085 Narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement.
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(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…
AS 18.65.086 Investigative unit on sexually abused and criminally exploited children.
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(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…
AS 18.65.087 Central registry of sex offenders.
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(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…
AS 18.65.090 Department to assist other agencies.
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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.
AS 18.65.100 Power to command assistance from others.
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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 …
AS 18.65.110 Members not to interfere with rights and property.
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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.