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2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 08.02.110 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.”
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.165. Inactive license status.

(a) A licensee who does not practice in the state may convert a license to inactive status when renewing the license. A person who practices in the state, however infrequently, shall hold an active license. A person renewing an inactive license shall meet the same renewal requirements that would be applicable if the person were renewing an active license.
(b) A person who has an inactive license certificate under (a) of this section may reactivate the license by applying for an active license and paying the required fees.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.167. Retired license status.

(a) Upon retiring from practice and upon payment of an appropriate one-time fee, a licensee in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of an active or inactive license to a retired status license. A person holding a retired status license may not practice chiropractic in the state. A retired status license is valid for the life of the license holder and does not require renewal. A person holding a retired status license is exempt from continuing education requirements adopted by the board under AS 08.20.170(d).
(b) A person with a retired status license may apply for active licensure. Before issuing an active license under this subsection, the board may require the applicant to meet reasonable criteria, as determined under regulations of the board, that may include submission of continuing education credits, reexamination requirements, physical and psychiatric examination requirements, an interview with the board, and a review of information in the national licensee database of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.168. Chiropractic clinical assistant.

(a) Enrollment in or completion of a nationally recognized certification program under AS 08.20.055(4) is required to practice as a chiropractic clinical assistant in this state.
(b) A person who meets the requirement under (a) of this section may, under the general supervision of a person licensed under this chapter,
(1) perform diagnostic imaging studies;
(2) use ancillary methodologies; and
(3) perform procedures.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.170. Disciplinary sanctions; refusal to issue or renew license.

(a) The board may impose a disciplinary sanction on a person licensed under this chapter or refuse to issue a license under this chapter when the board finds that the person
(1) secured or attempted to secure a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation;
(2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of providing professional services or engaging in professional activities;
(3) advertised professional services in a false or misleading manner;
(4) has been convicted, including a conviction based on a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere, of
(A) a felony or other crime that affects the person's ability to practice competently and safely; or
(B) a crime involving the unlawful procurement, sale, prescription, or dispensing of drugs;
(5) intentionally or negligently engaged in or permitted the performance of patient care by persons under the licensee's supervision that does not conform to minimum professional standards established by regulation regardless of whether actual injury to the patient occurred;
(6) failed to comply with this chapter, with a regulation adopted under this chapter, or with an order of the board;
(7) continued or attempted to practice after becoming unfit due to
(A) professional incompetence;
(B) addiction or severe dependency on alcohol or a drug that impairs the person's ability to practice safely;
(C) physical or mental disability or an infectious or contagious disease;
(8) engaged in lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of professional service to patients; or
(9) failed to satisfy continuing education requirements adopted by the board.
(b) AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to any action taken by the board for the suspension or revocation of a license.
(c) A person whose license is suspended or revoked may within two years from date of suspension apply for reinstatement, and if the board is satisfied that the applicant should be reinstated, it shall order reinstatement.
(d) The board shall adopt regulations that ensure that renewal of license is contingent on proof of continued competency by a practitioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.180. Fees.

(a) An applicant for an examination, reexamination, issuance of a temporary permit under AS 08.20.160, issuance of a locum tenens permit under AS 08.20.163, issuance of a license by credentials under AS 08.20.141, one-time issuance of a retired status license, or initial issuance or renewal of an active or inactive license shall pay a fee established under AS 08.01.065.
(b) [Repealed, § 24 ch 22 SLA 2001.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.185. Utilization review committee; confidentiality.

(a) The board may establish a utilization review committee to review complaints concerning the reasonableness or appropriateness of care provided, fees charged, or costs for services rendered by a licensee to a patient. A review conducted by a utilization review committee under this section may be used by the board in considering disciplinary action against a licensee, but the results or recommendations of a utilization review committee are not binding on the board. A member of a utilization review committee established under this section who in good faith submits a report under this section or participates in an investigation or judicial proceeding related to a report submitted under this section is immune from civil liability for the submission or participation.
(b) The board shall charge a complainant a fee, established under AS 08.01.065, for utilization review under this section.
(c) Patient records presented to a utilization review committee for review under this section that were confidential before their presentation to the committee are confidential to the committee members and to the board members and are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.125. A committee member or board member to whom confidential records are presented under this subsection shall maintain the confidentiality of the records. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation. › Sec. 08.20.195. Limitation of practice.

A person licensed under this chapter or a person who is practicing as a chiropractic intern, chiropractic clinical assistant, or chiropractic preceptor under this chapter may act only within the scope of practice authorized by the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 3. Unlawful Acts and Penalties. › Sec. 08.20.200. Unlicensed practice.

A person who practices chiropractic in the state without a license in violation of AS 08.20.100 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and may be punished as provided in AS 12.55.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 3. Unlawful Acts and Penalties. › Sec. 08.20.210. Fraudulent licenses and certificates.

A person who obtains or attempts to obtain a chiropractic license or provides the board with evidence that the person is nationally certified to practice as a chiropractic clinical assistant by dishonest or fraudulent means or who forges, counterfeits, or fraudulently alters a chiropractic license or chiropractic clinical assistant certificate issued by a nationally recognized certification program is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in AS 12.55.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 20. Chiropractors › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 08.20.230. Practice of chiropractic.

The practice of chiropractic
(1) addresses ramifications of health and disease with a special emphasis on biomechanical analysis, interpretation and treatment of the structural and functional integrity of skeletal joint structures, and the physiological efficiency of the nervous system as these matters relate to subluxation complex; and
(2) involves the diagnosis, analysis, or formulation of a chiropractic diagnostic impression regarding the chiropractic conditions of the patient to determine the appropriate method of chiropractic treatment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.090. License required.

(a) A person other than a collection agency licensed and authorized under this chapter may not for compensation
(1) conduct a collection agency business in this state;
(2) collect claims for others in this state;
(3) solicit the right to collect or receive payment of a claim for another;
(4) advertise or solicit either in print, by letter, in person or otherwise, the right to collect or receive payment of a claim for another;
(5) seek to make collection or obtain payment of a claim on behalf of another.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the following when engaged in the regular course of their respective businesses:
(1) attorneys at law;
(2) persons regularly employed on a regular wage or salary in the capacity of credit men or a similar capacity, except as an independent contractor;
(3) banks, including trust departments of banks, fiduciaries and financing and lending institutions;
(4) common carriers;
(5) title insurers and abstract companies while doing an escrow business;
(6) licensed real estate brokers;
(7) employees of licensees under this chapter;
(8) substation payment offices employed by or serving as independent contractors for public utilities.
(c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a jail for not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.100. Licensed operator required; exceptions; renewal.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a licensee may not engage in the collection agency business unless and until the collection agency and each branch office of the agency is under the management and control of a licensed operator for each office. The department may waive this requirement for a period not to exceed 90 days upon the death or disability of an operator or for other good cause.
(b) The operator's license is renewable on or before July 1 of each second year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.110. Qualification for operator's license.

(a) To qualify for an operator's license, the applicant shall
(1) be a high school graduate, or have the equivalent education of a high school graduate;
(2) be of good moral character;
(3) not have been convicted of violating this chapter, nor have any unsettled complaints under this chapter against the applicant;
(4) not have been convicted of a felony or a crime of larceny or embezzlement or a crime involving moral turpitude;
(5) be 19 years of age or older at the time of application;
(6) not be a disbarred attorney or have filed bankruptcy;
(7) pay the biennial license fee.
(b) The commissioner may waive or modify the requirements specified in (a)(1), (3), (4) and (6) of this section for good cause shown.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.120. Application for operator's license.

(a) An application for an operator's license shall be made on forms furnished by the department and must contain the information required in AS 08.24.110 and the following:
(1) a complete set of fingerprints and 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;
(2) a 2" x 3" photograph showing a front view of head and shoulders;
(3) if it is an original application, the application fee;
(4) the biennial license fee.
(b) The department may make a complete investigation of applicants, including inquiry of police agencies as to the applicant's record of arrest or conviction of crime. The department shall submit the fingerprints and fees received under (a)(1) of this section to the Department of Public Safety for a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.130. Application for agency license.

(a) An application for a collection agency license or for a renewal of a license shall be made upon forms furnished by the department and must contain the following information:
(1) the full name and proposed business name of the applicant;
(2) the address of the applicant's principal place of business and branch offices;
(3) the names and addresses of the applicant and those associated with the applicant; if the applicant is a corporation or association, the application must contain the names of the officers of the corporation or association;
(4) the names and residential addresses of the applicant's operators;
(5) additional information that the department by regulation requires.
(b) A natural person applying for a collection agency license must be 19 years of age or older at the time of making application.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.140. Fee, bond, and other material.

(a) The application must be accompanied by
(1) if it is an original application, the application fee;
(2) the biennial license fee for a collection agency for the principal place of business and the same amount for each branch office;
(3) a bond running to the state with a surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the department, and conditioned that the licensee shall, within 30 days after the close of each calendar or fiscal month, report and pay to the licensee's customers the net proceeds due and payable of all collections made during the calendar or fiscal month that exceed $20.
(b) All money collected by an agency belonging to a client shall be deposited in a trust account and cleared at the end of each month. The department may audit any agency transaction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.150. Bond.

(a) The bond provided for in AS 08.24.140 shall be in the sum of $5,000, executed by the applicant, as principal, and by a corporation that is licensed or authorized to transact business of fidelity and surety insurance within the state as surety. The department may at any time request verification of a bonding agent's authority by the main office of any company acting as surety.
(b) A licensee may, at any time, file with the department a new bond. A licensee may in lieu of a bond make a $5,000 cash deposit with the department, the deposit to be held by the department under the same terms and conditions as if bond in that amount were posted.
(c) A surety may file with the department notice of the surety's withdrawal on the bond of a licensee. Upon filing a new bond, or upon the revocation of the collection agency license, or upon expiration of 60 days after the filing of notice of withdrawal as surety by the surety, the liability of the former surety for all future acts of the licensee is terminated.
(d) The department shall immediately cancel the bond given by a surety company upon being advised its license to transact business of fidelity and surety insurance has been revoked by the state.
(e) Upon the filing with the department of notice by a surety of the surety's withdrawal as the surety on the bond of a licensee or upon the cancellation by the department of the bond of a surety company as provided in this section, the department shall immediately give notice to the licensee of the withdrawal or cancellation. The notice shall be by registered or certified mail with request for a return receipt and addressed to the licensee at the licensee's main office, as shown by the records of the department. At the expiration of 30 days from the date of mailing the notice, the license of the licensee is terminated unless the licensee has filed a new bond with a surety satisfactory to the department. All bonds given under this chapter shall be filed and held in the office of the department.
(f) The bond required by this section remains in effect until cancelled by action of the surety, the principal, or the department. An action may not be initiated upon the bond after two years from its cancellation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.160. Form of bond.

The bond required by AS 08.24.140 and 08.24.150 shall be in the form substantially as follows:
BONDKnow all Men by These Presents that we,.................................., as principal, and ..................................as surety, are held and firmly bound to the State of Alaska, in the penal sum of $............, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns jointly and severally.The condition of this obligation is such that whereas, the bonded principal, named above, has applied to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development of the State of Alaska for a collection agency license under the provisions of AS 08.24 and is required by the provisions of that law to furnish a bond conditioned as herein set out.Now, therefore, if.................................., within 30 days after the close of each fiscal or calendar month, reports and pays to customers the net proceeds due and payable of all collections made during that calendar or fiscal month which exceed $20, and strictly, honestly and faithfully complies with the provisions of AS 08.24 and all amendments to it and regulations adopted under it, then this obligation is void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.This bond becomes effective on the.........day of........., 2..... The surety may be relieved of future liability under it by giving 60 days' written notice to the principal and to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development of the State of Alaska.This bond is one continuing obligation and the liability of the surety for the aggregate of all claims which may arise under it may in no event exceed the amount of the penalty set out in it.IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals at.................................., Alaska, this.........day of........., 2..... (SEAL)..................................Principal (SEAL)..................................Surety
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.190. License not assignable; death of licensee.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a license granted under this chapter is a personal privilege and is not assignable.
(b) Upon the death of a collection agency licensee, the department has the right to transfer the license of the decedent to the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate for the period of the unexpired term of the license and the court having jurisdiction of the probate of the estate of the decedent may authorize the executor or administrator to continue the collection agency business of the decedent and upon other terms and conditions as the court may prescribe.
(c) The death of the operator of a corporate licensee shall in no way interfere with the continuation of the licensed business if another licensed operator is placed in management control of the corporate licensee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.200. Expiration and renewal.

(a) All licenses required by this chapter shall expire on June 30, 1970, and June 30 of each second year thereafter and shall be renewed as of July 1 following upon payment of required biennial fees.
(b) If a licensee under this chapter is delinquent for a period of 15 days in applying for the renewal of a license, the department shall suspend the license and notify the licensee by certified mail or by personal service. The notice must state that the license will be revoked if application for renewal is not made within 15 days after the date on which the notice was mailed or personally served. When a licensee has been delinquent more than 60 days in renewing a license or certificate, the department shall charge an additional penalty established under AS 08.01.100(b) before renewal of the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.210. Annual statement of collection.

Each collection agency licensee shall, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, file with the department a verified annual statement for the preceding calendar year, showing the respective amounts of all customers' money collected by the licensee during the preceding calendar year, that has not previously been remitted to the customers entitled to it or properly accounted for, and showing also the amounts of money that the licensee has on deposit in a bank or in the licensee's possession for the purpose of liquidating any and all amounts due to customers. The statement must contain the name and address of the bank. The annual statement shall be made substantially in the following form:
ANNUAL STATEMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPursuant to AS 08.24.210 the undersigned, .................................., licensed under AS 08.24 to conduct a collection agency business, hereby declares that the amount of money collected during the preceding calendar year by the undersigned, as a licensee under AS 08.24, which has not been remitted to a customer or properly accounted for is $............; and that the amount on deposit with all banks for the purpose of liquidating all amounts to customers is $............The attached schedule contains a true statement of the name and address of each customer of the undersigned to whom there was due or owing at the end of the preceding calendar year on account of collections made during the preceding calendar year the aggregate sum of $20 or more.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this statement on this ......... day of ........., 2 ..... (name of licensee)
(signature)
(capacity)
VERIFICATIONSTATE OF ALASKA ssTHIRD DISTRICTI, the undersigned, being first sworn, do on oath depose and say: That I executed the within annual statement as the licensee named in it or on behalf of the licensee named in it, as the operator, director, or officer of the licensee named in it, as indicated in it; that I have read the statement and know its contents; and that the statement is true...................................Subscribed and sworn to before me this .................................. day of ........., 2 .................................. Notary Public in and for Alaska
My commission expires:
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.240. Failure to file statement.

If the annual statement of collection is not filed as required under AS 08.24.210, the failure to file constitutes grounds for the immediate suspension of the collection agency license of the licensee failing to file the statement, and the department shall notify the licensee by registered or certified mail that the license of the licensee will be suspended upon the expiration of 15 days after the date on which the notice was mailed unless the licensee complies with the provisions of AS 08.24.210. However, for good cause shown and upon satisfactory proof furnished by the licensee that the failure to file the statement was due to a condition not within the control, or was due to excusable neglect, of the licensee, the department may permit the filing of the statement after the time limited and excuse the failure to file the statement within the time limited. If the statement required by AS 08.24.210 is not filed as required by this section, the department shall revoke the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.250. Information confidential.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information in whatever form required to be filed by the terms of AS 08.24.210 shall be confidential and may not become a public record, but it may be introduced in evidence in a suit, action, or proceeding in a court or in a proceeding involving the granting or revocation of the license of a licensee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.260. Investigations.

The department may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the sworn complaint in writing of a customer of a collection agency, investigate the actions of a licensee claimed to have violated this chapter and, for that purpose, shall have free access to the offices and place of business and, if the complaint involves customer accounts, to all pertinent books, accounts, records, papers, files, safes, and vaults of the licensee or certificate holder. If the complaint involves the owing of money, or any other thing of value, by a licensee to the complainant, when the licensee raises the issue of an offset or counterclaim, the department may require the complainant to submit all records and data in the complainant's possession pertaining to the offset or counterclaim.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.280. Records and funds.

(a) A collection agency shall keep a record of all sums collected by it, and of all disbursements made by it, and shall maintain and keep all the records and all customers' funds in a trust account with a recognized financial institution in this state. Collection agencies shall maintain accounting records of collections for and payments to customers for a period of six years from the date of the last entry. Collection agencies shall keep other records for a period of two years from the date of the last entry.
(b) Every collection agency shall maintain a permanent numerical receipt record that indicates as to each payment made by a debtor the following information:
(1) the name of the debtor making payment;
(2) the amount paid;
(3) the name of the creditor to whom funds are being applied;
(4) the date and form of payment;
(5) the balance remaining due on account.
(c) An agency using a computer system giving read-out debtor payment information is not required to maintain a numerical receipt record; however, if requested, a receipt shall be furnished to the debtor.
(d) The receipt shall be made immediately upon the receipt of funds by the collection agency in payment of a debt; the original copy to be made immediately available to the debtor who has made payment, upon request; and a copy to be made immediately available to the creditor for whom payment was received, upon request; and a copy to be maintained in the permanent receipt record.
(e) A collection agency shall maintain daily cash ledger sheets showing all funds received from debtors and all funds received as fees for services, such as credit reports and the like.
(f) A collection agency or employee of a collection agency may not intentionally make a false entry in the collection agency record or intentionally mutilate, destroy, or otherwise dispose of a record within the time limits provided in this section. The records shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the department.
(g) A collection agency shall maintain a separate trust account exclusively for customers' funds and shall keep the funds in the trust account until disbursed to the customer.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.290. Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew or grant a license or certificate.

The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or grant a license issued or applied for under this chapter if the licensee or applicant or a partner, associate, or major stockholder of a collection agency has since the date of the application been disbarred from the practice of law or been convicted of fraud, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, a crime involving moral turpitude, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, violation of a provision of this chapter, or violation of a regulation adopted under authority of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.300. Court action by agency.

A collection agency is not entitled to maintain a suit or action involving the collection of money on behalf of its customers in a court of this state without alleging and proving that it is licensed and has procured a bond, as provided in this chapter. A copy of the collection agency license, certified by the department to be a true and correct copy is prima facie evidence of the licensing and bonding of the collection agency for the term expressed in the copy of the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.330. Duty to maintain a public office.

Each collection agency shall maintain its principal office and any branch office at a street address that is stated in its original application for license or another address that the agency may designate to the department; the office shall be maintained in such a manner as to be open for contact by the public or debtors during normal working hours.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.340. Statement of persons employed by agency.

(a) Within 15 days after licensure under this chapter, a collection agency shall submit to the department a list of all persons employed by the agency. Thereafter, upon hiring a new employee, the collection agency shall, within 15 days after the hiring, submit to the department the name of the newly hired employee and the further information required by (b) of this section.
(b) There shall be submitted with the name of the employee employed by the collection agency the following information:
(1) the employee's residence address;
(2) the employee's length of residence in the state;
(3) a statement of the new employee's previous employment in the last year;
(4) further information which the department may require.
(c) The statement shall be verified by the employee before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths.
(d) The owner or licensed operator of the collection agency shall also state upon the form submitted the date upon which the new employee was hired and that the new employee is an employee of the collection agency at the time the form is executed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.360. Fines and penalties.

A collection agency or an operator who fails on written demand to render a true and complete account to the person from whom an indebtedness was taken for collection or who fails to turn over to that person the proceeds of the collection within 30 days after written demand, or who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.370. Nonresidents.

A nonresident may apply for and receive a collection agency license or an operator license or both on the same basis as a resident. The application fee and the biennial license fee for a nonresident operator or nonresident agency license are double the same fees established by regulations under AS 08.01.065 for a resident operator or agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 24. Collection Agencies › Sec. 08.24.380. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “collection agency” means a person licensed and authorized to engage in the collection agency business;
(2) “collection agency business” means the business of engaging directly or indirectly and having as a primary or secondary object, business or pursuit the solicitation of claims for collection or repossession of collateral security or the collection of claims owed or due or asserted to be owed or due to another or the repossession of collateral security;
(A) a house, agency, firm, person, corporation or voluntary association using a name other than its own in collecting its own claims with the intention of conveying, or which tends to convey, the impression that a third party has been employed, is conducting a collection agency business within the meaning of this chapter;
(B) a person who sells, attempts to sell, gives away or attempts to give away to another person, other than a licensee under this chapter a system of collection letters, demand forms or other printed matter where the name of a person other than a creditor appears in a manner to indicate that a request or demand is being made by another person, other than the creditor, for the payment of a sum due, or asserted to be due, or who solicits or accepts accounts for collection on a contingent or percentage basis or by a fee or outright purchase for collection purposes, is considered to be in the collection agency business within the meaning of this chapter;
(3) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(4) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(5) “operator” means a person having managerial control of a collection agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 26. Private Professional Conservators and Guardians › Article 1. Licensing. › Sec. 08.26.010. License required; exception.

(a) Except as provided by (b) of this section or AS 08.26.180, a person may not engage in the business of providing services as a private professional guardian or conservator unless the person has a license issued under this chapter.
(b) An individual may be appointed and provide services as a private professional guardian or conservator without a license issued under this chapter and receive compensation approved by a court as long as the individual does not act as a guardian or conservator for more than one person or two people who are related to each other up to and including the fourth degree of consanguinity, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption, computed under the rules of civil law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 26. Private Professional Conservators and Guardians › Article 1. Licensing. › Sec. 08.26.020. Requirements for private professional full and partial guardian licenses.

(a) The department shall issue a private professional full guardian license to an individual
(1) who is at least 21 years of age;
(2) who has two or more years of professional client casework experience or at least an associate degree in human services, social work, psychology, sociology, gerontology, special education, or a closely related field;
(3) who is certified as a guardian by a nationally recognized organization in the field of guardianships;
(4) whose criminal history record checks under AS 08.26.070 show that the individual has not been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor offense in the state or in any other jurisdiction involving fraud, misrepresentation, material omission, misappropriation, theft, conversion, or any other crime the department determines would affect the individual's ability to provide the services of a guardian competently and safely for the protected person within 10 years before the application;
(5) who satisfies the application requirements of AS 08.26.060; and
(6) who satisfies the requirements for obtaining a private professional conservator license under AS 08.26.030.
(b) The department shall issue a private professional partial guardian license to an individual who satisfies the requirements under (a)(1) - (5) of this section. A licensed private professional partial guardian may not perform conservator services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 26. Private Professional Conservators and Guardians › Article 1. Licensing. › Sec. 08.26.030. Requirements for private professional conservator license.

The department shall issue a private professional conservator license to an individual
(1) who is at least 21 years of age;
(2) who has obtained a high school diploma, or a general education development diploma or its equivalent;
(3) who has six months' employment experience in a position involving financial management, or has at least an associate degree in accounting or a closely related field;
(4) who is certified as a guardian by a nationally recognized organization in the field of guardianships;
(5) whose criminal history record checks under AS 08.26.070 show that the individual has not been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor offense in the state or in any other jurisdiction involving fraud, misrepresentation, material omission, misappropriation, theft, conversion, or any other crime that the department determines would affect the individual's ability to provide the services of a conservator competently and safely for the protected person within 10 years before the application; and
(6) who satisfies the application requirements of AS 08.26.060.