Alaska Alarm & Security Licensing Law

Alaska Code · 2 sections

The following is the full text of Alaska’s alarm & security licensing law statutes as published in the Alaska Code. For the official version, see the Alaska Legislature.

Alaska Stat. § 08.40.190

(a) AS 08.40.005 — 08.40.200 do not apply to any utility or municipality engaged in (1) electrical construction and maintenance of electrical wiring for the generation and distribution of electrical current where the wiring is an integral part of a system owned and operated by that utility or municipal light and power department; (2) the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of telephone, signal, or communication systems when the work is performed by the employees of that utility. (b) AS 08.40.005 — 08.40.200 do not apply to a person engaged in (1) the manufacture, maintenance, or repair of electrical apparatus or equipment; (2) electrical work, the cost of which does not exceed $5,000, involving residences or small commercial establishments in communities that (A) have a population of under 500 according to the latest available federal or state census or other census approved by the department; or (B) are over 50 miles by air or water transportation from the business place of an electrical administrator licensed under AS 08.40.005 — 08.40.200; (3) electrical installation on residential property that is owned by the installer or a member of the installer's immediate family and not intended for sale at the time of making the installation; (4) the operation, maintenance, or repair of a television or radio broadcasting system and the installation of a radio broadcasting system under 500 watts input power except for A.C. power supply and wiring; (5) the installation, maintenance, and repair of elevators so long as the work is performed by an agent or employee of the elevator industry and is confined to the elevator control system, which system does not include the power supply, wiring, and motor connection; (6) the operation, maintenance, and repair of telephone and intercommunication facilities; (7) the installation, maintenance, and repair of fire alarm, intrusion alarm, or other low voltage signaling systems of 48 volts to ground or less; (8) the maintenance or repair of diesel electric engines installed on heavy construction equipment, either in a shop or on a job site; (9) the installation in a commercial water well of the submersible pump motor and the wiring to the well pump system controls if the controls are outside a building or a structure; (10) the installation in a noncommercial water well of the submersible pump motor and the wiring to the well pump system controls; (11) electrical maintenance or repair work if the work is performed by the person as an employee of an owner or tenant of commercial property as part of the employee's work duties with respect to the property but is not offered or performed as a service to the public. (c) Work within the exclusionary provisions of this section is nevertheless subject to the inspection provisions of AS 08.40.070 and must follow the regulations adopted by the department, other than regulations requiring licensure for the work.

Alaska Stat. § 08.48.341

In this chapter, (1) “architect” means a professional architect; (2) “board” means the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; (3) “building” means a structure used or intended for human occupancy; (4) “certificate of authorization” means a certificate issued by the board authorizing a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, or a limited partnership to provide professional services in architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture through individuals legally registered by the board; (5) “certificate of registration” means a certificate issued by the board recognizing the individual named in the certificate as meeting the requirements for registration under this chapter; (6) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (7) “design of minor importance” means work that is incidental to the discipline of a registrant and is within the experience of the registrant, but does not include comprehensive design services of any particular building type, structure, building system, engineering system, or site development; (8) “engineer” means a professional engineer; (9) “fire protection system” means a fire alarm device or system or fire extinguishing device or system, or combination of both, that is designed and installed for detecting, controlling, or extinguishing a fire or otherwise alerting an occupant or the fire department, or both, that a fire has occurred; (10) “land surveyor” means a professional land surveyor; (11) “landscape architect” means a professional landscape architect; (12) “limited liability company” means an organization organized under AS 10.50 or a foreign limited liability company; in this paragraph, “foreign limited liability company” has the meaning given in AS 10.50.990 ; (13) “limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership, as those terms are defined in AS 32.06.995 ; (14) “limited partnership” has the meaning given in AS 32.11.900 ; (15) “practice of architecture” means professional service or creative work in the design of buildings, the teaching of advanced architectural courses in institutions of higher learning, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, and professional observation of construction of public or private buildings, works, or projects, and architectural review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of architecture” may by regulation of the board include mechanical, electrical, or structural design of minor importance; (16) “practice of engineering” means professional service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires the specialized knowledge of applied mathematics and sciences, dealing with the design of structures, machines, equipment, utilities systems, materials, processes, works, or projects, public or private; the teaching of advanced engineering courses in institutions of higher learning; the direction of or the performance of engineering surveys, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and professional observation of construction of public and private structures, works, or projects and engineering review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; “practice of engineering” may by regulation of the board include architectural building design of minor importance, but it does not include comprehensive architectural services; (17) “practice of land surveying” means the teaching of land surveying courses at an institution of higher learning, or any service or work the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land, geodetic and cadastral surveys for the location and monumentation of property boundaries, for the platting and planning of land and subdivisions of land, including the topography, alignment, and grades for streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records, and property descriptions that represent these surveys; (18) “practice of landscape architecture” means professional services or creative work in the design of landscape, the adequate performance of which requires the specialized knowledge of applied mathematics and physical and social sciences; consulting on, evaluating, planning, and designing public and private landscape architecture projects; the teaching of advanced landscape architectural courses in institutions of higher learning; consultation and the direction or performance of preparing, filing, and administering related plans, drawings, specifications, permits, and other contract documents involving projects that direct, inform, or advise on the functional use and preservation of natural and built environments; the review of drawings and specifications by regulatory agencies; and minor architectural and engineering design work as authorized by the board under AS 08.48.101 (a)(7); (19) “professional architect” means a person registered as a professional architect by the board; (20) “professional engineer” means a person registered as a professional engineer by the board; (21) “professional land surveyor” means a person registered as a professional land surveyor by the board; (22) “professional landscape architect” means a person registered as a professional landscape architect by the board; (23) “registrant” means a person registered by the board as a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect; (24) “responsible charge” means the direct control and personal supervision of work; (25) “shop drawing” or “field drawing” means a drawing prepared by a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor that shows how a particular aspect of the work is to be fabricated and installed and demonstrates how an aspect of the work will satisfy the requirements of the construction document; (26) “structure” means a system of materials and components that resists horizontal and vertical loads.

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