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AK Stat § 18.68.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 68. Sexual Assault Investigations|Sec. 18.68.010. Sexual assault examination kit.

(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law shall develop a uniform sexual assault examination kit. (b) Under protocols developed under AS 18.68.020, (1) the Department of Public Safety shall distribute the kits throughout the state; and (2) peace officers and health care providers shall use the kits for the gathering of evidence in cases of suspected sexual assault. (c) The appropriate person under the protocols developed under AS 18.68.020 shall provide a sexual assault examination kit at no charge. (d) This section does not prohibit the introduction in court of evidence obtained without the use of a sexual assault examination kit.
AK Stat § 18.68.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 68. Sexual Assault Investigations|Sec. 18.68.020. Sexual assault investigations protocols.

(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law in conjunction with the Department of Health and Social Services shall develop a manual of protocols governing the distribution and use of the sexual assault examination kit developed under AS 18.68.010. The protocols must allow a victim who is 18 years of age or older and not a vulnerable adult to choose one of the following types of reports:  (1) a law enforcement report if the victim wants to obtain a medical forensic examination with evidence collection and, at the time of the medical forensic examination, chooses to participate in the criminal justice system; or  (2) an anonymous report if the victim wants to obtain a medical forensic examination with evidence collection but, at the time of the medical forensic examination, chooses not to have personal identifying information provided to law enforcement or to participate in the criminal justice system; the person who collects the evidence shall release the evidence to the appropriate law enforcement agency for preservation in accordance with AS 12.36.200 but may not provide personal identifying information of the victim to the law enforcement agency; the law enforcement agency shall assign a unique identifying number to the evidence, and the person who collects the evidence shall record the number and provide the number to the victim. (b) The Department of Public Safety shall distribute copies of the protocol manual developed under this section to the appropriate peace officers and health care providers in the state. (c) In this section, “vulnerable adult” has the meaning given in AS 47.24.900.
AK Stat § 18.68.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 68. Sexual Assault Investigations|Sec. 18.68.030. Training in protocols and sexual examination kits.

The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law shall develop and implement training in the use of the protocols and the sexual assault examination kits for peace officers, district attorneys, and appropriate law enforcement agencies, health care providers, and sexual assault program personnel.
AK Stat § 18.68.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 68. Sexual Assault Investigations|Sec. 18.68.040. Sexual assault victim may not be required to pay for examination.

A law enforcement agency, health care facility, or other entity may not require a victim of sexual assault under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.425 who is 16 years of age or older to pay, directly or indirectly, through health insurance or any other means, for the costs of examination of the victim necessary for (1) collecting evidence using the sexual assault examination kit under AS 18.68.010 or otherwise; or (2) determining whether a sexual assault has occurred.
AK Stat § 18.72.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.010. Regulation of sale of dangerous fireworks.

(a) The sale or offer to sell dangerous fireworks at wholesale or retail for any purpose other than industrial, agricultural, wildlife control, or public display is prohibited. (b) A person desiring to use dangerous fireworks for industrial, agricultural, wildlife control, or public display purposes shall first comply with the permit requirements of the fire safety code. (c) All dangerous fireworks shall be purchased from a fireworks wholesaler licensed as such in this state. A fireworks wholesaler may not sell dangerous fireworks to anyone unless the wholesaler has a currently valid permit required by the fire safety code, the number of which shall be affixed to each record of sale by the fireworks wholesaler and maintained as a permanent record of the sale.
AK Stat § 18.72.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.020. Regulation of sale of salable fireworks.

(a) A person holding a permit required by the fire safety code may sell or offer for sale salable fireworks if (1) the person has submitted to the state fire marshal a policy, or a certified true copy of a policy, of public liability and products liability insurance, including both accident and occurrence coverage, provided by the wholesale company selling fireworks to the person, in the amount of at least $200,000 for bodily injury or death and at least $50,000 property damage and the person is named as an insured party upon the policy and the policy is continuously in force while the person is engaged in the retail sale of fireworks; and (2) an endorsement fee of $10 is paid to the state fire marshal for an endorsement that is valid for two years or portions of two years during which the permit holder is engaged in the retail sale of fireworks. (b) Upon approval of the insurance required in (a) of this section, the permit of the holder shall be endorsed by the state fire marshal to indicate the holder's right to sell fireworks at retail, and shall indicate an expiration of the authority. The expiration date shall coincide with the expiration date of the permit holder's liability insurance.
AK Stat § 18.72.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.030. Fireworks wholesaler's license.

(a) A person who desires to sell fireworks at wholesale in the state shall first make verified application for a license to the state fire marshal on forms provided by the state fire marshal. The forms must require the applicant to supply the applicant's social security number if the applicant is a natural person. The application shall be accompanied by an annual license fee of $50. (b) The license required under (a) of this section is valid until December 31 of the year during which it is issued and is renewable upon (1) the payment of each subsequent annual license fee and affirmation that the information contained in the wholesaler's original application for a fireworks wholesaler's license is currently accurate; and (2) supplying the wholesaler's social security number if it has not previously been supplied under (a) of this section and if the wholesaler is a natural person.
AK Stat § 18.72.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.040. Criminal penalty.

A person who recklessly fails to comply with a provision of this chapter or fireworks regulations adopted in the fire safety code is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Each day of noncompliance constitutes a separate offense. In this section, “recklessly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 18.72.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.060. Municipal regulation of fireworks.

This chapter and fireworks regulations adopted under the fire safety code supersede the provisions of an ordinance adopted by a city or borough, whether before or after May 23, 1969, that are less restrictive than this chapter or the code. However, nothing in this section affects the authority of a city or organized borough under other law to prohibit or regulate more restrictively than this chapter the offering for sale, exposure for sale, sale, use, or explosion of fireworks.
AK Stat § 18.72.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 72. State Regulation of Fireworks|Sec. 18.72.100. Definitions.

In this chapter and fireworks regulations adopted in the state fire safety code, (1) “dangerous fireworks” includes all fireworks that are not defined as salable fireworks; (2) “fire safety code” means the fire safety code of the state adopted and administered by the division of fire prevention of the Department of Public Safety; (3) “fireworks” means salable fireworks or dangerous fireworks; (4) “salable fireworks” are 1.4 G fireworks, as defined by the National Fire Protection Association, and, more specifically, shall include and be limited to the following: (A) roman candles, not exceeding 10 balls spaced uniformly in the tube, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 20 grams each in weight, any inside tube diameter not to exceed 3/8 inch; (B) skyrockets with sticks, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 20 grams each in weight, and the inside tube diameter not to exceed 1/2 inch, with the rocket sticks being securely fastened to the tubes; (C) helicopter type rockets, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 20 grams each in weight, and the inside tube diameter not to exceed 1/2 inch; (D) cylindrical fountains, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 75 grams each in weight, and the inside tube diameter not to exceed 3/4 inch; (E) cone fountains, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 50 grams each in weight; (F) wheels, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 60 grams for each driver unit or 240 grams for each complete wheel, and the inside tube diameter of driver units not to exceed 1/2 inch; (G) illuminating torches and colored fire in any form, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 100 grams each in weight; (H) dipped sticks, the pyrotechnic composition of which contains chlorate or perchlorate, that do not exceed five grams, and sparklers, the composition of which does not exceed 100 grams each and that contains no magnesium or magnesium and a chlorate or perchlorate; (I) mines and shells of which the mortar is an integral part, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed 40 grams each in weight; (J) firecrackers with soft casings, the external dimensions of which do not exceed one and one-half inches in length or one-quarter inch in diameter, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed two grains each in weight; (K) novelties consisting of two or more devices enumerated in this paragraph when approved by the Bureau of Explosives.
AK Stat § 18.74.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.010. Requirement for sale.

Except as provided by AS 18.74.060, a person may not sell or offer to sell cigarettes in this state, or sell or offer to sell cigarettes to another person located in this state, unless (1) the cigarettes are tested under (A) AS 18.74.030 and satisfy the performance standard in AS 18.74.030(d); or (B) AS 18.74.040 and satisfy an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040; (2) the cigarettes have been marked as required by AS 18.74.130; and (3) a certification has been submitted by the manufacturer of the cigarettes under AS 18.74.080.
AK Stat § 18.74.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.030. Testing of cigarettes.

(a) Cigarettes shall be tested under (1) the ASTM International Standard E2187-04, entitled “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes”; or (2) a test method established under (b) of this section. (b) The state fire marshal may adopt an ASTM International standard test method that is adopted by the American Society of Testing and Materials after the standard test method identified under (a) of this section if the state fire marshal finds that the method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns that the same cigarette would exhibit when tested under (1) the standard test method identified under (a)(1) of this section; and (2) the criteria established under (c) and (d) of this section. (c) The testing under this section shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. A complete test trial consists of 40 replicate tests of each cigarette. The performance standard required by (d) of this section may only be applied to a complete test trial. (d) When tested under this section, not more than 25 percent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial may exhibit full-length burns.
AK Stat § 18.74.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.040. Alternative test methods.

(a) If the state fire marshal determines that cigarettes cannot be tested by a test method established in AS 18.74.030(a), a manufacturer of the cigarettes shall propose an alternative test method and performance standard for the cigarettes to the state fire marshal. On approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the state fire marshal that the performance standard proposed by the manufacturer is equivalent to the performance standard prescribed by AS 18.74.030(d), the manufacturer may employ the proposed alternative test method and performance standard to certify the cigarette under AS 18.74.080. (b) Unless the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis why the alternative test method should not be accepted under this chapter, the state fire marshal shall authorize a manufacturer to use an alternative test method and performance standard to certify cigarettes for sale in this state if the state fire marshal (1) determines that another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those contained in this chapter; and (2) finds that the officials responsible for implementing those requirements have approved a proposed alternative test method and performance standard for particular cigarettes proposed by a manufacturer as meeting the fire safety standards of that state's law under a legal provision comparable to this section. (c) All other applicable requirements of this chapter apply to the manufacturer of the cigarettes tested under this section.
AK Stat § 18.74.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.050. Testing laboratories.

(a) Testing of cigarettes under this chapter shall be performed by a laboratory that has been accredited under standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization or by another comparable accreditation standard required by the state fire marshal. (b) A laboratory that conducts cigarette testing under this chapter shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that ensures the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value may not be greater than 0.19. In this subsection, (1) “quality control and quality assurance program” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing quality control program; (2) “repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.
AK Stat § 18.74.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.060. Testing for another purpose.

AS 18.74.030 and 18.74.040 do not require cigarettes to be tested if the cigarettes are tested for another purpose and the testing is consistent with this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.065 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.065. Testing by state fire marshal.

The state fire marshal may perform testing of cigarettes to determine compliance with this chapter. If the state fire marshal or a contractor of the state fire marshal performs testing to determine a cigarette's compliance with the performance standard in AS 18.74.030(d) or an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040, the testing shall be performed under this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.070. Maintenance of records.

A manufacturer shall keep for three years copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale. The manufacturer shall make copies of those reports available to the state fire marshal and the attorney general on written request.
AK Stat § 18.74.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.080. Certification requirement.

(a) A manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a certification that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested under AS 18.74.030 and satisfies the performance standard in AS 18.74.030(d), or has been tested under AS 18.74.040 and satisfies an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040. (b) If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette under this section and subsequently makes a change to the cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the performance standard under AS 18.74.030(d) or an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040, the cigarette may not be sold or offered for sale in this state or sold to a person located in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette under AS 18.74.030 or 18.74.040, the cigarette meets the performance standard under AS 18.74.030(d) or the alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040, and the manufacturer maintains records of the retesting under AS 18.74.070. (c) For each cigarette listed in a certification submitted under (a) of this section, a manufacturer shall pay to the state fire marshal a fee of $250. The state fire marshal may adjust this fee annually to ensure that it defrays the actual costs of the processing, testing, enforcement, and oversight activities required by this chapter. (d) Each cigarette certified under this section shall be recertified every three years.
AK Stat § 18.74.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.090. Contents of certification.

The certification required by AS 18.74.080 must provide the following information for each cigarette listed in the certification: (1) the brand or trade name on the package; (2) the style, such as “light” or “ultra-light”; (3) the length in millimeters; (4) the circumference in millimeters; (5) the flavor, if applicable; (6) whether the cigarette is filtered or nonfiltered; (7) a description of the package; (8) the marking approved under AS 18.74.120; (9) the name, address, and telephone number of the laboratory that conducted the test, if different than the manufacturer who conducted the test; and (10) the date that the testing occurred.
AK Stat § 18.74.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.100. Banding requirement.

Each cigarette listed in a certification submitted under AS 18.74.080 that uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the performance standard in AS 18.74.030(d) must have at least two nominally identical bands on the paper surrounding the tobacco column. At least one complete band must be located at least 15 millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette. For cigarettes on which the bands are positioned by design, there must be at least two bands fully located at least (1) 15 millimeters from the lighting end; and (2) 10 millimeters from (A) the filter end of the tobacco column; or (B) the labeled end of the tobacco column of a nonfiltered cigarette.
AK Stat § 18.74.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.110. Availability of certifications.

The certification required by AS 18.74.080 shall be made available to the attorney general for purposes consistent with this chapter and to the department for the purpose of ensuring compliance with AS 18.74.080.
AK Stat § 18.74.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.120. Packaging marking approval.

(a) Before submitting a certification of a cigarette under AS 18.74.080, a manufacturer shall present its proposed packaging marking to the state fire marshal for approval. The state fire marshal shall approve or disapprove the proposed packaging marking. Proposed packaging marking shall be considered approved if the state fire marshal fails to act within 10 business days after receiving a request for approval. (b) Notwithstanding AS 18.74.130, the state fire marshal shall give a preference to proposed packaging marking for a cigarette that is in use and approved for the cigarette under the fire safety standards for cigarettes established by the law of the state of New York, unless the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis why the proposed packaging marking should not be approved under this chapter. (c) Notwithstanding AS 18.74.130, the state fire marshal shall approve the use of the letters “FSC” for “fire standards compliant” on proposed packaging marking to indicate that the cigarettes comply with the performance standard in AS 18.74.030(d) or an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040. (d) A manufacturer may not change its approved packaging marking unless the state fire marshal has approved the modification under this section. (e) A wholesale dealer, an agent, and a retail dealer shall permit the state fire marshal, the department, the attorney general, and the employees of those persons to inspect packaging markings of cigarettes.
AK Stat § 18.74.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.130. Marking of cigarette packaging.

(a) The packaging containing a brand and style of cigarette that a manufacturer certifies under AS 18.74.080 must be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The packaging marking must be in eight-point type or larger and consist of (1) a modification of the universal product code to include a visible mark printed at or around the area of the code; the mark may consist of alphanumeric or symbolic characters and must be permanently stamped, engraved, embossed, or printed in conjunction with the universal product code; (2) any visible combination of alphanumeric or symbolic characters permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed on the package or wrapping; or (3) printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed text on the cigarette package that indicates that the cigarettes satisfy the requirements of this chapter. (b) A manufacturer shall use only one packaging marking and apply that packaging marking uniformly to all packaging and to all brands marketed by the manufacturer for sale in this state.