Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 19 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Chapter 305 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board › Article 6 - Alcohol Server Education Course › 3 AAC 305.700 - Alcohol server education course

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless exempt
				  under AS
				  04.21.025(f), a licensee,
				  employee, or agent of a licensee selling or serving alcoholic beverages shall
				  successfully complete an alcohol server education course. The person or the
				  on-duty supervisor shall carry or have available to show current course cards
				  or photocopies of the cards certifying completion of an approved alcohol server
				  education course. The card is effective for three years from the date of
				  issuance during which time the person shall complete another approved course or
				  successfully complete a written test demonstrating an understanding of the
				  course subjects as required by
				  AS
				  04.21.025(c). The card must
				  include the name and date of birth of the card holder, the name of the course,
				  and the date of expiration of the card. If the card does not include a
				  photograph of the holder, the person shall also carry a valid identification
				  under 3 AAC 305.800(b).
				  The card or a photocopy of the card must be shown upon request of a peace
				  officer or board representative. If the person cannot show a current card or a
				  copy of it on file on the premises or show a date of hire less than 30 days
				  earlier, the person shall immediately cease selling or serving alcoholic
				  beverages or checking identification.
(b) State or nationally recognized
				  organizations or associations that address the subject of responsible alcoholic
				  beverage service may obtain approval of an alcohol server education course by
				  making written application on forms provided by the board. The application must
				  include the course book or digital materials to be provided to students, any
				  video or audio presentations that will be used, the written test required, or
				  online written test required under (d) of this section, detailed lesson plans,
				  and a description of the qualifications of and training provided to course
				  instructors. The application must identify the communities where the course
				  will be presented and the frequency of the presentation.
(c) In addition to written materials and
				  audio and video presentations provided to students, an instructor shall be
				  available during an alcohol server education course to answer questions from
				  students. Subjects covered by alcohol server education courses must include:
(1) function of Alcoholic Beverage Control
				  Board, licensing procedures, and types of licenses;
(2) server responsibilities to the employer,
				  patron, and law;
(3) criminal,
				  administrative, and civil liability, including discussion of criminal
				  negligence standard;
(4) effects of
				  alcohol consumption, including
(A) effect of
				  food on alcohol consumption;
(B)
				  blood alcohol levels;
(C)
				  identifying a drunken person; and
(D) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and fetal
				  alcohol effects;
(5)
				  drunken persons and intervention;
(6) underage persons;
(A) checking identification;
(B) identifying valid identification;
				  and
(C) obtaining "statement of
				  proof;
(7) state and
				  local hours of service and cutting off service;
(8) pricing, marketing, and trade practice
				  prohibition laws;
(9)
				  endorsements;
(10)
				  permits;
(11) local option
				  provisions;
(12) warning
				  signs;
(13) gambling, drugs, and
				  prostitution;
(14)
				  adulteration;
(15) penalties for
				  licensees and their agents and employees; and
(16) sale by package stores in response to
				  written orders.