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AK Stat § 08.13.185 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 2. Examination and Licensing.|Sec. 08.13.185. Fees.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for initial licenses and renewals for the following: (1) schools; (2) school owners; (3) instructor; (4) shop owner; (5) practitioner of barbering; (6) practitioner of hairdressing; (7) practitioner of manicuring; (8) practitioner of esthetics; (9) practitioner of tattooing; (10) practitioner of body piercing; (11) temporary shop license; (12) temporary permit; (13) temporary license; (14) student permit; (15) endorsement for advanced manicuring; (16) practitioner of hair braiding; (17) practitioner of permanent cosmetic coloring; (18) practitioner of non-chemical barbering. (b) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for examination and investigation.
AK Stat § 08.13.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 2. Examination and Licensing.|Sec. 08.13.190. Failure to possess a license or permit.

(a) A person who practices barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, esthetics, tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing, or operates a shop, or operates a school of barbering, hairdressing, or esthetics, or teaches in a school of barbering, hairdressing, or esthetics, without a license, temporary permit, temporary license, or student permit and who is not exempt under AS 08.13.120 or under AS 08.13.160(d) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (b) A person who practices manicuring, operates a shop for manicuring, operates a school of manicuring, or teaches in a school of manicuring without the appropriate license, temporary permit, temporary license, or student permit and who is not exempt under AS 08.13.120 or 08.13.160(d) is guilty of a violation.
AK Stat § 08.13.195 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 2. Examination and Licensing.|Sec. 08.13.195. Civil penalty.

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, if a person violates AS 08.13.070 or 08.13.217, the board may enter an order levying a civil penalty. (b) A civil penalty levied under this section may not exceed $5,000 for each offense. In levying a civil penalty, the board shall set the amount of the penalty imposed under this section after taking into account appropriate factors, including the seriousness of the violation, the economic benefit resulting from the violation, the history of violations, and other matters the board considers appropriate. (c) Before issuing an order under this section, the board shall provide the person written notice and the opportunity to request, within 30 days of issuance of notice by the board, a hearing on the record. (d) In connection with proceedings under (a) and (b) of this section, the board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the disclosure of evidence, and may request the attorney general to bring an action to enforce a subpoena. (e) A person aggrieved by the levy of a civil penalty under this section may file an appeal with the superior court for judicial review of the penalty under AS 44.62.560. (f) If a person fails to pay a civil penalty within 30 days after entry of an order under (a) of this section, or if the order is stayed pending an appeal, within 10 days after the court enters a final judgment in favor of the board of an order appealed under (e) of this section, the board shall notify the attorney general. The attorney general may commence a civil action to recover the amount of the penalty. (g) An action to enforce an order under this section may be combined with an action for an injunction under AS 08.01.087.
AK Stat § 08.13.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.13.210. Health and sanitary conditions.

(a) Health and sanitary conditions in shops and schools of (1) barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, and esthetics shall be supervised by the board; (2) tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, and body piercing shall be supervised by the Department of Environmental Conservation. (b) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall conduct an annual inspection of each shop licensed for the practice of tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing to ensure that the shop meets the department's standards of cleanliness and sanitation established under AS 44.46.020. If the Department of Environmental Conservation determines that the shop is not in compliance with a regulation of the department, the department shall report the violation to the board and take appropriate action under its own regulations.
AK Stat § 08.13.215 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.13.215. Notification requirements for tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, and body piercing.

(a) Before performing a tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing procedure on a client, a practitioner shall give written educational information, approved by the board, to the client. (b) After completing a tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing procedure on a client, the practitioner shall give written aftercare instructions, approved by the board, to the client. The written instructions (1) must include advice to the client to consult a physician at the first sign of infection; (2) must contain the name, address, and telephone number of the shop where the procedure was performed; (3) shall be signed and dated by the client and the practitioner; the practitioner shall keep the original and provide a copy to the client. (c) The owner of a shop for tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing shall prominently display (1) a copy of the statement provided by the board under AS 08.13.030(b) that advises the public of the health risks and possible consequences of tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing, as applicable; (2) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the Department of Environmental Conservation and a description of how a complaint about the shop or a practitioner in the shop may be filed with either entity or with the board.
AK Stat § 08.13.217 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.13.217. Tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring or body piercing on a minor.

(a) A person may not practice tattooing or permanent cosmetic coloring on a minor. (b) A person may not practice body piercing on a minor without prior written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian and the presence of the parent or legal guardian during the body piercing procedure. The person who performs the body piercing shall keep a copy of the written permission on file for at least three years. (c) A person who with criminal negligence violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, “criminal negligence” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 08.18.011 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.011. Registration required.

(a) A person may not submit a bid or work as a contractor until that person has been issued a certificate of registration as a contractor by the department. A partnership or joint venture shall be considered registered as a contractor if one of the general partners or venturers whose name appears in the name under which the partnership or venture does business is registered as a contractor. (b) A general contractor may not use a bid or proposal from, award a bid or proposal to, contract with, or allow a person required to be registered under this chapter to work for the general contractor as a specialty contractor unless the person is registered as a specialty contractor under this chapter. (c) Unless exempt under AS 08.18.156 or serving lawfully as an associate home inspector under (d) of this section, an individual may not perform a home inspection for a residence (1) not previously occupied as a residence unless that individual is registered as a home inspector for new homes under this chapter; (2) previously occupied as a residence unless that individual is registered as a home inspector for existing homes under this chapter. (d) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, an individual who is not registered as a home inspector under this chapter may perform a home inspection as an associate home inspector if the individual is (1) employed by a registered home inspector who supervises the associate's work and the inspection is of the type that the supervising individual is authorized to perform; and (2) registered with the department as an associate home inspector. (e) A registered home inspector who employs an associate home inspector under (d) of this section is liable for the work done by the associate home inspector. (f) An individual who holds a joint registration for home inspection is considered to be registered as both a home inspector for new homes and a home inspector for existing homes.
AK Stat § 08.18.013 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.013. Categories of contractors.

The department may adopt regulations establishing categories of contractors and the registration or endorsement requirements for persons in those categories.
AK Stat § 08.18.021 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.021. Application for registration.

(a) An applicant for registration as a contractor or home inspector shall submit an application under oath upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner and that must include the following information pertaining to the applicant: (1) the applicant's social security number; (2) if applying to be a registered contractor, the type of contracting activity, whether a general or a specialty contractor and, if the latter, the type of specialty; (3) if applying to be a registered home inspector, whether the applicant is applying to inspect new homes or existing homes, or both; (4) if applying to be a registered contractor, the name and address of each partner if the applicant is a firm or partnership, or the name and address of the owner if the applicant is an individual proprietorship, or the name and address of the corporate officers and statutory agent, if any, if the applicant is a corporation; and (5) if applying to be a registered home inspector, the name and address of the applicant. (b) The information contained in the application shall be a matter of public record and open to public inspection.
AK Stat § 08.18.022 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.022. Home inspectors; associate home inspectors.

(a) The department shall issue a certificate of registration as a home inspector for new homes, existing homes, or both, as appropriate, to an individual who (1) passes the appropriate home inspection examination; for purposes of this paragraph, the appropriate home inspection examination for an individual who applies to be registered for inspection of (A) existing homes is the examination offered by the American Society of Home Inspectors or National Association of Home Inspectors; (B) new homes or for a joint registration is the examination offered by the International Code Council; (2) meets the educational and experience requirements adopted by the department in regulations for the type of registration applied for; (3) submits a complete application for registration either (A) within three years after passing the examination required under (1) of this subsection; or (B) accompanied by documentation that the applicant has completed continuing education requirements established by the department; (4) within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or defrauding creditors or for a felony involving dishonesty; (5) has not had the authority to perform home inspections revoked in this state or in another jurisdiction; (6) is not the subject of an unresolved criminal complaint or unresolved disciplinary action before a regulatory authority in this state or in another jurisdiction related to real estate or home inspection matters; and (7) pays the appropriate fees. (b) An individual may register with the department as an associate home inspector upon application, payment of the required fee, and determination by the department that the individual (1) within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or defrauding creditors or for a felony involving dishonesty; (2) has not had the authority to perform home inspections revoked in this state or in another jurisdiction; and (3) is not the subject of an unresolved criminal complaint or unresolved disciplinary action before a regulatory authority in this state or in another jurisdiction related to real estate or home inspection matters.
AK Stat § 08.18.023 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.023. Pre-inspection documents and inspection reports.

(a) Before performing a home inspection, a registered home inspector or associate home inspector shall provide to the person on whose behalf a home is inspected a written document that includes the home inspector's registration number and that specifies (1) the scope of intended inspection; the scope of the intended inspection may include systems and components that are not listed in AS 08.18.171(8); and (2) that the inspector will notify in writing the person on whose behalf the inspection is being made of defects noted during the inspection along with a recommendation, if any, that experts be retained to conduct further evaluation through examination and analysis by a qualified professional, tradesperson, or service technician beyond that provided by the home inspection to determine the extent of defects and corrective action necessary to address the defects. (b) After performance of a home inspection, a registered home inspector or associate home inspector shall give a written home inspection report to the person requesting the inspection. The written report must include the home inspector's registration number and a review of the condition of each system and component identified as being within the scope of the intended inspection under (a) of this section except that a home inspector's written report for new construction that is the subject of a loan by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation or another lender may be in the form required by the corporation or other lender, as appropriate. (c) In addition to the written inspection report required under (b) of this section, an oral inspection report may be given by the inspector during or after the inspection. (d) A home inspection report is valid for 180 days after the date the home inspector signs and dates the report.
AK Stat § 08.18.024 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.024. Specialty contractors.

(a) The department may authorize the limited use of specific construction techniques or materials that are defined by the department as part of one specialty trade by a specialty contractor licensed in a different specialty trade if those construction techniques or materials are a small but inseparable part of what is required to complete that specialty contractor's work. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a specialty contractor may perform work that requires the use of not more than three trades.
AK Stat § 08.18.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.025. Residential contractors.

(a) A general contractor may not undertake the construction or alteration, or submit a bid to undertake the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units or advertise or publicly represent that the general contractor may undertake work of this type in the state without a residential contractor endorsement issued under this section. In this subsection, “alteration” means changes that have a value greater than 25 percent of the value of the structure being altered. (b) The department shall issue a residential contractor endorsement to a person who (1) has a certificate of registration as a general contractor; (2) passes a residential contractor examination, which shall be offered by the department at least once each year in each judicial district; the examination, which may be written or practical, may test competence in relation to arctic structural and thermal construction techniques and other matters as determined by the department in consultation with representatives of the construction industry; (3) applies for an endorsement within 12 months after passing the examination required under (2) of this subsection; (4) within the two years preceding the date of application for the endorsement, has satisfactorily completed either the Alaska craftsman home program sponsored by the department, or its equivalent, or a postsecondary course in arctic engineering, or its equivalent; (5) within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or conspiracy to defraud creditors or for a felony involving dishonesty; and (6) pays the appropriate fees. (c) The department may not renew an endorsement issued under this section unless the applicant submits proof of continued competency relating to residential contracting that satisfies the department. A lapsed endorsement may be reinstated, within two years after the lapse, upon proof of continued competency, payment of a renewal fee for the intervening time period, and payment of any penalty fee established under AS 08.01.100(b). If the endorsement has been lapsed for more than two years, the department may not reinstate it until the person also passes the residential contractor examination described in (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 08.18.026 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.026. Electrical contractors.

(a) The department may not issue a certificate of registration as an electrical contractor to an applicant unless the applicant is, or employs, a person currently licensed as an electrical administrator under AS 08.40. (b) Each applicant for an electrical contractor's certificate of registration may employ more than one electrical administrator. (c) If the relationship of the only electrical administrator with a registered electrical contractor is terminated, the registration is void 30 days after the next regularly scheduled examination unless the electrical contractor has hired a licensed electrical administrator in the interim.
AK Stat § 08.18.028 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.028. Mechanical contractors.

(a) The department may not issue a certificate of registration as a mechanical contractor to an applicant unless the applicant is, or employs, a person currently licensed as a mechanical administrator under AS 08.40. (b) Each applicant for a mechanical contractor's certificate of registration may employ more than one mechanical administrator. (c) If the relationship of the only mechanical administrator with a registered mechanical contractor is terminated, the registration is void 30 days after the next regularly scheduled mechanical administrator's examination unless the mechanical contractor has hired a licensed mechanical administrator in the interim.
AK Stat § 08.18.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.031. Certificate of registration.

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a certificate of registration shall be renewed under the same requirements as for an original registration, and the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration upon compliance with the registration requirements of this chapter. (b) The commissioner may not issue a certificate of registration or renew the registration of an applicant whose registration has been revoked or suspended or against whom a fine has been imposed under this chapter until the period of revocation or suspension has expired and any fine has been paid. (c) A certificate of registration as a home inspector may not be renewed unless the home inspector has complied with the continuing competency requirements established by the department. The department shall adopt regulations establishing the continuing competency requirements. The department shall require at least eight hours of continuing competency activity for each licensing period. The regulations must provide that a continuing competency activity approved by one of the following entities satisfies the continuing competency requirements of this subsection if the activity meets the requirements established by the department in regulations adopted under this subsection: (1) Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; (2) University of Alaska; (3) American Society of Home Inspectors Alaska Chapter; (4) a chapter of the International Code Council Alaska; (5) Alaska State Home Building Association; or (6) a state agency that offers an activity that meets the requirements set by the department.
AK Stat § 08.18.041 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 1. Registration.|Sec. 08.18.041. Fees.

(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for (1) registration and renewal of registration for all categories of contractors; (2) registration and renewal of registration for a home inspector qualified to inspect new homes; (3) registration and renewal of registration for a home inspector qualified to inspect existing homes; (4) joint registration and renewal of joint registration for home inspectors; (5) registration and renewal of registration as an associate home inspector; (6) examinations for applicants for home inspector registration; (7) examination, issuance of initial endorsement, and renewal of active or inactive endorsements for residential contractors; and (8) departmental publications and seminars related to this chapter. (b) A person who fails a residential contractor examination or home inspector examination shall pay the examination fee set by the department if the person applies to retake an examination.