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AK Stat § 08.04.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.600. Disclosure of lack of license or permit.

An individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that does not hold a current license, a current practice privilege, a current permit, or a current out-of-state exemption, may not hold out to the public as a certified public accountant or public accountant by use of such words or abbreviations on any sign, card, or letterhead, or in any advertisement or directory, without indicating that the individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity does not hold a current license, a current practice privilege, or a current permit. This section does not prohibit (1) an officer, employee, partner, member, or principal of an organization from self-description through the position, title, or office that the person holds in the organization; (2) an act of a public official or public employee in the performance of that individual's duties; or (3) a person from maintaining a bookkeeping or tax service.
AK Stat § 08.04.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.610. Deceptive use of title or designation by partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity.

A person may not assume or use the title or designation “certified public accountant” or “public accountant” or an abbreviation of them, in conjunction with a name indicating or implying that there is a partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity, or in conjunction with the designation “and Company,” “and Co.,” “L.L.C.,” “LLC,” “Ltd.,” or any similar designation unless there is a bona fide partnership, limited liability company, corporation, other legal entity holding a permit issued under that name, or a current out-of-state exemption. However, a sole proprietor or partnership lawfully using the title or designation “certified public accountant” or “public accountant” or an abbreviation of them in conjunction with such names or designation on April 26, 1960, may continue to do so if the person or partnership otherwise complies with this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.04.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.620. Exceptions.

This chapter does not prohibit (1) an individual who does not hold a current license or practice privilege from serving as an employee of or as an assistant to an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity holding a current license, a current practice privilege, a current permit, or a current out-of-state exemption so long as the employee or assistant does not use the employee's or the assistant's name in connection with an accounting or financial statement; (2) an individual who holds a valid license or equivalent authorization in another state from indicating that the individual is entitled to use the title “certified public accountant,” but the individual may not indicate that services are available to the public unless the individual holds a current license or practice privilege issued under this chapter; (3) a holder of a certificate, license, or degree from a foreign country that constitutes a recognized qualification for the practice of public accounting in that country from indicating that the person holds the certificate, license, or degree, but the person may not indicate that the person's services are available to the public unless the person holds a current license, practice privilege, permit, or out-of-state exemption under this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.04.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.630. Injunction against unlawful act.

Whenever, in the judgment of the board, a person has engaged in an act that constitutes a violation of AS 08.04.500 - 08.04.610, the board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the act. Upon a showing by the board that a person has engaged in the act, the court shall grant an injunction or any other appropriate order without bond.
AK Stat § 08.04.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.640. Penalty.

A person who violates a provision of AS 08.04.500 - 08.04.610 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
AK Stat § 08.04.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 4. Unlawful Acts and Penalties.|Sec. 08.04.650. Single act evidence of practice.

The display or uttering by a person of a card, sign, advertisement, or other printed, engraved, or written instrument or device, bearing a person's name in conjunction with the words “certified public accountant,” or any abbreviation of that phrase, or with the words “public accountant,” or any abbreviation of that phrase, or any words or abbreviations likely to be confused with any of them is prima facie evidence in any action brought under AS 08.04.630 or 08.04.640 that the person whose name is displayed caused the display or uttering of the card, sign, advertisement, or written instrument or device, and that the person is holding out to be a certified public accountant or public accountant. In any action, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter is sufficient to justify an injunction or a conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.
AK Stat § 08.04.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 5. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.04.660. Ownership of accountant's working papers.

Statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a certified public accountant or a public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service to a client, except reports submitted to a client, are the property of the accountant, in the absence of an express agreement between the accountant and the client to the contrary. A statement, record, schedule, working paper, or memorandum may not be sold, transferred, or bequeathed to a person other than a partner of the accountant without the consent of the client or the client's personal representative or assignee.
AK Stat § 08.04.661 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 5. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.04.661. Previous licensure.

A person holding a valid license as a public accountant under former AS 08.04.270 or a person holding a valid permit under former AS 08.04.390 on June 29, 1980, may continue to practice under the conditions imposed by statute and regulation on that date but that person is otherwise subject to this chapter. A license or permit effective under this section may be renewed under conditions imposed by statute and regulation that were in effect on June 29, 1980, except that any renewal fee required under this chapter applies.
AK Stat § 08.04.662 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 5. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.04.662. Confidential communications.

(a) A license holder, a permit holder, a practice privilege holder, an out-of-state exemption holder, or a partner, an officer, a shareholder, a member, or an employee of a license holder, a permit holder, an out-of-state exemption holder, or a practice privilege holder may not reveal information communicated to the license holder, permit holder, out-of-state exemption holder, or practice privilege holder by a client about a matter concerning which the client has employed the license holder, permit holder, out-of-state exemption holder, or practice privilege holder in a professional capacity. This section does not apply to (1) information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements; (2) the release of information the client has authorized the license holder, permit holder, out-of-state exemption holder, or practice privilege holder to reveal; (3) information revealed as part of the discovery of evidence related to a court or administrative proceeding or introduced in evidence in a court or administrative proceeding; (4) information revealed in ethical investigations conducted by private professional organizations; (5) information revealed in the course of a quality review under AS 08.04.426; or (6) information disclosed (A) under applicable state or federal laws or regulations; or (B) as required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. (b) Client information obtained by the board under (a)(3) - (6) of this section is confidential and is not a public record for purposes of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140.
AK Stat § 08.04.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 5. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.04.670. Construction.

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or to any circumstances is invalid, the remainder is not affected.
AK Stat § 08.04.690 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 04. Accountants|Article 6. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.04.690. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Accountancy Act.
AK Stat § 08.08.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 1. The Alaska Bar Association.|Sec. 08.08.010. Creation of Alaska Bar Association.

There is created an instrumentality of the state known as the Alaska Bar Association, referred to in this chapter as the Alaska Bar. The Alaska Bar shall have a common seal, may sue and be sued, and may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and promoting the objects of the Alaska Bar, enter into contracts and acquire, hold, encumber, and dispose of real and personal property.
AK Stat § 08.08.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 1. The Alaska Bar Association.|Sec. 08.08.020. Members.

(a) Every person licensed to practice law in the state shall become a member in the Alaska Bar. All active and inactive members in good standing as of September 14, 1976, shall be considered to be members. (b) A person licensed to practice law in the state who, on September 14, 1976, is not enrolled on the membership rolls, shall be reinstated as a member only in accordance with the Alaska Bar Rules.
AK Stat § 08.08.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.030. Governance of the Alaska Bar.

The Alaska Bar is governed by the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar. The board has the powers and duties conferred by this chapter and by the Alaska Bar Rules. Members of the board do not receive a salary.
AK Stat § 08.08.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.040. Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar.

(a) There is created a Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar to be elected under bylaws and regulations adopted by the board. (b) The board consists of nine active members elected by the active members of the Alaska Bar and three persons appointed by the governor who are not attorneys.
AK Stat § 08.08.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.050. Selection of the board.

(a) Two members of the board shall be elected by and from among the members of the association resident in the first judicial district; four members of the board shall be elected by and from among the members of the association resident in the third judicial district; two members by and from among the members of the association resident in the combined area of the second and fourth judicial districts; and one member of the board shall be elected at large by and from among the members of the association residing in the entire state. Three members who are not attorneys shall be appointed by the governor and are subject to confirmation by the legislature in joint session. (b) Members of the Board of Governors shall hold office for three years and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. (c) Four board members shall be selected on the following triennial rotation: (1) in the first year, one member from the first judicial district, one member from the combined area of the second and fourth judicial districts, one member from the third judicial district, and one appointed member; (2) in the second year, one member at large, two members from the third judicial district, and one appointed member; and (3) in the third year, one member from the combined area of the second and fourth judicial districts, one member from the third judicial district, one member from the first judicial district, and one appointed member.
AK Stat § 08.08.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.060. Election of officers.

The active members of the Alaska Bar who are in actual attendance at the association's annual convention shall elect by a majority vote during the convention the association's officers from the membership of the Board of Governors.
AK Stat § 08.08.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.070. Vacancies on the board.

(a) The board shall fill a vacancy in the elected membership of the board until the next annual election. (b) The governor shall appoint a member to fill a vacancy in the appointed membership of the board for the unexpired term.
AK Stat § 08.08.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.075. Meetings of the board.

AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the meetings of the board. Members of the Alaska Bar and the public shall be given 30 days' notice of meetings of the board except for emergency meetings. Meetings of the board shall take place in the state.
AK Stat § 08.08.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.080. Powers of board.

(a) Except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter or the Alaska Bar Rules, the board may approve and recommend to the state supreme court rules (1) concerning admission, discipline, licensing, continuing legal education, and defining the practice of law; (2) providing for continuing legal education and for certification of a continuing legal education program; (3) establishing a program for the certification of attorneys as specialists. (b) The board may adopt bylaws and regulations consistent with this chapter and the Alaska Bar Rules (1) concerning membership and the classification of membership in the Alaska Bar; (2) fixing the annual membership fees; (3) concerning annual and special meetings. (c) Consistent with this chapter and the Alaska Bar Rules, the board may (1) provide for employees of the Alaska Bar, the time, place and method of their selection, and their respective powers, duties, terms of office, and compensation; (2) establish, collect, deposit, invest, and disburse membership and admission fees, penalties, and other funds; (3) sue in the name of the Alaska Bar in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin a person from doing an act constituting a violation of this chapter; (4) provide for all other matters affecting in any way the organization and functioning of the Alaska Bar.
AK Stat § 08.08.082 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.082. Continuing legal education for board members.

A member of the Board of Governors each year shall complete the mandatory ethics continuing legal education requirements and the voluntary continuing legal education requirements set out in the Alaska Bar Rules.
AK Stat § 08.08.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.085. Annual report.

(a) The Board of Governors shall annually prepare a report on all matters concerning admissions, discipline of members, and disbarment proceedings, except for those matters defined as confidential by court rule, and notify the legislature that the report is available. (b) The annual report of the Board of Governors must note each addition, modification, or repeal of (1) a bylaw or regulation of the Alaska Bar; (2) the Alaska Bar Rules proposed to or adopted by the state supreme court. (c) The annual report of the Board of Governors may recommend to the legislature changes to this chapter and to the provisions of state law generally.
AK Stat § 08.08.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.090. Power of the bar to make or change bylaws and regulations.

A bylaw or regulation adopted by the Board of Governors may be modified or rescinded, or a new bylaw or regulation may be adopted, by a vote of the active members of the association under bylaws and regulations to be adopted by the Board of Governors.
AK Stat § 08.08.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 2. The Board of Governors and Officers.|Sec. 08.08.100. Administrative Procedure Act.

The bylaws and regulations adopted by the board or the members of the Alaska Bar under this chapter are not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 08.08.136 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 3. Admission to Alaska Bar.|Sec. 08.08.136. Assistance from law enforcement officers.

State and local law enforcement officers shall assist the Board of Governors in the processing of fingerprints of applicants seeking admission to the Alaska Bar Association and shall release the resulting information to the association.
AK Stat § 08.08.137 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 3. Admission to Alaska Bar.|Sec. 08.08.137. Fingerprints; social security number.

The Board of Governors shall require an applicant for admission to be fingerprinted and to provide the applicant's social security number and provide the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check. The fingerprints and fees shall be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400. The Board of Governors may use the information obtained from the fingerprinting only in its official determination of the character and fitness of the applicant for admission to the Alaska Bar Association. The applicant's social security number shall be provided to the child support services agency established in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, upon request by the respective agency; the requesting agency may use that information only for child support purposes authorized under law.
AK Stat § 08.08.201 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 3. Admission to Alaska Bar.|Sec. 08.08.201. Administration of bar examination.

(a) The Board of Governors shall administer the bar examination under the Alaska Bar Rules. (b) The Board of Governors may contract with another state or a testing organization for the preparation and grading of a portion of the Alaska Bar examination. (c) The Board of Governors shall contract with persons experienced in the administration of bar examinations for advice on the preparation and grading of the portion of the bar examination prepared under the direction of the board. (d) The Board of Governors shall establish and maintain standards for experience and training of persons who administer the portion of the bar examination prepared under the direction of the board.
AK Stat § 08.08.205 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 3. Admission to Alaska Bar.|Sec. 08.08.205. Eligibility to take bar examination.

Applicants who have not graduated from an accredited law school but are otherwise qualified may take the bar examination if they have completed a clerkship in the manner prescribed by AS 08.08.207.
AK Stat § 08.08.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 4. Unlawful Acts.|Sec. 08.08.210. Who may practice law.

(a) A person may not engage in the practice of law in the state unless the person is licensed to practice law in the state and is an active member of the Alaska Bar. A member of the bar in good standing in another jurisdiction may appear in the courts of the state under the rules the supreme court may adopt. (b) The practice of law shall be defined in the Alaska Bar Rules. (c) This section and AS 08.08.230 do not apply to the practice of law for the legislature by a person employed by or under contract with the legislature until the results are released of the third Alaska Bar examination following that person's employment. (d) Employees of the Department of Law, the Public Defender Agency, and the office of public advocacy whose activities would constitute the practice of law under this chapter and under Alaska Bar Rules are required to obtain a license to practice law in the state not later than 10 months following the commencement of employment.
AK Stat § 08.08.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 4. Unlawful Acts.|Sec. 08.08.230. Unlawful practice a misdemeanor.

(a) A person not an active member of the Alaska Bar and not licensed to practice law in the state who engages in the practice of law or holds out as entitled to engage in the practice of law as that term is defined in the Alaska Bar Rules, or an active member of the Alaska Bar who wilfully employs such a person knowing that the person is engaging in the practice of law or holding out as entitled to so engage, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (b) This section does not prohibit the use of paralegal personnel as defined by rules of the Alaska supreme court.
AK Stat § 08.08.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 08. Attorneys|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.08.250. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Integrated Bar Act.
AK Stat § 08.13.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers|Article 1. Board of Barbers and Hairdressers.|Sec. 08.13.010. Creation and membership of board.

(a) There is created the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers consisting of seven members appointed by the governor. (b) The board consists of (1) one person licensed as a barber under this chapter; (2) one person licensed to practice body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring under this chapter; (3) two persons licensed as hairdressers under this chapter, one of whom is also licensed as an esthetician under this chapter; (4) one public member; (5) one person licensed to practice manicuring under this chapter; and (6) one person licensed to practice any activity licensed under this chapter.