2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 08.48.341. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “architect” means a professional architect;
(2) “board” means the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;
(3) “building” means a structure used or intended for human occupancy;
(4) “certificate of authorization” means a certificate issued by the board authorizing a corporation, a limited liability company, or a limited liability partnership to provide professional services in architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture through individuals legally registered by the board;
(5) “certificate of registration” means a certificate issued by the board recognizing the individual named in the certificate as meeting the requirements for registration under this chapter;
(6) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(7) “design of minor importance” means a design that is incidental to the discipline of a registrant and is within the discipline of the registrant, but does not include comprehensive design services of any particular building type, structure, building system, engineering system, or site development;
(8) “engineer” means a professional engineer;
(9) “land surveyor” means a professional land surveyor;
(10) “landscape architect” means a professional landscape architect;
(11) “limited liability company” means an organization organized under AS 10.50 or a foreign limited liability company; in this paragraph, “foreign limited liability company” has the meaning given in AS 10.50.990;
(12) “limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership, as those terms are defined in AS 32.06.995;
(13) “practice of architecture” means professional service or creative work in the design of buildings, the teaching of advanced architectural courses in institutions of higher learning, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, and professional observation of construction of public or private buildings, works, or projects, and architectural review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of architecture” may by regulation of the board include mechanical, electrical, or structural design of minor importance;
(14) “practice of engineering” means professional service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires the specialized knowledge of applied mathematics and sciences, dealing with the design of structures, machines, equipment, utilities systems, materials, processes, works, or projects, public or private; the teaching of advanced engineering courses in institutions of higher learning; the direction of or the performance of engineering surveys, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and professional observation of construction of public and private structures, works, or projects and engineering review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of engineering” may by regulation of the board include architectural building design of minor importance, but it does not include comprehensive architectural services;
(15) “practice of land surveying” means the teaching of land surveying courses at an institution of higher learning, or any service or work the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land, geodetic and cadastral surveys for the location and monumentation of property boundaries, for the platting and planning of land and subdivisions of land, including the topography, alignment, and grades for streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records, and property descriptions that represent these surveys;
(16) “practice of landscape architecture” means professional services or creative work in site investigation, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, and preparation services related to drawings and construction documents, observation of construction, and location, arrangement, and design of incidental and necessary tangible objects and features for the purpose of
(A) preservation and enhancement of land uses and natural land features;
(B) location and construction of aesthetically pleasing and functional approaches for structures, roadways, and walkways;
(C) establishing or maintaining trails, plantings, landscape irrigation, landscape lighting, and landscape grading; or
(D) generalized planning of the development of land areas in a manner that is sensitive to the area's natural and cultural resources;
(17) “professional architect” means a person who has been legally registered as a professional architect by the board;
(18) “professional engineer” means a person who has been legally registered as a professional engineer by the board;
(19) “professional land surveyor” means a person who has been legally registered as a professional land surveyor by the board;
(20) “professional landscape architect” means a person registered as a professional landscape architect by the board;
(21) “responsible charge” means the direct control and personal supervision of work;
(22) “shop drawing” or “field drawing” means a drawing prepared by a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor that shows how a particular aspect of the work is to be fabricated and installed and demonstrates how an aspect of the work will satisfy the requirements of the construction document, but does not include a final drawing, specification, survey, plat, plate, report, or other similar document;
(23) “structure” means a system of materials and components that resists horizontal and vertical loads.