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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.071. Records and reports.

(a) The following record of the board's proceedings and of all applications for registration or authorization shall be kept by the department under AS 08.01.050:
(1) the name, age, and last known address of each applicant;
(2) the date of application;
(3) the place of business of the applicant;
(4) the education, experience, and other qualifications;
(5) the type of examination required;
(6) whether the applicant was rejected;
(7) whether a certificate of registration or authorization was granted or endorsed;
(8) the date of the action of the board;
(9) other action taken by the board;
(10) other information that may be considered necessary by the board.
(b) The record of the board is prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board, and a transcript, certified by the secretary, is admissible as evidence with the same effect as if the original were produced.
(c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 19 SLA 1998.]
(d) Board records and papers of the following class are of a confidential nature and are not public records: examination material for examinations not yet given, file records of examination problems, solutions, letters of inquiry and reference concerning applicants, board inquiry forms concerning applicants, investigation files if an investigation is still pending, and all other matters of a like confidential nature.
(e) The department shall, under AS 08.01.050, preserve the records under (a) of this section for the previous five years.
(f) The department shall assemble statistics relating to the performance of its staff and the performance of the board, including
(1) the number of architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects registered over a five-year period;
(2) the rate of passage of examinations administered by the board;
(3) the number of persons making application for registration as a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect over a five-year period;
(4) an account of registration fees collected under AS 08.01.065;
(5) a measure of the correspondence workload of any licensing examiner employed by the department to carry out this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.091. Examinations.

Examinations shall be held at least once each year at places determined by the board. A candidate failing an examination may apply for reexamination in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.101. Regulations; bylaws; code of ethics.

(a) The board may adopt regulations to carry out the purpose of this chapter, including regulations
(1) describing the contents of an examination;
(2) establishing the conduct of an examination;
(3) establishing a minimum score for passing an examination;
(4) establishing bylaws governing its meetings and activities;
(5) publishing a code of ethics or professional conduct for those persons regulated by this chapter, including corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships under AS 08.48.241;
(6) establishing continuing education requirements for persons regulated by this chapter that must be completed before a certificate may be renewed; the continuing education requirements may not exceed standards established by a national accrediting body or other recognized professional organization.
(b) [Repealed, § 6 ch 19 SLA 1998.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.111. Power to revoke, suspend, or reissue certificate.

The board may suspend, refuse to renew, or revoke the certificate of or reprimand a registrant, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership who is found guilty of (1) fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate; (2) gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture; or (3) a violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or the code of ethics or professional conduct as adopted by the board. The code of ethics or professional conduct shall be distributed in writing to every registrant and applicant for registration under this chapter. This publication and distribution of the code of ethics or professional conduct constitutes due notice to all registrants. The board may revise and amend its code and, upon doing so, shall immediately notify each registrant in writing of the revisions or amendments. The board may, upon petition of the registrant, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership, reissue a certificate if a majority of the members of the board vote in favor of the reissuance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.121. Disciplinary action and procedure.

Any person may file with the secretary of the board a charge of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, or violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under it, or the code of ethics of the board. The charge, constituting an accusation under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), shall be in writing and sworn to by the person making it. A charge may be dismissed by the board as unfounded or trivial.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 1. Board of Registration. › Sec. 08.48.131. Injunction.

The board may bring an action in the superior court to enforce compliance with this chapter or an order of the board or to enjoin a person from doing an act that violates this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.171. General requirements and qualifications for registration.

An applicant for registration as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect must be of good character and reputation and shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board of the applicant's education, training, and experience. However, an applicant for registration as a land surveyor may not be required to submit evidence of more than eight years of any combination of education, experience, or training.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.181. Registration upon examination.

Except as provided in AS 08.48.191, for registration as a professional architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect, a person shall be examined in this state in accordance with the regulations of procedure and standards adopted by the board under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). The procedure and standards shall at least meet the requirements adopted by recognized national examining councils for these professions.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.191. Registration by comity or endorsement.

(a) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to practice architecture in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country, or holding a certificate of qualification issued by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, that, in the opinion of the board, meets the requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence, may, upon application, be registered in accordance with the regulations of the board.
(b) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to practice engineering in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country, that, in the opinion of the board meets the requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence, may, upon application, be registered in accordance with regulations of the board.
(c) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to practice land surveying in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country, may, upon application, be registered in accordance with the regulations of the board if the person's certificate was issued under requirements comparable to those in this state.
(d) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to practice landscape architecture in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country, that in the opinion of the board meets the requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence, may upon application, be registered under the regulations of the board. A person holding a certificate of qualification issued by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards may upon application be registered under regulations of the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.201. Application for registration.

(a) Application for registration as a professional architect, a professional engineer, a professional land surveyor, or a professional landscape architect shall
(1) be on a form prescribed and furnished by the board;
(2) contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant's education and a detailed summary of the applicant's technical experience; and
(3) contain five references, three of whom must be architects for architectural registration, engineers for engineering registration, land surveyors for land surveying registration, and landscape architects for landscape architectural registration, having personal knowledge of the applicant's architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural education, training, or experience.
(b) [Repealed, § 54 ch 37 SLA 1985.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.211. Certificate of registration.

(a) An applicant who fulfills the requirements set out by the board shall be awarded a certificate of registration as a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect, authorizing the holder to offer or perform architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural services or work for the public, or to certify or sign architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural documents. Certificates of registration issued under this section shall be inscribed on their face in a manner determined by the board.
(b) The certificate of registration sealed by the board is prima facie evidence that the person named in it is entitled to all rights and privileges of a professional architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect while the certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.215. Retired status registration.

(a) On retiring from practice and payment of an appropriate one-time fee, an individual who is a registrant in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of a certificate of registration to a retired status registration. An individual holding a retired status registration may not practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state. A retired status registration is valid for the life of the registration holder and does not require renewal.
(b) An individual with a retired status registration may apply for a certificate of registration. Before issuing a certificate of registration under this subsection, the board may require the applicant to meet reasonable criteria as determined under regulations of the board. The criteria may include submission of continuing education credits and reexamination requirements.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.221. Seals.

(a) Each registrant may obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name, registration number, and the legend “Registered Professional Architect,” “Registered Professional Engineer,” “Registered Professional Land Surveyor,” or “Registered Professional Landscape Architect,” as appropriate. When a registrant issues final drawings, specifications, surveys, plats, plates, reports, or similar documents, the registrant shall stamp the documents with the seal and sign the seal. The board shall adopt regulations governing the use of seals by the registrant. An architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect may not affix or permit a seal and signature to be affixed to an instrument after the expiration of a certificate or for the purpose of aiding or abetting another person to evade or attempt to evade a provision of this chapter. The registrant, by affixing the registrant's seal to final drawings, specifications, surveys, plats, plates, reports, or similar documents, and by signing the seal, certifies that the documents were prepared by or under the registrant's direct supervision, are within the registrant's field of practice, or constitute design work of minor importance.
(b) Final drawings, specifications, surveys, plats, plates, reports, or similar documents containing the work of multiple fields of practice shall be sealed and signed by a registrant in each field of practice covered by the document. The registrant shall certify on the face of the document the extent of the registrant's responsibility for all work prepared under the registrant's seal. When certifying design work of minor importance, the registrant shall identify that work on the document near the registrant's seal and take responsibility for all work prepared under the registrant's seal.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.231. Expirations and renewals.

(a) To remain valid, certificates shall be renewed in accordance with AS 08.01.100. Notice of renewal dates, given under AS 08.01.050(a)(11), shall be mailed to the registrant, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership at the registrant's, corporation's, limited liability company's, or limited liability partnership's last known address at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of the certificate. If the certificate has been suspended or revoked, the board may take action independent of this section.
(b) The renewal of a certificate does not require reapplication if the certificate has not expired or has not been suspended or revoked.
(c) An expired certificate may be renewed under regulations adopted by the board establishing requirements for reexamination.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 2. Registration and Practice. › Sec. 08.48.251. Certain partnerships.

This chapter does not prevent the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture by a partnership if all of the members of the partnership are architects, engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects legally registered under this chapter. In this section, “partnership” does not include a limited liability partnership.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 3. Unlawful Acts. › Sec. 08.48.281. Prohibited practice.

(a) A person may not practice or offer to practice the profession of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state, or use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume or advertise a title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is an architect, an engineer, a land surveyor, or a landscape architect, unless the person has been registered under the provisions of this chapter or is a person to whom these provisions do not apply, or, in the case of a corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership, unless it has been authorized under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, this chapter does not prohibit the practice of landscape architecture by a person who is not registered to practice landscape architecture if the services being performed by the person are within the scope of practice authorized by another license that is held by the person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 3. Unlawful Acts. › Sec. 08.48.291. Violations and penalties.

A person who practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the state without being registered or authorized to practice in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or a person presenting or attempting to use the certificate or the seal of another, or a person who gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to a member of the board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate, or a person who impersonates a registrant, or a person who uses or attempts to use an expired or revoked or nonexistent certificate, knowing of the certificate's status, or a person who falsely claims to be registered and authorized to practice under this chapter, or a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 3. Unlawful Acts. › Sec. 08.48.295. Civil penalty for unregistered or unauthorized practice.

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, if a person practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying in the state without being registered or authorized to practice in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the board may enter an order levying a civil penalty.
(b) A civil penalty levied under this section may not exceed $5,000 for each offense. In levying a civil penalty, the board shall set the amount of the penalty imposed under this section after taking into account appropriate factors, including the seriousness of the violation, the economic benefit resulting from the violation, the history of violations, and other matters the board considers appropriate.
(c) Before issuing an order under this section, the board shall provide the person written notice and the opportunity to request, within 30 days of issuance of notice by the board, a hearing on the record.
(d) In connection with proceedings under (a) and (b) of this section, the board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the disclosure of evidence, and may request the attorney general to bring an action to enforce a subpoena.
(e) A person aggrieved by the levy of a civil penalty under this section may file an appeal with the superior court for judicial review of the penalty under AS 44.62.560.
(f) If a person fails to pay a civil penalty within 30 days after entry of an order under (a) of this section, or if the order is stayed pending an appeal, within 10 days after the court enters a final judgment in favor of the board of an order appealed under (e) of this section, the board shall notify the attorney general. The attorney general may commence a civil action to recover the amount of the penalty.
(g) An action to enforce an order under this section may be combined with an action for an injunction under AS 08.48.131.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 08.48.311. Rights not transferable.

The right to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture is considered a personal and individual right, based on the qualifications of the individual as evidenced by the individual's certificate of registration, which is not transferable.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 48. Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 08.48.321. Evidence of practice.

A person practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture who
(1) practices a branch of the profession of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as defined in AS 08.48.341;
(2) by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or other means represents to be an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect, or through the use of some other title implies that the person is an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect; or
(3) holds out as able to perform or who does perform an architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural service recognized by the professions covered by this chapter, and specified in regulations of the board, as an architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural service.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 52. Explosives Handlers › Sec. 08.52.020. Certificate of fitness required.

In connection with an excavation, tunnel, quarry, earth removal, or construction carried on in this state, a person may not be employed without a certificate of fitness, while engaged in
(1) emplacing explosives for detonation;
(2) installing primers, fuses, wires, or other means of detonation; or
(3) detonating explosives.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 52. Explosives Handlers › Sec. 08.52.030. Application for and issuance of certificate.

The department shall issue certificates of fitness. A certificate may be issued only to an individual. An applicant for a certificate shall apply in writing, under oath, on a form prescribed by the department containing
(1) the name and address of the applicant;
(2) the applicant's age;
(3) the applicant's citizenship;
(4) the applicant's fingerprints and fees for a criminal background check conducted under AS 08.52.035; and
(5) other information that the department requires.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 52. Explosives Handlers › Sec. 08.52.035. Criminal justice information and records.

(a) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of fitness under this chapter shall submit to the department, with the application, the applicant's 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. The department shall submit the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400. The Department of Public Safety may submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The department shall use the information obtained under this section in its determination of an applicant's qualification for issuance or renewal of a certificate of fitness.
(b) In this section, “criminal justice information” has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 52. Explosives Handlers › Sec. 08.52.040. Issuance and contents of certificate.

(a) If, upon investigation and examination by the department, the applicant is found competent by reason of training, experience, criminal history and background check, and physical fitness, the department shall issue a certificate of fitness. The certificate must set out the competency of the applicant and provide for positive identification of the applicant, and shall be carried on the person engaged in handling explosives.
(b) The department shall establish in regulation standards of competency based on training, experience, criminal history and background checks, and physical fitness for the issuance of a certificate of fitness.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 52. Explosives Handlers › Sec. 08.52.080. Violations and penalties.

An employer who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted or order made under authority of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. Each day's continuance of a violation constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.591. Creation and membership of board.

(a) For the purposes of licensing and regulating the activities of providers of commercial services to big game hunters in the interest of the state's wildlife resources, there is created the Big Game Commercial Services Board. For administrative purposes, the board is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The board consists of nine members as follows:
(1) two members who are current, licensed registered guide-outfitters;
(2) two members who are licensed transporters;
(3) one member of the Board of Game who is chosen by the Board of Game and who does not hold a guide or transport license;
(4) two members who represent private landholders affected by guided hunting activities or transportation services and who do not hold a license issued under this chapter; and
(5) two public members.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.600. Duties of board.

(a) The board shall
(1) prepare and grade
(A) a qualification examination for a registered guide-outfitter license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of fishing, hunting, and guiding laws and regulations; and
(B) a certification examination for each game management unit in which the registered guide-outfitter intends to provide big game hunting services; the examination must require demonstration that the registered guide-outfitter is qualified to provide guided and outfitted hunts in the game management unit for which the registered guide-outfitter seeks to be certified and, in particular, must require demonstration that the registered guide-outfitter possesses knowledge of the terrain, transportation problems, game, and other characteristics of the game management unit;
(2) authorize the issuance of registered guide-outfitter, master guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, and transporter licenses after the applicant for the license satisfies the requirements for the license;
(3) impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions on a licensee under AS 08.54.600 - 08.54.790;
(4) require an applicant for issuance or renewal of any class of guide license or of a transporter license to state in a written and signed document whether the applicant's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, outfitting, or transportation services license is revoked or suspended in this state or another state or in Canada;
(5) regularly disseminate information regarding examinations and other qualifications for all classes of guide licenses to residents of the rural areas of the state;
(6) adopt procedural and substantive regulations required by this chapter;
(7) provide for administration of examinations for registered guide-outfitters at least twice a year;
(8) meet at least twice annually.
(b) The board shall provide for administration of an oral examination for a registered guide-outfitter license or for a game management unit certification if requested at the time of application for the license.
(c) In addition to the regulations required under (a) of this section, the board may adopt regulations the board considers appropriate, including regulations to
(1) establish a code of ethics for professions regulated by the board;
(2) establish requirements for the contents of written contracts to provide big game hunting services and transportation services to clients;
(3) authorize the department to request a copy of a big game hunting services or transportation services contract entered into by a person licensed under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.605. Eligibility for licenses.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, 08.54.630, 08.54.650, and 08.54.660, a person may not receive, hold, or renew a registered guide-outfitter license, master guide-outfitter license, class-A assistant guide license, assistant guide license, or transporter license if
(1) the person has been convicted of
(A) a violation of a state or federal hunting, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation for which
(i) the person was imprisoned for more than five days within the previous five years;
(ii) an unsuspended fine of more than $2,000 was imposed in the previous 12 months;
(iii) an unsuspended fine of more than $3,000 was imposed in the previous 36 months; or
(iv) an unsuspended fine of more than $5,000 was imposed in the previous 60 months;
(B) a felony within the last five years; or
(C) a felony offense against the person under AS 11.41 within the last 10 years; or
(2) the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, outfitting, or transportation services license is suspended or revoked in this state or another state or in Canada.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, (a)(1)(B) and (C) of this section are not applicable to offenses committed by a person who receives or received any class of guide license or a transporter license under sec. 13, ch. 33, SLA 1996, if the offense was committed before May 23, 1996. This subsection does not apply when a person applies for a license that is different from the class of guide license or the transporter license received under sec. 13, ch. 33, SLA 1996.
(c) A person may not receive a certification for a game management unit if the person is prohibited by (a) of this section from receiving or renewing a registered guide-outfitter license or master guide-outfitter license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.608. Retired status license.

(a) On retiring from guiding or outfitting, or both, and on payment of an appropriate one-time fee, an individual who has held a license issued under AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, or 08.54.630 that has not been suspended or revoked under AS 08.54.710 may apply for a retired status license. The retired status license shall indicate whether the individual was licensed as a master guide-outfitter, registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide. An individual holding a retired status license may not guide, outfit, or take charge of a camp in the state under the retired status license. A retired status license is valid for the life of the license holder and does not require renewal.
(b) An individual with a retired status license issued under (a) of this section may apply for a new registered guide-outfitter license under AS 08.54.610, a new class-A assistant guide license under AS 08.54.620, or a new assistant guide license under AS 08.54.630.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.620. Class-A assistant guide license.

(a) A natural person is entitled to a class-A assistant guide license if the person
(1) is 21 years of age or older;
(2) applies for a class-A assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee;
(3) possesses a current first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization; and
(4) either
(A) has
(i) been employed during at least three calendar years as any class of licensed guide in the game management unit for which the license is sought; and
(ii) at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience;
(B) provides
(i) evidence that the person physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;
(ii) evidence that the person has had at least 15 years' hunting experience in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 15 years' hunting experience; and
(iii) a written recommendation from a registered guide-outfitter who intends to employ the person as a class-A assistant guide; or
(C) provides evidence that the person
(i) physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;
(ii) has at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience; and
(iii) has passed a class-A assistant guide training course approved by the board.
(b) A class-A assistant guide
(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;
(2) shall be employed by and under the supervision of a registered guide-outfitter who has contracted with the client for whom the class-A assistant guide is conducting the hunt;
(3) may take charge of a camp and provide guide services from the camp without the contracting registered guide-outfitter being in the field and participating in the contracted hunt if the contracting registered guide-outfitter is supervising the guiding activities;
(4) may not perform functions of a class-A assistant guide outside of the game management unit for which the license is issued; and
(5) may be employed by a registered guide-outfitter to perform the functions of an assistant guide in any game management unit.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.630. Assistant guide license.

(a) A natural person is entitled to an assistant guide license if the person
(1) is 18 years of age or older;
(2) has legally hunted big game in the state during two calendar years;
(3) possesses a first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization;
(4) either
(A) obtains a written recommendation from a registered guide-outfitter who intends to employ the person as an assistant guide; or
(B) provides evidence that the person passed an assistant guide training course approved by the board; and
(5) applies for an assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee.
(b) An assistant guide
(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;
(2) shall be employed by a registered guide-outfitter and under the supervision of a registered guide-outfitter or class-A assistant guide while the assistant guide is in the field on guided hunts; and
(3) may not take charge of a camp or provide guide services unless the contracting registered guide-outfitter is in the field and participating in the contracted hunt or a registered guide-outfitter or class-A assistant guide employed by the contracting guide is physically present and supervising the hunt.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.635. Delegation of services; training.

(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide a big game hunt may, under regulations adopted by the board, delegate to a person not licensed under this chapter the services of
(1) packing, preparing, salvaging, or caring for a client's meat;
(2) packing trophies; and
(3) packing camping equipment.
(b) For training purposes established by the board in regulation, a person who is not licensed under this chapter may assist in providing the guide services of field preparation of trophies, stalking, pursuing, tracking, killing, or attempting to kill big game, and using guiding or outfitting equipment, including spotting scopes and firearms, for the benefit of a hunter. An unlicensed person may only assist in providing a guide service under this subsection if a licensed registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide is physically present and the class-A assistant guide or assistant guide is employed by and under the supervision of the registered guide-outfitter who contracted for the big game hunt.
(c) A person who does not hold a license issued under this chapter may provide or assist in providing the services identified under this section only if the person meets requirements adopted by the board. A person who provides or assists in providing guide services under this section may receive compensation for providing the services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.640. Law enforcement officers and game biologists.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610 - 08.54.630 and except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not hold, or earn experience credits to apply for, a registered guide-outfitter license under this chapter, while the person is a law enforcement officer and for three months after terminating the person's status as a law enforcement officer.
(b) A registered guide-outfitter license, class-A assistant guide license, or assistant guide license issued under this chapter, or under former provisions of AS 08.54.300 - 08.54.590, after May 16, 1992, is suspended if the person to whom the license is issued subsequently becomes a law enforcement officer. A person whose license is subject to suspension under this subsection shall notify the department that the person has become a law enforcement officer within 30 days after becoming a law enforcement officer. The suspension of a license under this subsection remains in effect until three months have elapsed from the date on which the licensee provides written notification to the department of the fact that the person is no longer a law enforcement officer. A person whose license is suspended under this subsection is not required to renew the license or pay license renewal fees for the period of suspension. Once a suspension of a license is terminated, the licensee may provide, without further payment of a guide license fee, the guide services authorized by the license for the remainder of the licensing period in which the suspension is terminated. Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection, if a person whose license is suspended under this subsection fails to notify the department within one year after the person is no longer a law enforcement officer, the person's license lapses and the person is eligible for reissuance of the license only as provided in AS 08.54.670. The board may adopt regulations to implement this subsection.
(c) A person who holds any class of guide license and who is employed by the Department of Fish and Game or a federal wildlife management agency may not, while employed by the department or agency as a game or wildlife biologist and for 12 months after leaving employment with the department or agency as a game or wildlife biologist, engage in providing big game hunting services in a game management unit in which the person conducted game or wildlife management or research activities for the department or agency at any time during the preceding 12 months.
(d) In this section, “law enforcement officer” means a person who is
(1) employed by the Department of Public Safety as a state trooper or as a law enforcement officer engaged in fish and wildlife protection; or
(2) employed as a fish and wildlife law enforcement officer by the United States Department of the Interior or the United States Department of Agriculture.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.650. Transporter license.

(a) A person is entitled to a transporter license if the person
(1) applies for a transporter license on a form provided by the department; and
(2) pays the license application fee and the license fee.
(b) A transporter may provide transportation services and accommodations to big game hunters in the field at a permanent lodge, house, or cabin owned by the transporter or on a boat with permanent living quarters located on salt water. A transporter may not provide big game hunting services without holding the appropriate license.
(c) A transporter shall provide an annual activity report on a form provided by the department. An activity report must contain all information required by the board by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.660. Renewal of guide and transporter licenses.

(a) An applicant for renewal of a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, or transporter license shall submit
(1) a request for renewal of the license on a form provided by the department; and
(2) the appropriate license fee for the next licensing period.
(b) The department may not renew a registered guide-outfitter license under this section unless all fees have been paid in full and the registered guide-outfitter has signed an affidavit that all hunt records due during the term of the current license have been filed with the department.
(c) The department may not renew a transporter license unless all fees have been paid in full and the transporter has signed an affidavit that all activity reports due during the term of the current license have been filed with the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.670. Failure to renew.

The department may not issue a license to a person who held a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license and who has failed to renew the license under this chapter for four consecutive years unless the person again meets the qualifications for initial issuance of the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 1. Big Game Guides and Transporters. › Sec. 08.54.680. Financial responsibility and other requirements for guides and transporters.

(a) The department may require a registered guide, who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt, or a transporter to provide proof of financial responsibility up to the amount of $100,000. A registered guide or transporter may demonstrate financial responsibility by assets, insurance, or a bond in the requisite amount.
(b) If a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide personally pilots an aircraft to transport clients during the provision of big game hunting services, the registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide shall have a commercial pilot's rating or a minimum of 500 hours of flying time in the state.
(c) On or after January 1, 2006, a registered guide-outfitter may not provide big game hunting services and a transporter may not provide transportation services unless the registered guide-outfitter or transporter has entered into a written contract with the client for the provision of those services. A contract to provide big game hunting services must include at least the following information: the name and guide license number of the registered guide-outfitter, the name of the client, a listing of the big game to be hunted, the approximate time and dates that the client will be in the field, a statement as to what transportation is provided by the registered guide-outfitter, a statement as to whether accommodations and meals in the field are provided by the registered guide-outfitter, and a statement of the amount to be paid for the big game hunting services provided. A contract to provide transportation services must include at least the following information: the name and transporter license number of the transporter, the name of the client, a listing of the big game to be hunted, the approximate time and dates that the client will be in the field, and a statement of the amount to be paid for the transportation services provided. A registered guide-outfitter or transporter shall provide a copy of contracts to provide big game hunting services or transportation services, as appropriate, to the department upon the request of the department. Except as necessary for disciplinary proceedings conducted by the board and as necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law, a copy of a contract provided to the department is confidential. The department may provide a copy of contracts in the possession of the department to the Department of Fish and Game or the Department of Natural Resources upon the request of that department if the department receiving the copy agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the contracts.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 2. Enforcement. › Sec. 08.54.730. Injunction against unlawful action.

When, in the judgment of the board, a person has engaged in an act in violation of AS 08.54.620(b), 08.54.630(b), 08.54.650(b), 08.54.710(g), or 08.54.720(a) or the regulations adopted under these statutes, the board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the action. Upon a showing by the board that the person is engaging in the act, the court shall grant injunctive relief or other appropriate order without bond.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations › Article 2. Enforcement. › Sec. 08.54.740. Responsibility of guide or transporter for violations.

(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state or federal wildlife or game or guiding statute or regulation committed by a person while the person provides guide services for the guide-outfitter under AS 08.54.635 or during the course of the person's employment for the registered guide-outfitter.
(b) A transporter who provides transportation services is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state or federal wildlife or game, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation committed by a person while in the course of the person's employment for the transporter.