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AK Stat § 18.31.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program.|Sec. 18.31.030. Duties of the Department of Education and Early Development.

To assist in implementing the asbestos health hazard abatement program, the Department of Education and Early Development shall (1) cooperate with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, school districts, and regional educational attendance areas to ensure inspection of public schools for asbestos health hazards and to ensure that identified asbestos health hazards are abated; (2) maintain records, files, and reports on asbestos health hazards in public schools; (3) administer state money appropriated to finance renovation contracts under AS 18.31.040(5); (4) in accordance with priorities established by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 18.31.020(7), distribute grants to school districts and regional educational attendance areas for the abatement of health hazards in public schools; and (5) inform the Department of Labor and Workforce Development when renovation contracts are awarded under AS 18.31.040(5), to enable the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to advise contractors and other concerned persons of the health hazards of asbestos that may be encountered in the renovation project.
AK Stat § 18.31.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program.|Sec. 18.31.040. Duties of school officials.

To assist in implementing the asbestos health hazard abatement program, each city or borough school district and each regional educational attendance area shall (1) maintain records of all inspections, including sample dates, location, condition, and analysis of materials; (2) notify school personnel of the location of asbestos materials and ways to reduce exposure; (3) notify the parents of students about the results of asbestos inspections in their children's schools; (4) either (A) contract for the inspection of its school buildings in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency asbestos regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 763) and in accordance with guidelines established by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and under the supervision of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; or (B) notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that the school district or regional educational attendance area has not entered and does not intend to enter into a contract for an inspection for asbestos health hazards; and (5) contract for renovating school buildings to abate asbestos health hazards, and supervise and monitor the renovation contracts, applying the standards in AS 18.60.075 to protect the health of persons who renovate the school buildings.
AK Stat § 18.31.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program.|Sec. 18.31.050. Repayment of grant funds.

A school district or regional educational attendance area that receives a state grant for the abatement of asbestos health hazards in schools shall repay the grant from any money the district or the regional educational attendance area recovers from asbestos manufacturers or other parties in a claim for damages arising from the use of asbestos in a school. Repayment shall be made after deducting legal fees and other costs associated with the claim for damages.
AK Stat § 18.31.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 2. Certification of Asbestos Workers.|Sec. 18.31.200. Certification programs.

(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall (1) establish guidelines for employee training certification programs, including respiratory and competency tests to be completed successfully, to ensure that a person who is employed to abate asbestos health hazards is trained to do the work safely and is informed about the danger of working with asbestos; (2) review certification programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private vocational training programs, and others for persons who will be employed to abate asbestos health hazards; (3) approve proposed certification programs that meet the department's guidelines under this subsection; (4) assist in meeting the certification guidelines those whose certification program proposals have been found unacceptable. (b) Before a contractor may undertake work to abate an asbestos related health hazard, the contractor shall (1) propose to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a plan for the certification of its employees as adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way; (2) receive approval from the department of that plan; and (3) certify that each person who will work on the abatement of an asbestos health hazard is adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way. (c) A person may not be employed to abate an asbestos health hazard unless the person has been certified in a program approved by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under (a) of this section. (d) A contractor who violates (b) or (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000, as determined by the commissioner of labor and workforce development. (e) A contractor who violates (b) of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (f) A contractor who violates (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (g) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt by regulation a fee schedule for (1) review, approval, and certification of asbestos training certification programs and plans under this section; and (2) certification of a person employed to abate an asbestos health hazard.
AK Stat § 18.31.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 3. Naturally Occurring Asbestos.|Sec. 18.31.250. Use of materials containing naturally occurring asbestos.

(a) A principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, person having legal authority for the design and construction of a project may qualify for immunity in a civil action under AS 09.65.245(a)(2) for the use of gravel or other aggregate material that, when tested using a bulk test method prescribed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by regulation, is determined to have a content equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of naturally occurring asbestos by mass. (b) To qualify for the immunity provided under AS 09.65.245(a)(2), before initiating a construction project not subject to AS 44.42.410(b) that is within an area designated by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 44.42.400(b) or (c) and that will use gravel or other aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos, the principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, the person having legal authority for the design and construction of the project shall prepare and submit to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities specific project plans demonstrating compliance with the standards adopted by the department under AS 44.42.420 and the requirements of the site-specific use plan under AS 44.42.410. Before extraction of gravel or other aggregate material may begin, the plan must be approved and returned to the contractor by the department. (c) To preserve the immunity provided under AS 09.65.245(a)(2), the principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, the person having legal authority for the design and construction of the project shall adhere to the site-specific use plan approved by the department and the monitoring and mitigation plan created by the department.
AK Stat § 18.31.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 3. Naturally Occurring Asbestos.|Sec. 18.31.260. Presence of naturally occurring asbestos.

The state shall consider 0.25 percent by mass, the minimum detectable amount of asbestos under the California Air Resources Board Method 435, as the baseline for the presence of naturally occurring asbestos in gravel or other aggregate material.
AK Stat § 18.31.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 31. Asbestos|Article 4. General Provisions.|Sec. 18.31.500. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “asbestos” means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous anthophyllite, and fibrous actinolite; (2) “asbestos health hazard” means the presence of material containing asbestos that carries a risk of releasing asbestos fibers into the atmosphere.
AK Stat § 18.35.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.010. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 is to establish and maintain minimum standards of health and sanitation in tourist camps, trailer camps, motor courts, and motels necessary and desirable for the protection of the public health and welfare.
AK Stat § 18.35.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.020. Administration of laws and regulations.

The department has jurisdiction over the health and sanitary conditions of tourist accommodations under AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090.
AK Stat § 18.35.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.030. Regulations.

(a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations that relate to health and sanitation in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the accommodations including but not limited to minimum standards for water supply, sewage and refuse disposal, laundry, bathing and toilet facilities, communicable disease control, general cleanliness and safety, that are necessary or desirable for the protection of public health. (b) The provisions of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 do not prohibit the health authorities of a municipality from instituting local programs for health and sanitary control of tourist accommodations, including the enactment of ordinances for issuance and revocation of permits and additional regulations. However, the ordinance or regulation may not detract from the provisions of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 or the regulations under these sections.
AK Stat § 18.35.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.060. Unlawful disposal of wastes.

A person may not dispose of human excreta, garbage, or refuse on or near a public way or thoroughfare or on or near a tourist accommodation except in the use of appropriate facilities.
AK Stat § 18.35.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.080. Penalty for noncompliance.

A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 or the regulations adopted under those sections, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in a jail for not more than 30 days, or both.
AK Stat § 18.35.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels.|Sec. 18.35.090. Definitions.

In AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090, (1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (2) “tourist accommodations” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of abode, whether occupied by transient or permanent guests, whether equipped with tents, tent houses, cottages, automobile trailers, coaches, motor courts, or motels, and regardless of whether benefit accrues to the owner or operator.
AK Stat § 18.35.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.100. Toilet facilities required in restaurants and taverns.

(a) [Repealed, § 45 ch 59 SLA 1982.] (b) An owner of a restaurant or tavern shall provide and maintain sanitary toilet accommodations for public use.
AK Stat § 18.35.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.110. Penalty for violations of AS 18.35.100.

(a) A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.100 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Each operating restaurant or tavern in violation constitutes a separate offense. (b) In addition to the penalty provided in (a) of this section, the court shall require the person to comply with AS 18.35.100 within a reasonable period of time.
AK Stat § 18.35.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.120. Enforcement of AS 18.35.100.

The department shall adopt regulations to implement and enforce AS 18.35.100 by appropriate means. The regulations must set standards of sanitation and must provide for, but need not be limited to, periodic inspections. However, the regulations may not require a restaurant or tavern to have more than one toilet accommodation.
AK Stat § 18.35.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.200. Free toilet facilities required for public facilities and special events.

An owner of public facilities or sponsor of special events open to the general public shall, where practical, provide and maintain at the facilities or events sanitary toilet accommodations for public use whether the facilities or events are permanent or temporary. A charge may not be required for use of a toilet facility in any public place.
AK Stat § 18.35.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.210. Penalty for violation of AS 18.35.200.

A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.200 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Each day of operation is a separate offense.
AK Stat § 18.35.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.220. Enforcement of AS 18.35.200.

The department shall adopt regulations to implement and enforce AS 18.35.200 by appropriate means, including but not limited to periodic inspections.
AK Stat § 18.35.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 2. Public Restrooms.|Sec. 18.35.230. Definitions.

In AS 18.35.100 - 18.35.230,  (1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (2) “public facilities” means recreation camps, picnic areas, theaters, places of entertainment, churches, fair buildings, and places with permanent facilities for public use; (3) “restaurant” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of sale and on-premise consumption of food or beverages; (4) “special events” means events involving public gathering and includes athletic and sporting events where the public congregates, including but not be limited to dog sled racing, horse racing, snowmobile races, skiing events, salmon derbies, and other activities; (5) “tavern” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of sale and on-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages; (6) “toilet accommodations” means a facility available to the public consisting of an approved flush-type commode, urinal, privy, self-contained privy, or any other device approved by the department for containment and disposal of human wastes, and shall include lavatory facilities where practical.
AK Stat § 18.35.306 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.306. Notice of prohibition.

(a) A person who is in charge of a place or vehicle where smoking is prohibited under AS 18.35.301 shall conspicuously display in the place or vehicle a sign that  (1) reads “Smoking Prohibited by Law-Fine $50”; (2) includes the international symbol for no smoking; or (3) includes the words “No Puffin” with a pictorial representation of a puffin holding a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle crossed with a red bar. (b) A person in charge of a building at which smoking is prohibited within a specific distance from the entrance of the building under AS 18.35.301(c)(4) shall conspicuously display a sign that reads “Smoking within (number of feet) Feet of Entrance Prohibited by Law-Fine $50” visible from the outside of each entrance to the building.  (c) The department shall furnish signs required under this section to a person who requests them with the intention of displaying them.
AK Stat § 18.35.311 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.311. Duty of employers and building managers.

(a) An employer may not permit an employee, customer, or other person to smoke inside an enclosed area at a place of employment. (b) The owner, operator, manager, or other person who manages a building or other place where smoking is prohibited under AS 18.35.301 may not provide ashtrays or other smoking accessories for use in that building or place.  (c) An employer may not require an employee, customer, or other person to enter a stand-alone shelter as defined in AS 18.35.301(h) for a purpose other than smoking.
AK Stat § 18.35.316 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.316. Powers and duties of the commissioner.

(a) The commissioner (1) shall administer and enforce the requirements of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399;  (2) may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to carry out the duties under this section.  (b) In addition to other powers granted the commissioner under AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399, the commissioner may delegate to another agency the authority to implement and enforce one or more provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
AK Stat § 18.35.321 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.321. Public education.

(a) The commissioner shall ensure that employers, property owners, property operators, and other members of the public are provided ongoing access to (1) a program of education regarding the requirements in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399;  (2) an electronically published printable brochure that summarizes the requirements in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.  (b) The program of education under (a) of this section may be provided in combination with the comprehensive smoking education, tobacco use prevention, and tobacco control program established in AS 44.29.020(a)(14).
AK Stat § 18.35.326 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.326. Nonretaliation.

(a) An employer may not discharge or in any other manner retaliate against an employee because the employee cooperates with or initiates enforcement of a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.  (b) The owner or operator of a vehicle or other place that is subject to a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may not retaliate against a customer or other member of the public for cooperating with or initiating enforcement of a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
AK Stat § 18.35.331 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.331. Conflicts with local requirements.

Nothing in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 prohibits a municipality from adopting an ordinance imposing additional  (1) limitations on smoking; (2) duties on employers, owners, operators, and other persons who are subject to the requirements of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 related to smoking; or  (3) limitations on smoking in an outdoor area at a municipal park designated as a children's playground.
AK Stat § 18.35.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.340. Civil complaints; penalties.

(a) The commissioner shall develop and maintain a procedure for processing reports of violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, and 18.35.326.  (b) If, after investigating a report made under this section, the commissioner determines that a violation has occurred, (1) the commissioner may file a civil complaint in the district court to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399; or (2) an employee of the department designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may issue a citation under AS 18.35.341(b). If an employee of the department issues a citation, the violation shall be processed and disposed of under AS 18.35.341.  (c) A person who violates AS 18.35.301 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of $50. A person who violates AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300. Each day a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 continues after a civil complaint for the violation has been filed and served on the defendant constitutes a separate violation. A person who violates AS 18.35.326 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of not more than $500. (d) The department may provide for the payment of civil fines under this section by mail.