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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 6. Electrical Safety. › Sec. 18.60.660. Definitions.

In AS 18.60.580 - 18.60.660,
(1) “commissioner” means commissioner of labor and workforce development;
(2) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) “electrical wiring” means the entire electrical system, including all conducting and shielding material, all regulatory and safety apparatus, and all devices and techniques used in the process of installation;
(4) “public structures” mean buildings such as hotels, resident housing with more than one rental unit, restaurants, taverns, lodging houses, children's homes, auditoriums, town halls, or any structure designed or used for public assembly whether publicly or privately financed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.670. Prohibition against placement of equipment near electrical power lines and conductors.

A person individually or through an agent or employee may not
(1) place any type of tool, equipment, machinery, or material that is capable of lateral, vertical, or swinging motion, within 10 feet of a high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor;
(2) store, operate, erect, maintain, move, or transport tools, machinery, equipment, supplies, materials, apparatus, buildings, or other structures within 10 feet of a high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.675. Posting of warning sign before operation.

A person individually or through an agent or employee may not operate a crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of vertical, lateral, or swinging motion, unless the operator or the operator's employer posts and maintains, in plain view of the operator, a durable warning sign legible at 12 feet that reads as follows: “It is unlawful to operate this equipment within 10 feet of high voltage lines.”
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.680. Placement of barriers for temporary work.

Before a person is going to temporarily engage in work or other activity in closer proximity to a high voltage line or conductor than is permitted by AS 18.60.670, the person shall immediately notify the operator or owner of the high voltage line or conductor of the work to be performed and make appropriate arrangements, with payment satisfactory to the operator, for the installation of temporary mechanical barriers, temporary deenergization and grounding of the conductors, or a temporary raising of the conductors. Costs incurred by an operator or owner of a high voltage line or conductor in providing barriers, deenergization, and grounding as specified in this section shall be paid by the person engaging in the work that requires these protective measures.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.685. Criminal penalty; civil liability for damages.

(a) A person who violates AS 18.60.670 - 18.60.695 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
(b) If a violation of AS 18.60.670 - 18.60.695 results in physical or electrical contact with an overhead high voltage line or conductor, the violator is liable to the owner or operator of the high voltage line or conductor for all damage to the facilities and for all liability incurred by the owner or operator as a result of the unlawful activities.
(c) Each day on which a person fails to post or maintain a sign as required by AS 18.60.675 constitutes a separate and additional violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.690. Nonapplicability to certain activities.

AS 18.60.670 - 18.60.695 do not apply to
(1) activities relating to high voltage overhead conductors or their supporting structures conducted by persons authorized by the operator or owner of high voltage overhead conductors or their supporting structures;
(2) work done on telephone or communication circuits or their supporting structures;
(3) the operation or maintenance of equipment traveling or moving upon fixed rails of a railroad; or
(4) emergency situations in which life is endangered.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 7. High Voltage Lines. › Sec. 18.60.695. Definitions.

In AS 18.60.670 - 18.60.695,
(1) “high voltage” means a voltage in excess of 750 volts between conductors or between any single conductor and the ground;
(2) “overhead lines or overhead conductors” means all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed aboveground except those that are deenergized and grounded or enclosed in iron pipe or other metal covering of equal strength.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.710. Duties of the department.

The department is responsible for the administration of the code. The department may adopt regulations designed for maximum practical implementation of the code, and may grant exceptions from specific code provisions, where distance or other factors make implementation impractical. Specific consideration shall be given to outlying villages and sparsely populated areas to ensure that AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740 will not impose an undue financial burden. The department may by regulation designate appropriate inspection to a public or private utility company. A company so designated may refuse utility connections if an installation does not meet the requirements of this code.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.715. Administration.

(a) The code applies to all new construction, all new work in relocated buildings, and to any alteration, repairs, or reconstruction of buildings except as provided otherwise under AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740.
(b) The department may inspect work installed, removed, altered, or replaced on any plumbing, gas or drainage piping, plumbing fixture, water heater, or water treating equipment in a building or other location. A permit or inspection is not required for the following work: the stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste, or vent pipes, the clearing of stoppages in or repairing of leaks in pipe valves or fixtures, and repairs or alterations not of a substantive nature that can be reasonably exempted from inspection.
(c) Nothing in AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740 prohibits a person from performing plumbing work on the person's own property.
(d) The department may adopt regulations establishing fees for inspections conducted under AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740. Fees may be established under this section only for inspections requested by the owner of a structure.
(e) The department shall maintain a record of all plumbing inspections performed by it and of all inspection fees and permit fees collected by it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.720. Cost of permits.

(a) If the department by regulation requires permits for plumbing work, fees may not exceed the following:
(1) for issuing each permit ..... $2.00;
(2) a permit for each
(A) plumbing fixture or trap or set of fixtures on one trap, including water, drainage piping and backflow protection ..... 1.50;
(B) building sewer or trailer park sewer ..... 5.00;
(C) drain in rainwater system ..... 2.00;
(D) cesspool ..... 5.00;
(E) private sewage disposal system ..... 10.00;
(F) water heater and/or vent ..... 1.50;
(G) gas piping system of one to five outlets ..... 1.50;
(H) gas piping system of six or more outlets, per outlet ..... .30;
(I) industrial waste pretreatment interceptor, including its trap and vent, but excluding kitchen type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps ..... 1.00;
(J) installation, alteration, or repair of water piping or water treating equipment ..... 1.50;
(K) repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping ..... 1.50;
(L) lawn sprinkler system or any one meter which includes backflow protection devices ..... 2.00;
(3) for vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices on tanks, vats, or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures including necessary water piping
(A) one to five ..... 2.00;
(B) over five, each ..... .30.
(b) The department shall keep a record of all fees collected and all inspections performed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.725. Enforcement; reinspection.

(a) A department inspector shall give written notice to the owner of a constructed premise or the contractor of a premise under construction of each violation of the code. The notice of violation must accurately describe the violation and give specific reference to the section and paragraph of the code. In addition, the notice must prescribe the necessary changes so that the work will comply with the code.
(b) In case of complaints by a contractor, builder, or installer charging arbitrary actions or incompetence on the part of an inspector, the commissioner, after reviewing written presentation of the dispute, may require reinspection by a new inspector who has no connection with either disputant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.730. Penalty for violations.

A person who violates a provision of the code, and who, after receiving the notification required by AS 18.60.725, refuses to correct the violation, after proof of the violation, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.735. Borough or city regulation.

AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740 do not affect the authority of a municipality to prescribe by ordinance, rule, or order, standards for their respective areas of jurisdiction no less stringent than those established under AS 18.60.705. AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740 are not intended to duplicate or preempt code administration or enforcement by municipalities. An organized municipality or unorganized village having less than 2,500 population is exempt from the provisions of AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 8. Plumbing Code. › Sec. 18.60.740. Definitions.

In AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740,
(1) “code” means the code adopted under AS 18.60.705;
(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;
(3) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(4) “inspector” means a qualified inspector employed by, designated by, or under contract to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 9. Safety Glazing. › Sec. 18.60.750. Labeling required.

(a) Each lite of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, sold for use, or installed in hazardous locations in the state shall be permanently labeled by etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material, hot-die stamping, transparent pressure sensitive labels, or by other suitable means to ensure that the labeling will be permanent. The label must identify the manufacturer, fabricator, seller, or installer, the thickness and type of safety glazing material, and the fact that the material meets the test requirements of the American National Standards Institute Standard (ANSI Standard) Z-97.1-1972.
(b) The label must be visible and legible after installation, and the label may not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 9. Safety Glazing. › Sec. 18.60.755. Safety glazing materials required.

(a) A supplier, contractor, or installer, other than a private homeowner installing glazing material in an owner-occupied single dwelling, may not knowingly install, have installed, or consent to the installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in a hazardous location.
(b) Bid specifications for contracts for public buildings, public works, or other public improvements where the use of glazing material is required must include a provision that only safety glazing material that meets the test and labeling standards set out in AS 18.60.750 shall be used in the construction of public buildings, public works, or other public improvements under AS 35.10 and AS 35.15.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 9. Safety Glazing. › Sec. 18.60.760. Employees not liable.

No liability under AS 18.60.750 - 18.60.755 is created as to workers who are employees of a material supplier, contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with AS 18.60.750 - 18.60.755.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 9. Safety Glazing. › Sec. 18.60.765. Penalty.

A person who violates AS 18.60.750 - 18.60.755 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 9. Safety Glazing. › Sec. 18.60.770. Local ordinances.

Except where a city or borough ordinance is more strict in terms of the test and labeling standards for safety glazing material required or more broad in its application to persons or locations covered, AS 18.60.750 - 18.60.755 supersede a city or borough ordinance relating to safety glazing labels and materials.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 10. Elevators. › Sec. 18.60.800. Elevator safety standards.

(a) Unless the Department of Labor and Workforce Development establishes by regulation a different edition, the most current edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers constitutes the minimum elevator safety code in the state. Section 1001.1, Inspection and Test Periods, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators is not adopted as a part of the minimum elevator safety code in the state.
(b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall
(1) adopt or change regulations to carry out the provisions of AS 18.60.800 - 18.60.820;
(2) inspect and certify elevators to meet the safety requirements, but need not inspect or certify elevators in a municipality that has adopted or prescribed elevator safety standards under (d) of this section if the commissioner determines that inspection and certification by the municipality adequately protect the public;
(3) establish, by regulation, fees for inspections performed under AS 18.60.800 - 18.60.820; and
(4) maintain a record of all inspections performed and of all inspection fees collected.
(c) Inspections of elevators by the department shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set out in the most recent edition of the National Standard Practice for the Inspection of Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(d) A municipality may adopt the standards established by this section or prescribe standards more stringent than those established by this section.
(e) [Renumbered as AS 18.60.825.]
(f) Inspection fees collected under (b) of this section shall be deposited into the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 10. Elevators. › Sec. 18.60.820. Enforcement of compliance.

A Department of Labor and Workforce Development inspector shall give written notice to the owner of an elevator of each violation of safety standards as a result of inspection by the inspector. If within 15 days after receipt of written notice of a safety violation the person notified does not rectify the condition, the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall authorize the elevator to be closed until the safety violations are rectified.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. › Sec. 18.60.830. Alaska Safety Advisory Council.

(a) There is established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development the Alaska Safety Advisory Council.
(b) The council consists of 13 members appointed by the governor as follows:
(1) five members representing industry selected on the basis of geographic representation and population distribution;
(2) four members representing labor selected on the basis of geographic representation and population distribution;
(3) one member representing the federal government;
(4) one member representing the state government;
(5) one member representing local government; and
(6) one member of the public.
(c) A member of the council serves for a term of two years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. An appointment to a vacancy is for the unexpired term. A person may be reappointed by the governor for additional terms. A member of the council serves at the pleasure of the governor.
(d) A member of the council serves without compensation but is entitled to travel and per diem expenses as provided in AS 39.20.180.
(e) The council shall elect a chairperson and a secretary from among its members, each to serve for a term not to exceed two years. The commissioner of labor and workforce development or the designee of the commissioner of labor and workforce development shall serve as the executive secretary of the council.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. › Sec. 18.60.835. Duties of the council.

The Alaska Safety Advisory Council shall
(1) work in cooperation with official and unofficial organizations and instrumentalities in the state that are interested in promotion of safety so that possible resources can be marshalled and used to reduce the menace of accidental death and injury;
(2) coordinate with and make recommendations to
(A) the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(B) the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;
(C) the Department of Public Safety;
(D) the Department of Education and Early Development;
(E) the Department of Natural Resources;
(F) the Department of Health; and
(G) heads or representatives of federal departments and agencies operating in the state that are particularly concerned with safety programs and accident prevention;
(3) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature on the achievement of a coordinated state policy and program for the safety and health of residents of the state;
(4) organize and hold an annual governor's safety conference to bring together citizens interested in safety and health matters.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 11. Alaska Safety Advisory Council. › Sec. 18.60.840. Finances of the council.

(a) The Alaska Safety Advisory Council may charge a fee for attendance at the annual governor's safety conference, based on the estimated cost to organize and hold the conference.
(b) The receipt and expenditure by the council of money from any source is subject to AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 12. Piping Codes. › Sec. 18.60.850. Piping codes.

The United States of America Standards Institute Codes listed below are established as the piping codes for the state:
(1) B 31.1.0 - 1967 power piping;
(2) B 31.2 - 1968 fuel gas piping;
(3) B 31.8 - 1968 gas transmission and distribution piping system;
(4) B 31.3 - 1966 petroleum refining piping;
(5) B 31.4 - 1966 and B 31.4a - 1968 liquid petroleum transportation piping systems.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 60. Safety › Article 13. Health Care Protections. › Sec. 18.60.890. Definitions.

In AS 18.60.880 - 18.60.890,
(1) “bloodborne pathogens” means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans, including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus;
(2) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) “employer” means an employer having an employee with occupational exposure to human blood or other material potentially containing bloodborne pathogens;
(4) “engineered sharps injury protections” means a physical attribute built into
(A) a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction, or other effective mechanisms; or
(B) another type of needle device, or a nonneedle sharp, that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident;
(5) “engineering controls” means controls, including needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections, that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace;
(6) “front-line health care worker” means a nonmanagerial employee responsible for direct patient care with potential occupational exposure to sharps-related injuries;
(7) “needleless system” means a device that does not use needles for
(A) the withdrawal of body fluids after initial venous or arterial access is established;
(B) the administration of medication or fluids; or
(C) another procedure involving the potential for an exposure incident;
(8) “sharp” means an object used or encountered in a health care setting that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body and to result in an exposure incident, including needle devices, scalpels, lancets, broken glass, and broken capillary tubes;
(9) “sharps injury” means cuts, abrasions, needlesticks, or other injuries caused by a sharp;
(10) “sharps injury log” means a written or electronic record satisfying the requirements of AS 18.60.880(c);
(11) “work practice controls” are controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.010. Certificate of fitness required.

In connection with work performed subject to the standards established in AS 18.60.580 and AS 18.60.705, a person may not be employed without a certificate of fitness to perform the work, except that a certificate of fitness may not be required of employees of an electric utility that does not have within its service area any portion of a city or unified municipality having more than 2,500 population.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.020. Application for and issuance of certificate.

The department shall issue certificates of fitness and renewal certificates of fitness valid for two years. The 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; and
(4) other information relevant to licensing that the department requires.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.030. Fees.

(a) An applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application and examination fee of $50 when applying for a trainee or journeyman level certificate of fitness. The department shall charge a biennial fee of $200 for the issuance of a trainee or journeyman level certificate or a renewal certificate, to be prorated if issued for less than two years, and a fee of $25 for the issuance of a duplicate certificate.
(b) Fees collected under (a) of this section shall be deposited into the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.050. Issuance and contents of certificate.

(a) If, upon investigation and examination by the department, the applicant is found competent by reason of training and experience, the department shall issue a certificate of fitness. The certificate shall set out the competency of the applicant and provide for positive identification of the applicant, and shall be carried on the person engaged in work subject to the requirement of a certificate of fitness under this chapter.
(b) [Repealed, § 23 ch 81 SLA 1984.]
(c) Verification by an Alaska-based labor union of a member's qualification to meet the requirements for a certificate of fitness may be accepted in lieu of examination or other requirement for issuing a certification under this chapter.
(d) Except for a plumber utility trainee level certificate of fitness, the department may not issue a trainee level certificate of fitness under (a) of this section unless the applicant is indentured in an apprenticeship program registered with the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.070. Persons required to obtain certificate.

A person engaged in one of the following trades shall first obtain from the department the appropriate certificate of fitness in that trade:
(1) electrical wiring subject to the standards established in AS 18.60.580; and
(2) plumbing subject to the uniform plumbing code; in this paragraph, “uniform plumbing code” means the minimum plumbing code adopted for the state under AS 18.60.705.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 62. Certificates of Fitness › Sec. 18.62.080. Penalty.

A person, either an employer or employee, who violates a provision of this chapter or of a regulation adopted under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 63. Hazardous Painting Certification › Sec. 18.63.010. Hazardous painting certificate required.

(a) A person may not employ or contract with a professional painter to perform hazardous painting for compensation unless the painter holds a current valid hazardous painting certificate issued by the department. As a condition of employment, an employer may require a professional painter to provide a copy of the certificate. It is a defense to a violation of this subsection by an employer if the employer produces a copy of the painter's certificate and the employer reasonably believed the certificate was not falsified.
(b) A professional painter may not provide a falsified hazardous painting certificate to an employer or make a false statement to an employer regarding the painter's certification.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 63. Hazardous Painting Certification › Sec. 18.63.020. Issuance of certificate.

(a) An application for issuance of a hazardous painting certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the department. An application for initial issuance of a certificate must include proof that the applicant completed an approved basic hazardous painting certificate program not more than 30 days before the application was received by the department. An application for certificate renewal must include proof that the applicant completed an approved supplemental hazardous painting certificate program not more than 30 days before the date the application was received by the department.
(b) The department shall issue a hazardous painting certificate to an applicant who has completed an application and submitted a certificate fee. A certificate is valid for three years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 63. Hazardous Painting Certification › Sec. 18.63.040. Certificate programs.

(a) The department shall
(1) establish requirements for basic and supplemental hazardous painting certificate programs;
(2) review, and approve or disapprove, programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private schools, vocational education institutions, and others;
(3) assist persons who propose programs to meet requirements for approval.
(b) A basic hazardous painting certificate program must include instruction and written and practical testing in methods of ventilation, respirator selection, chemical reaction to body tissue, proper use of painting tools, knowledge of relevant health and safety laws and regulations, including relevant portions of state occupational safety and health standards adopted by the department in regulation, and other appropriate subjects. A basic hazardous painting certificate program may not exceed 16 hours of instruction and testing. A supplemental hazardous painting certificate program must include instruction and written and practical testing necessary to ensure that a person who completes the program will be knowledgeable about new developments and changes related to hazardous painting that have occurred since the person completed a basic hazardous painting certificate program.
(c) A hazardous painting certificate program conducted by an employer of a person enrolled in the program may include safety instruction required under AS 18.60.066.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 63. Hazardous Painting Certification › Sec. 18.63.050. Inspections and citations.

The department shall
(1) inspect job sites to assure that persons performing hazardous painting are certified as required under AS 18.63.010(a) and are performing the work safely;
(2) issue citations to persons who employ or contract with a professional painter in violation of AS 18.63.010(a); and
(3) issue citations to professional painters who violate AS 18.63.010(b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 63. Hazardous Painting Certification › Sec. 18.63.100. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(2) “hazardous painting” means the application of a substance containing or combined with a toxic or hazardous substance, as defined in AS 18.60.105, in vaporized, liquid, or particulate form to create a coating that will adhere to a surface to protect or preserve the surface; “hazardous painting” does not include the application of water-based paint that does not contain emulsion epoxies or isocyanates;
(3) “professional painter” means a painting contractor, an employee of a painting contractor, or a person engaged in the business of painting, but does not include a casual laborer, a commercial artist, or a person who creates artworks.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.010. Commissioner of public safety may appoint special officers.

(a) The commissioner of public safety may appoint as special officers qualified police officers of the federal, state, or local government units or other persons with adequate police training over the age of 19 years, as the commissioner considers necessary to aid and assist the division of state troopers in the enforcement of the criminal laws of the state. Each special officer appointed serves without compensation and at the pleasure of the commissioner of public safety and appointments shall be of limited duration.
(b) Each person appointed as a special officer under this section may prevent crime, pursue and apprehend offenders, obtain legal evidence, institute criminal proceedings, execute warrants of arrest or search and seizure, or other criminal process issuing from any court of the state. A special officer may make arrests in the same manner as a member of the division of state troopers. The authority and duties conferred by this section may be exercised in each case only within the geographical limits determined by the commissioner of public safety.
(c) Each special officer shall carry identification issued by the commissioner of public safety and shall carry firearms in the manner the commissioner of public safety requires. Each person appointed shall take the constitutional oath of office. Persons appointed may hold other public or private employment.
(d) [Repealed, § 3 ch 6 SLA 1978.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.020. Uniforms and equipment.

The state shall provide members of the state troopers with standard uniforms, vehicles, supplies, and equipment necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of AS 18.65.020 - 18.65.110. All of this property shall remain the property of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.030. Establishment of stations and headquarters.

The commissioner of public safety shall establish stations and headquarters at the places and localities that are necessary for the enforcement of the laws. The state troopers may, with the approval of the governor, have the right to use land and buildings for the accommodation of its members, their vehicles, and equipment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.080. Powers and duties of department and members of state troopers.

(a) The Department of Public Safety and each member of the state troopers is charged with the enforcement of all criminal laws of the state, and has the power of a peace officer of the state or a municipality and those powers usually and customarily exercised by peace officers. Each member of the state troopers may prevent crime, pursue and apprehend offenders, obtain legal evidence, institute criminal proceedings, execute any lawful warrant or order of arrest, make an arrest without warrant for a violation of law committed in the presence of the state trooper, and may cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in detecting crime, apprehending criminals, and preserving law and order in the state.
(b) The Department of Public Safety shall investigate an individual who applies to be employed as a village public safety officer under AS 18.65.672 or certified as a village public safety officer under AS 18.65.682 upon receipt of the materials listed in AS 18.65.674(a)(1) from a village public safety officer grant recipient to determine whether the individual has been convicted of a disqualifying crime listed in AS 18.65.672(a)(6).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.085. Narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement.

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement unit for the purpose of investigating and combating the illicit sale and distribution of narcotic drugs and alcoholic beverages in the state. Enforcement of the alcoholic beverage control laws shall focus primarily on the investigation, apprehension, and conviction of persons who violate AS 04.11.010 by selling, importing, or possessing alcoholic beverages in violation of a local option adopted by a municipality or established village under AS 04.11.491.
(b) The commissioner of public safety shall prepare a report concerning the activities of the narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement unit. The commissioner shall notify the legislature on the first day of each regular session that the report is available. The report must include, but is not limited to, the number of arrests made, the kind, amount, and value of narcotic drugs and alcoholic beverages seized, the sentences received by narcotic drug and alcohol offenders, and an overall view of the narcotic drug and illicit alcohol problem in the state.
(c) The Department of Public Safety may establish and administer a reward program, and provide grants to municipalities, established villages, and, at the request of a municipality or established village, to a nonprofit association that administers a village public safety officer program, for reward programs leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons who violate AS 04.11.010 by selling, importing, or possessing alcoholic beverages in violation of a local option adopted by a municipality or established village under AS 04.11.491.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.086. Investigative unit on sexually abused and criminally exploited children.

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a special unit for the purpose of investigating cases of repeated child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children.
(b) The commissioner of public safety shall prepare, in odd-numbered years, a report concerning the activities of the special unit on repeated child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children. The commissioner shall notify the legislature by the first day of each regular session in an odd-numbered year that the report is available. The report must include, but is not limited to, the number of arrests made in cases of repeated child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children, the number of investigations that result in the Department of Family and Community Services taking temporary or permanent custody of the child, the sentences received by persons convicted in the state of child sexual abuse or criminal exploitation of a child, and an overall view of the problems of child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children in the state.
(c) In this section,
(1) “child” means a person under 18 years of age at the time the alleged offense was committed by or against the person;
(2) “criminal exploitation of children” means the use of a child by an adult in a criminal manner for the personal gratification or profit of the adult;
(3) “repeated child sexual abuse” means conduct that is a criminal sexual offense against a child under AS 11 and that is committed against the child more than once or against more than one child.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.100. Power to command assistance from others.

The Department of Public Safety and members of the state troopers may command the assistance of any able-bodied person to aid in accomplishing the purposes of AS 18.65.020 - 18.65.110, and when called, the person, during the time assistance is required, is considered a member of the state troopers and subject to AS 18.65.020 - 18.65.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 1. State Troopers. › Sec. 18.65.110. Members not to interfere with rights and property.

Members of the state troopers may not interfere with the rights or property of any person except in a lawful manner necessary for the prevention of crime or the capture and arrest of an offender.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. › Sec. 18.65.130. Policy.

The administration of criminal justice affects the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state and requires education and training of a professional quality. It is a primary public interest that applicants meet minimum standards for employment as police officers, probation and parole officers, and correctional officers, and that criminal justice education and training be made available to police officers, probation and parole officers, and correctional officers serving in a probationary capacity and police officers, probation and parole officers, and correctional officers already in regular service. It is of secondary public interest to encourage the establishment of preliminary training programs for persons seeking to become police officers, probation and parole officers, and correctional officers. Application of standards for employment and making education and training available for municipal correctional officers is also in the public interest.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. › Sec. 18.65.150. Composition of council.

The council consists of the following persons:
(1) four chief administrative officers or chiefs of police of local governments;
(2) the commissioner of public safety or a designee of the commissioner;
(3) the commissioner of corrections or a designee of the commissioner;
(4) two persons, each of whom has been certified for five years or more by the council under this chapter, one of whom serves as a police officer and one of whom serves as a probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer;
(5) one correctional administrative officer who is employed at the level of a deputy director or higher; and
(6) four members of the public at large with at least two from the communities of 2,500 population or less.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. › Sec. 18.65.160. Appointment.

The commissioner of public safety or a designee and the commissioner of corrections or a designee shall serve during each commissioner's continuance in office. Other members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for staggered terms of four years, except that a member may not serve beyond the time the member holds the office that established eligibility for appointment. A vacancy on the council shall be filled for the remainder of a member's unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. › Sec. 18.65.220. Powers.

The council has the power to
(1) adopt regulations for the administration of AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290;
(2) establish minimum standards for employment as a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, and correctional officer in a permanent or probationary position and certify persons to be qualified as police officers, probation officers, parole officers, municipal correctional officers, and correctional officers under AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290;
(3) establish minimum criminal justice curriculum requirements for basic, specialized, and in-service courses and programs for schools operated by or for the state or a political subdivision of the state for the specific purpose of training police recruits, police officers, probation officers, parole officers, municipal correctional officers, and correctional officers; the curriculum requirements established under this paragraph must include training in
(A) recognizing persons with disabilities;
(B) appropriate interactions with persons with disabilities;
(C) resources available to persons with disabilities and to those interacting with persons with disabilities; and
(D) the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 12131 - 12165 (Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990);
(4) consult and cooperate with municipalities, agencies of the state, other governmental agencies, universities, colleges, and other institutions concerning the development of police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, and correctional officer training schools and programs of criminal justice instruction;
(5) employ an administrator and other persons necessary to carry out its duties under AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290;
(6) investigate when there is reason to believe that a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer does not meet the minimum standards for employment; in connection with the investigation the council may subpoena persons, books, records, or documents related to the investigation and require answers in writing under oath to questions asked by the council or the administrator;
(7) charge and collect a fee of $50 for processing applications for certification of police, probation, parole, municipal correctional, and correctional officers;
(8) require a state and national criminal history record check for an applicant to a training program established in AS 18.65.230 and for a person to be certified as a police officer under AS 18.65.240 if that person's prospective employer does not have access to a criminal justice information system.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 65. Police Protection › Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. › Sec. 18.65.225. Alaska police training fund.

The Alaska police training fund is created in the general fund. The fund consists of appropriations made by the legislature to the fund. The legislature may appropriate to the fund the annual estimated balance in the accounts maintained under AS 37.05.142 for money collected under AS 12.25.195(c), AS 12.55.039, AS 28.05.151, and AS 29.25.074. The legislature may make appropriations from the fund to (1) the Department of Public Safety for the Public Safety Training Academy, including Village Public Safety Officers, (2) the Alaska Police Standards Council to provide training for the law enforcement and corrections community of the state under AS 18.65.230, and (3) municipalities that conduct their own police training programs. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.