Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 2 - Parks, Recreation, and Public Use › Chapter 20 - State Park Land and Water › Article 17 - Kenai River Special Management Area › 11 AAC 20.885 - Kenai River guide permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not provide professional guide services within the Kenai River Special
				  Management Area without first obtaining a valid Kenai River guide permit issued
				  by the division.
(b) To qualify for
				  a Kenai River guide permit, for professional guide services other than services
				  as a sport fishing guide, a person must meet the applicable requirements of 11
				  AAC 18 and pay the applicable fees required under
				  11 AAC 05.170(b)(6).
(c) To qualify for a Kenai River guide
				  permit, for professional guide services as a sport fishing guide, a person
(1) must meet the applicable requirements of
				  11 AAC 18;
(2) must pay the
				  applicable fees required under
				  11 AAC 05.170(b)(6);
(3) must be at least 18 years of
				  age;
(4) must provide proof of
(A) a negative drug test
(i) from a program not excluded under
				  46 C.F.R.
				  16.109 or  49 C.F.R. 40.361- 40.413;
				  and
(ii) administered no more than
				  30 days before the date on which the department receives the person's
				  application; or
(B)
				  registration in a random drug testing program made applicable to the permit
				  under 11 AAC 18.030(b) (1);
(5) must be in compliance with Department of
				  Fish and Game sport fishing licensing requirements under AS 16.05.
(6) must present to the division for
				  inspection a driver's license or similar identification card that is issued by
				  a state or federal agency and that bears a photograph of the person;
(7) may not have been convicted of a felony
				  within the past five years;
(8) may
				  not have been convicted of more than one misdemeanor violation of a provision
				  of 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 within the past five years; and
(9) must have successfully completed a course
				  approved by the director that is specifically designed to train persons to
				  provide professional guide services as sport fishing guides within the Kenai
				  River Special Management Area, except that a person
(A) is not required to have successfully
				  completed the course on or before the date on which the division receives the
				  application, if the director has not approved on or before that date at least
				  one course under this paragraph; that person, unless subject to (B) of this
				  paragraph, must successfully complete the course within 12 months after the
				  date on which the director approves at least one course under this
				  paragraph;
(B) who held a valid
				  permit under this section on or before December 31, 2005 for professional guide
				  services as a sport fishing guide, and who held that permit for
(i) at least one year but less than six
				  years, must successfully complete the course within 24 months after the date on
				  which the director approves at least one course under this paragraph;
(ii) at least six but less than 11 years,
				  must successfully complete the course within 36 months after the date on which
				  the director approves at least one course under this paragraph; or
(iii) 11 or more years, must successfully
				  complete the course within 60 months after the date on which the director
				  approves at least one course under this paragraph.