Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 36 - State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 36.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For the purposes of this chapter and AS
				  08.48, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "advanced courses" means courses in
				  institutes of higher learning beyond the second academic year;
(2) "board" means the State Board of
				  Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;
(3) "chemical engineering" means the branch
				  of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to
				  applied chemistry, both industrial and nonindustrial, concerned with chemical
				  materials, their composition, locations, transportation, and storage; chemical
				  and physical-chemical processes naturally occurring or artificially operated,
				  their matter and energy changes, the conditions of temperature, concentration
				  and media for those changes, including apparatus and analytical control;
				  chemical products, their quality, quantity, applications, uses, and values;
				  preparation of materials for public or industrial use, including water supply,
				  waste abatement, and pollution control; and the organizational and economic
				  aspects of these studies and activities;
(4) "civil engineering" means the branch of
				  professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to
				  research, design, and construction of fixed works, other than significant
				  structures, for irrigation, drainage, waterpower, water supply and treatment,
				  flood control, inland waterways, harbors, municipal improvements, railroads,
				  highways, tunnels, airports and airways, sewerage, refuse disposal,
				  foundations, structures, and bridges, and the organizational and economic
				  aspects of these studies and activities;
(5) "design" means the original and unique
				  application of basic aesthetic, mathematical and physical and chemical
				  principles to provide an acceptable solution of a problem or project;
(6) repealed 8/26/98;
(7) "ABET" means Accreditation Board for
				  Engineering and Technology;
(8)
				  "electrical engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that
				  embraces studies and activities relating to generation, transmission and
				  utilization of electrical energy, fire detection and alarm systems, control
				  systems, electronic systems, and to telecommunications systems and facilities,
				  including the design of electrical, electronic and magnetic circuits and
				  components, and the technical control of their operation and of the design of
				  electrical, fire alarm gear, control, electronic and telecommunications gear,
				  and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and
				  activities;
(9) "mechanical
				  engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies
				  and activities relating to the generation, transmission and utilization of
				  energy in the thermal and mechanical form; engineering issues relating to the
				  production of tools, machinery and their products; mechanical processes,
				  heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, product transport, fire and smoke
				  suppression, and plumbing; and the research, design, production, operation,
				  control, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and
				  activities;
(10) "mining and
				  mineral processing engineering" means the branch of professional engineering
				  that embraces studies and activities relating to the exploration, location, and
				  recovery of mineral commodities, and the research, design, construction, and
				  development of structures, devices, and facilities of production, and the
				  organizational and economic aspects related to these studies and
				  activities;
(11) repealed
				  7/26/97;
(12) "NCARB" means the
				  National Council of Architectural Registration Boards;
(13) "NCEES" means the National Council of
				  Examiners for Engineering and Surveying;
(14) "petroleum engineering" means the branch
				  of professional engineering that embraces studies or activities relating to the
				  exploration, location, and recovery of natural fluid hydrocarbons, and the
				  research, design, production, operations of devices, facilities of production,
				  and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and
				  activities;
(15) repealed
				  9/30/78;
(16) repealed
				  9/30/78;
(17) "professional
				  engineering" includes the branches of
(A)
				  agricultural engineering;
(B)
				  chemical engineering;
(C) civil
				  engineering;
(D) control systems
				  engineering;
(E) electrical
				  engineering;
(F) environmental
				  engineering;
(G) fire protection
				  engineering;
(H) industrial
				  engineering;
(I) mechanical
				  engineering;
(J) metallurgical and
				  materials engineering;
(K) mining
				  and mineral processing engineering;
(L) naval architecture and marine
				  engineering;
(M) nuclear
				  engineering;
(N) petroleum
				  engineering;
(O) repealed
				  10/22/2023;
(18)
				  "professional work" means the time the applicant has been occupied in
				  architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture work of
				  higher grade and responsibility than that of subprofessional work;
(19) "responsible charge of work in the
				  field" means the direction of work, the successful accomplishment of which
				  rested upon the applicant, where the applicant has to decide questions of
				  methods of execution and suitability of materials without relying upon advice
				  or instructions from his superiors and where the applicant has to supply
				  solutions to deficiencies in plans or has to correct errors in designs without
				  first referring them to higher authority for approval, except where the
				  approval is a matter of form;
(20)
				  "responsible charge experience" as it pertains to "work in the office" means
				  undertaking investigations or carrying out assignments, that demand
				  resourcefulness and originality, or making plans, writing specifications, and
				  directing drafting and computations for the design of architectural,
				  engineering, landscape architecture, or land surveying work with only rough
				  sketches, general information and field measurements for reference;
(21) "state" means the State of
				  Alaska;
(22) "subprofessional work"
				  means time spent working in design support or construction related
				  employment;
(23) "specialty
				  contractor" means the same as in
				  AS
				  08.18.171;
(24) "registration by comity" means
				  registration by recognition of the applicant's credentials accepted by another
				  jurisdiction;
(25) "registrant"
				  means an individual architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect,
				  corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or
				  limited partnership registered or issued a certificate of authorization under
				  this chapter;
(26) "A.S. degree"
				  means an associate of science degree;
(27) "B.S. degree" means a bachelor of
				  science degree;
(28) "M.S. degree"
				  means a master of science degree;
(29) repealed 5/25/2017;
(30) "responsible control" means that amount
				  of control over and detailed knowledge of the content of technical submissions
				  during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by registered engineers,
				  land surveyors, and landscape architects applying the required professional
				  standard of care;
(31) "CLARB"
				  means Council of Landscape Architect Registration Boards;
(32) "LAAB" means Landscape Architectural
				  Accreditation Board;
(33) repealed
				  5/5/2023;
(34) "agricultural
				  engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies
				  and activities related to facility engineering of plant, animal, and commodity
				  environments and structures; machinery involving power, electrical and
				  electronic machines, controls and sensors; natural resource engineering
				  involving soil, water and plant systems; process engineering involving food,
				  feed, fiber, fuel products; and the organizational and economic aspects of
				  these studies and activities;
(35)
				  "control systems engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that
				  embraces studies and activities relating to sensor technologies and
				  measurement; signals and transmission, final control elements regarding valves,
				  pressure relieving devices, and other final control elements, control systems
				  analysis and implementation; and the organizational and economic aspects of
				  these studies and activities;
(36)
				  "environmental engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that
				  embraces studies and activities relating to wastewater, storm water, potable
				  water, and water resources; ambient air, emissions sources, and control
				  strategies; solid, hazardous, and special waste; environmental assessments,
				  remediation, and emergency response and applicable codes, standards,
				  regulations, guidelines; and the organizational and economic aspects of these
				  studies and activities;
(37) "fire
				  protection engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that
				  embraces studies and activities relating to fire protection analysis, fire
				  protection management, fire science and human behavior, fire protection
				  systems, fire building systems, and the organizational and economic aspects of
				  these studies and activities;
(38)
				  "industrial engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that
				  embraces studies and activities relating to facilities engineering and planning
				  involving facility requirements, design alternatives, material handling
				  techniques and equipment, systems analysis and design including processes,
				  costing and performance measurement, logistics including production planning
				  and control, distribution and storage and warehousing methods, methods to
				  measure work, workstation design and analysis, ergonomics and safety, quality
				  engineering and control, and the organizational and economic aspects of these
				  studies and activities;
(39)
				  "metallurgical and materials engineering" means the branch of professional
				  engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to the production of
				  metals, metal objects, materials, testing procedures, metal processing, failure
				  analysis procedures and the development of metal alloys, the research, design,
				  construction, and development of devices and facilities of production, and the
				  organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;
(40) "naval architecture and marine
				  engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces the
				  studies and activities relating to the mechanics of rigid and deformable
				  bodies, exterior loads on military, public, commercial or private vessels or
				  marine facilities, structural designs, applications, and considerations,
				  vibration considerations including local, vortex induced, flow induced, and
				  global vibrations, intact and damaged hydrostatic stability, methods and
				  procedures, dynamic stability in waves, hydrodynamics, wind and waves, hull
				  forms and design, marine engineering involving thermodynamics, internal fluid
				  flow, propulsion and power generators, machine design, HVA Cefrigeration and
				  electrical systems, materials corrosion and corrosion control, navigation and
				  vessel control, hull outfitting, weight engineering, shipbuilding and repair
				  engineering, rules and regulations, human factors, and safety systems, and the
				  organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;
(41) "nuclear engineering" means the branch
				  of professional engineering that embraces the studies and activities relating
				  to nuclear power systems and science, nuclear components and systems,
				  construction, operational regulations, emergency planning, licensing
				  regulation, codes and standards, nuclear fuel and waste management, nuclear
				  radiation, protection, radiation shielding, interaction of radiation with
				  matter, nuclear criticality, kinetics, neutronics, and nuclear measurements and
				  instruments, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and
				  activities;
(42) "structural
				  engineering" means the practice of engineering that embraces the studies and
				  activities relating to the investigation, evaluation, analysis, design and
				  construction of buildings, bridges, and other structures such as walls,
				  columns, slabs, beams, trusses, or similar members requiring force-resisting
				  and load bearing members and their connections, or similar members used singly
				  or as a part of a larger structure, and the organizational and economic aspects
				  of these studies and activities;
(43) "engineering surveys"
(A) means work performed by a professional
				  engineer to measure and assess structures, machines, equipment, utility
				  systems, materials, processes, and public or private works;
(B) does not include the practice of land
				  surveying.
(44)
				  "significant structures" means
(A) hazardous
				  facilities; in this paragraph, "hazardous facilities" means structures housing,
				  supporting, or containing sufficient quantities of toxic or explosive substance
				  to be of danger to the safety of the public if released;
(B) special occupancy structures; in this
				  paragraph, "special occupancy structures" means
(i) buildings and other structures whose
				  primary occupancy is public assembly with an occupant load greater than
				  300;
(ii) buildings and other
				  structures containing an elementary school, secondary school, or day care
				  facility with an occupant load greater than 250;
(iii) buildings and other structures
				  containing adult education facilities, such as colleges and universities, with
				  an occupant load greater than 500;
(iv) medical facilities with 50 or more
				  resident, incapacitated patients;
(v) jails and detention facilities;
				  and
(vi) all buildings or
				  structures with an occupant load greater than 5, 000;
(C) essential facilities that have a ground
				  area of more than 4, 000 square feet and are more than 20 feet in mean roof
				  height above average ground level; in this paragraph, essential facilities
				  means
(i) hospitals and other medical
				  facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas;
(ii) fire and police stations;
(iii) tanks or other structures containing,
				  housing, or supporting water or fire suppression material or equipment required
				  for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy
				  structures;
(iv) emergency vehicle
				  shelters and garages;
(v)
				  structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers;
(vi) standby power-generating equipment for
				  essential facilities;
(vii)
				  structures and equipment in government communication centers and other
				  facilities requiring emergency response;
(viii) aviation control towers, air traffic
				  control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars; and
(ix) buildings and other structures having
				  critical national defense functions;
(D) structures exceeding 100 feet in height
				  above average ground level;
(E)
				  buildings that are customarily occupied by human beings and are four stories or
				  45 feet or more above average ground level; and
(F) bridges having a total span of more than
				  200 feet and piers having a surface area greater than 10, 000 square
				  feet.
(45) "AXP" means
				  the Architect Experience Program administered by NCARB and constitutes the
				  record keeping system for verifying an intern-architect's fulfillment of the
				  education and training standards established by NCARB;
(46) repealed 10/22/2023;
(47) "mentoring program" means a program in
				  which a corresponding licensee reviews a mentee's work on a regular basis to
				  ensure that the work meets the standard of care of that discipline and confirms
				  that the mentee is developing experience and responsible charge
				  experience.