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AK Stat § 08.18.131 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.131. Injunction; civil penalty.

In an action instituted in the superior court by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the court may enjoin a person from acting in the capacity of a contractor in violation of this chapter. In an action instituted in the superior court by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, the court may enjoin a person from acting in the capacity of a home inspector in violation of this chapter. In addition to other relief, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day that an unlawful act continues constitutes a separate violation.
AK Stat § 08.18.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.141. Violations.

(a) A contractor, a home inspector, or a person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person (1) knowingly violates AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; and (2) has been previously (A) convicted of violating AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; (B) found guilty of a violation under AS 08.18.117 if the violation involved AS 08.18.011 or 08.18.025; or (C) fined under AS 08.18.125. (b) A contractor, a home inspector, or a person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector who violates a provision of this chapter, other than a violation under (a) of this section, is guilty of a violation punishable under AS 12. (c) Criminal prosecution for a violation of this chapter does not preclude the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from seeking available civil or administrative remedies.
AK Stat § 08.18.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 3. Enforcement.|Sec. 08.18.151. Legal actions by contractor or home inspector.

A person acting in the capacity of a contractor or home inspector may not bring an action in a court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of work or for breach of a contract for which registration is required under this chapter without alleging and proving that the contractor or home inspector was a registered contractor or registered home inspector, as applicable, at the time of contracting for the performance of the work.
AK Stat § 08.18.152 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.18.152. Prohibited acts for home inspectors.

An individual registered under this chapter as a home inspector or associate home inspector may not (1) perform or offer to perform, for an additional fee, repairs to a subject property on which the home inspector or the home inspector's company has prepared a home inspection report in the past 12 months; (2) inspect for a fee any property in which the home inspector or the home inspector's company has a financial interest or an interest in the transfer of the property; (3) offer or deliver compensation, an inducement, or a reward to the owner of the inspected property, the broker, or the agent, for the referral of business to the home inspector or the home inspector's company; (4) without the written consent of the home inspection client or the client's legal representative, disclose information from a home inspection report prepared by the home inspector or the home inspector's company unless the disclosure is made (A) to a subsequent client who requests a home inspection of the same premises; or (B) by the home inspector in an administrative or judicial proceeding in which disclosure of the home inspection report is relevant to resolution of the legal issues in the proceeding; (5) without the written consent of all interested parties, accept compensation from more than one interested party for the same home inspection services; (6) accept from a person who has other dealings with a home inspection client a commission or allowance, directly or indirectly, for work for which the home inspector or the home inspector's company is responsible; (7) accept an engagement to make an inspection or to prepare a report in which the employment itself or the fee payable for the inspection is contingent upon the conclusions in the report, preestablished findings, or the close of escrow.
AK Stat § 08.18.154 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.18.154. Limitation on home inspector's activities.

A registration issued under AS 08.18.022 does not authorize the holder to perform an activity for which a license is required under provisions of this title that are outside of this chapter.
AK Stat § 08.18.156 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.18.156. Exemptions related to home inspections.

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, an individual who inspects a home is not required to be registered under this chapter as a home inspector or associate home inspector if the individual is (1) employed by the federal or state government, a political subdivision of the state, a regional housing authority created under AS 18.55.996(b), or a municipality or unincorporated community and the employee is performing only duties that are within the employee's official duties; (2) performing a home inspection only with respect to property that is the individual's residence or in which the individual has a financial interest; (3) registered as an engineer or architect under AS 08.48, prepares a written report after the inspection, affixes the individual's seal to the home inspection report, signs and dates the report, and puts the individual's registration number on the report; (4) engaged as an engineer in training or architect in training who works for and is supervised by a person described in (3) of this subsection and the person described in (3) of this subsection affixes the person's seal to the home inspection report, signs and dates the report, and puts the person's registration number on the report; (5) licensed as a pesticide applicator by the Department of Environmental Conservation and is performing only activities within the scope of that license; (6) registered as a general contractor with a residential contractor endorsement under this chapter and is performing only activities within the scope of that registration; (7) certified as any type of real estate appraiser under AS 08.87 and is performing only activities that are authorized under that certification; or (8) only determining whether a building complies with the thermal and lighting energy standards required by AS 46.11.040. (b) Notwithstanding the definition of “home inspection” in AS 08.18.171(8), an individual is not considered to be doing a home inspection for purposes of this chapter if the individual (1) is in the business of repairing, maintaining, or installing any of the systems or components listed in AS 08.18.171(8); and (2) inspects the system or component for the sole purpose of determining the condition of the system or component before performing or offering to perform repair, maintenance, or installation work on the system or component.
AK Stat § 08.18.161 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.18.161. Exemptions.

To the extent that this chapter governs contractors, this chapter does not apply to (1) an authorized representative of the United States government, the state, or a political subdivision or agency of the state; (2) an officer of a court when acting within the scope of office; (3) a public utility operating under the regulations of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in construction, maintenance, or development work incidental to its own business; (4) a construction, repair, or operation incidental to the discovering or producing of petroleum or gas, or the drilling, testing, abandoning, or other operation of a petroleum or gas well or a surface or underground mine or mineral deposit when performed by an owner or lessee; (5) the sale or installation of finished products, materials, or articles of merchandise that are not actually fabricated into and do not become a permanent, fixed part of a structure; (6) construction, alteration, or repair of personal property; (7) a person who only furnished materials, supplies, or equipment without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of the contractor; (8) an owner who contracts for a project with a registered contractor; (9) a person working on an existing structure on that person's own property, whether occupied by the person or not, and a person working on that person's own existing residence, whether owned by the person or not; (10) an owner or tenant of commercial property who uses the owner's or tenant's own employees to do maintenance, repair, and alteration work on that property; (11) an owner who acts as the owner's own contractor and in doing so performs the work independently or hires workers or subcontractors, purchases materials, and, as such, sees to the paying for all labor, subcontractors, and materials; in this case, the owner shall be limited to construction of one home, duplex, triplex, four-plex, or commercial building every two years; an owner who advertises the structure under construction for sale or sells the structure during the period of construction or within two years after the period of construction begins shall file, on forms provided by the department, a notice indicating that the owner is not engaged in a business for which the owner is required to register as a contractor under this chapter; for the purposes of this paragraph, construction begins on the date that is the earlier of when the owner (A) begins the actual construction work; or (B) enters into an agreement with another person for the other person to provide labor, to act as a subcontractor, or to provide materials for the construction; (12) a person performing construction work incidental to farming, dairying, agriculture, horticulture, stock or poultry raising, mining, logging, fishing, clearing, or other work on the land in rural districts for fire prevention purposes, or access road building, unless the person is a licensee.
AK Stat § 08.20.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.010. Creation and membership of Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

There is created the Board of Chiropractic Examiners consisting of five members appointed by the governor.
AK Stat § 08.20.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.020. Members of board.

Four members of the board shall be licensed chiropractic physicians who have practiced chiropractic in this state not less than two years. One member of the board shall be a person with no direct financial interest in the health care industry. Each member serves without pay but is entitled to per diem and travel expenses allowed by law.
AK Stat § 08.20.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.025. Removal of board members.

A member of the board may be removed from office by the governor for cause.
AK Stat § 08.20.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.040. Organization of board.

Every two years, the board shall elect from its membership a president, vice president and secretary.
AK Stat § 08.20.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.050. Power of officers to administer oaths and take testimony.

The president and the secretary may administer oaths in conjunction with the business of the board.
AK Stat § 08.20.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.055. Board regulations.

The board shall adopt regulations necessary to effect the provisions of this chapter, including regulations establishing standards for (1) continuing education; (2) the application, performance, and evaluation of chiropractic core methodology; (3) the training, qualifications, scope of practice, and employment of chiropractic interns and chiropractic preceptors; (4) the designation of one or more nationally recognized certification programs for chiropractic clinical assistants; and (5) the performance of patient examinations authorized under AS 08.20.100(b).
AK Stat § 08.20.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.060. Seal.

The board shall adopt a seal and affix it to all licenses issued.
AK Stat § 08.20.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 1. Board of Chiropractic Examiners.|Sec. 08.20.090. Quorum of board.

A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
AK Stat § 08.20.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.100. Practice of chiropractic.

(a) A person may not practice chiropractic or use chiropractic core methodology in the state without a license. (b) A person licensed under this chapter may (1) analyze, diagnose, or treat the chiropractic condition of a patient by chiropractic core methodology or by ancillary methodology; (2) accept referrals for treatment by chiropractic core methodology or by ancillary methodology; (3) consult on chiropractic matters; (4) refer patients to other health care professionals; (5) perform, within the scope of chiropractic practice, physical examinations of children for school physical examinations and preparticipation physical examinations for sports and school activities; (6) sign (A) reports for excuses from employment and from attendance at school or participation in sports activities; and (B) authorizations for sick leave; (7) perform preemployment and workplace health examinations; (8) provide disability and physical impairment ratings; (9) provide retirement health and disability authorizations and recommendations; (10) employ nationally certified chiropractic clinical assistants; and (11) employ chiropractic interns and chiropractic preceptors. (c) A person licensed under this chapter is not authorized to sign affidavits exempting school children from immunization requirements under AS 14.30.125 or to administer or interpret the results of infectious disease tests required by statute or regulation. (d) This section does not apply to a chiropractic intern who is acting within the scope of practice authorized by the board and is under the personal supervision of a licensed chiropractor.
AK Stat § 08.20.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.110. Application for license.

A person desiring to practice chiropractic shall apply in writing to the board.
AK Stat § 08.20.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.120. Qualifications for license.

(a) An applicant shall be issued a license to practice chiropractic if the applicant (1) has a high school education or its equivalent; (2) has successfully completed at least two academic years of study in a college of liberal arts or sciences or has engaged in the active licensed practice of chiropractic for three of the four years preceding the filing of the application; (3) is a graduate of a school or college of chiropractic that (A) is accredited by or a candidate for accreditation by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a successor accrediting agency recognized by the board; or (B) if an accrediting agency under (A) of this paragraph does not exist, requires the completion of a minimum of 4,000 hours of formal education and training in order to graduate, including (i) 150 hours of chiropractic philosophy or principles; (ii) 1200 hours of basic sciences, including anatomy, chemistry, physiology, and pathology; (iii) 1400 hours of preclinical technique, including diagnosis, chiropractic technique, and x-rays; and (iv) 700 hours of clinical training; (4) completes 120 hours of formal training in physiological therapeutics; (5) passes an examination given by the board; and (6) passes, to the satisfaction of the board, the parts of the examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board. (b) [Repealed § 2 ch 93 SLA 1996.]
AK Stat § 08.20.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.130. Examinations.

(a) Examinations for a license to practice chiropractic may be held in the time and manner fixed by the board. (b) The examination may include practical demonstration and oral and written examination in those subjects usually taught in accredited chiropractic schools. (c) A general average rating of 75 percent is a passing grade on the examination. (d) An applicant may take a reexamination within one year after failing the examination.
AK Stat § 08.20.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.141. Licensure by credentials.

The board may issue a license by credentials to an applicant who pays the appropriate fee and presents satisfactory proof that the applicant (1) is a graduate of a school or college of chiropractic that (A) is accredited by or a candidate for accreditation by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a successor accrediting agency recognized by the board; or (B) if an accrediting agency under (A) of this paragraph does not exist, requires the completion of a minimum of 4,000 hours of formal education and training in order to graduate, including (i) 150 hours of chiropractic philosophy or principles; (ii) 1,200 hours of basic sciences, including anatomy, chemistry, physiology, and pathology; (iii) 1,400 hours of preclinical technique, including diagnosis, chiropractic technique, and x-rays; and (iv) 700 hours of clinical training; (2) has held a license in good standing to practice chiropractic in another jurisdiction for the five years preceding the date of application; for purposes of this paragraph, “good standing” means that (A) no action has been reported about the applicant in the national licensee database of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards; (B) the applicant has not, within the five years preceding the date of application, been the subject of an unresolved review or an adverse decision based on a complaint, investigation, review procedure, or disciplinary proceeding undertaken by a foreign, state, territorial, local, or federal chiropractic licensing jurisdiction, chiropractic society, or law enforcement agency that relates to criminal or fraudulent activity, chiropractic malpractice, or negligent chiropractic care and that adversely reflects on the applicant's ability or competence to engage in the practice of chiropractic or on the safety or well-being of patients; and (C) the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the five years preceding the date of application; (3) has been in active licensed clinical chiropractic practice for at least three of the five years immediately preceding the date of application; (4) has passed, to the satisfaction of the board, the parts of the examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board; (5) has passed an examination approved by the board that is designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of the state governing the practice of chiropractic and the regulations adopted under those laws; and (6) has completed 120 hours of formal training in physiological therapeutics or has passed, to the satisfaction of the board, a physiological therapeutics examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board.
AK Stat § 08.20.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.155. Professional designation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 08.02.010 relating to specialist designations, a person licensed under this chapter may not designate a specialty unless the person has completed a postgraduate specialty program at an accredited school approved by the board and the person has passed a certification exam for the specialty approved by the board. All specialty designations must include the term “chiropractic.”
AK Stat § 08.20.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.160. Temporary permits.

Temporary permits may be issued to qualified applicants until the next regular meeting of the board.
AK Stat § 08.20.163 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 20. Chiropractors|Article 2. Licensing and Regulation.|Sec. 08.20.163. Temporary permit for locum tenens practice.

(a) The board may grant a temporary permit to a chiropractor for the purpose of the chiropractor's substituting for another chiropractor licensed in this state. The permit is valid for 60 consecutive days. If circumstances warrant, an extension of the permit may be granted by the board. (b) A chiropractor applying under (a) of this section shall pay the required fee and shall meet the (1) requirements of AS 08.20.120; or (2) following requirements: (A) submit evidence of a current license in good standing, including (i) no action reported in the national licensee database of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards; (ii) not having been, within the five years preceding the date of application, the subject of an unresolved review or an adverse decision based upon a complaint, investigation, review procedure, or disciplinary proceeding undertaken by a state, territorial, local, or federal chiropractic licensing jurisdiction, chiropractic society, or law enforcement agency that relates to criminal or fraudulent activity, chiropractic malpractice, or negligent chiropractic care and that adversely reflects on the applicant's ability or competence to engage in the practice of chiropractic or on the safety or well-being of patients; and (iii) no conviction for a felony within the five years preceding the date of application; (B) submit evidence of five years of active licensed clinical practice; (C) be a graduate of a school or college of chiropractic that is accredited by or a candidate for accreditation by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a successor accrediting agency recognized by the board; (D) have completed 120 hours of formal training in physiological therapeutics or have passed, to the satisfaction of the board, a physiological therapeutic examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board; (E) have passed, to the satisfaction of the board, Parts I and II of the examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners; and (F) pass an examination given by the board. (c) Permits and extensions of permits issued under this section to an individual are not valid for more than 240 days during any consecutive 24 months.