Alaska Fire Protection Licensing Law

Alaska Code · 4 sections

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

Alaska Stat. § 08.18.171

In this chapter, (1) “builder” means general contractor; (2) “cash deposit” means a cash deposit or other negotiable security filed with the commissioner in lieu of a surety bond under AS 08.18.071 (b); (3) “commissioner,” unless the text reads otherwise, means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (4) “contractor” means a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes or offers to perform, or claims to have the capacity to perform, or submits a bid for a project to construct, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building, highway, road, railroad, or any type of fixed structure, including excavation and site development and erection of scaffolding; “contractor” includes a general contractor, builder, mechanical contractor, specialty contractor, and subcontractor; (5) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, unless the context indicates otherwise; (6) “existing home” means a residence previously occupied as a residence; (7) “general contractor” means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than three trades or the use of mechanical or specialty contractors and subcontractors who are under the supervision of the contractor; (8) “home inspection” means a visual examination, performed in accordance with standards of practice adopted by the department, of the readily accessible parts of one or more of the following systems and components of a residence or intended residence: (A) heating and air-conditioning systems; (B) plumbing and electrical systems; (C) built-in appliances; (D) roof, attic, and visible insulation; (E) walls, ceilings, floors, windows, and doors; (F) foundation and basement; (G) visible interior and exterior structures; (H) drainage to and from the residence; (I) other systems or components as specified by the department in regulations; (9) “home inspector” means an individual who performs or offers to perform a home inspection for a fee; (10) “joint registration” means a certificate of registration that authorizes an individual to inspect both new homes and existing homes; (11) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ; (12) “landing page” means a single web page that appears in response to clicking on a search engine optimized search result, marketing promotion, marketing email, or online advertisement; (13) “mechanical contractor” means a contractor whose business operations involve plumbing, pipe fitting, sheet metal, heating, air conditioning, ventilating, or sprinkler and dry chemical fire protection trades in order to install or modify mechanical piping and systems, devices, fixtures, and equipment or other mechanical materials subject to the following codes as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials or the International Conference of Building Officials: (A) Uniform Plumbing Code; (B) Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code; (C) Uniform Solar Energy Code; and (D) Uniform Mechanical Code; (14) “new home” means a residence not previously occupied as a residence; (15) “residence” means (A) a single-family home other than a mobile home; (B) a duplex, triplex, or four-plex; or (C) a residential townhouse or residential condominium unit; (16) “residential contractor” means a general contractor whose business and operation involve undertaking the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units that is used or intended to be used as a human dwelling; (17) “specialty contractor” means a contractor, other than a mechanical contractor, whose business operations are described in AS 08.18.024 (b); (18) “trade” means a skill used in the field of construction, as defined by regulation by the department; (19) “visual examination” means an examination performed in person at the physical location of the residence except that, if a method other than personal physical inspection has been approved by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation under AS 18.56.300 (b), use of the other approved method constitutes a visual examination under this chapter.

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. § 08.48.331

(a) This chapter does not apply to (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or superintendent for a contractor; (2) workers in building trades crafts, earthwork, grounds keeping, or nursery operations, and superintendents, supervisors, or inspectors in the performance of their customary duties; (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as required by the person's official capacity; (4) an employee or a subordinate of a registrant if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a registrant; (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registrant, a partnership of registered individuals, a corporation, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, or a limited partnership authorized to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture under this chapter, in the performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with the registrant, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership; (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a single family residence and related site work for that building; (B) farm or ranch buildings and their grounds unless the public health, safety, or welfare is involved; (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence by not more than (i) four families and that is not more than two stories high and the grounds of the building; or (ii) two families and that is not more than three stories high and the grounds of the building, if the building is located in a municipality that has adopted a building or residential code that applies to the building and if the building complies with the building or residential code; (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial purpose and the grounds of the building; (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in the business of construction contracting for work designed by an architect, engineer, or landscape architect that is within the specialty to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor preparing shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted to perform; (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of service, or other data for alterations or repairs to a building or its grounds that do not change or affect the structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution to teach engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural courses; in this paragraph, “postsecondary educational institution” has the meaning given in AS 14.48.210 ; (10) an officer or employee of an individual, firm, partnership, association, utility, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership, who practices engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture involved in the operation of the employer's business only, and further if neither the employee nor the employer offers engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture services to the public; exclusions under this paragraph do not apply to buildings or structures whose primary use is public occupancy; (11) a person while involved in revegetation, restoration, reclamation, rehabilitation, or erosion control for disturbed land that the board determines does not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (12) a person while maintaining or directing the placement of plant material that the board determines does not affect the public health, safety, or welfare; (13) an employee, officer, or agent of a regulatory agency of the state or a municipality when reviewing drawings and specifications for compliance with the building codes of the state or a municipality if the drawings and specifications have been sealed and signed by an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect or the preparation of the drawings and specifications is exempt under this section from the requirements of this chapter; in this paragraph, “building codes” includes codes relating to building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire safety standards, and zoning; (14) a person who is designing fire protection systems and is authorized by the Department of Public Safety to design fire protection systems. (b) The requirement to be registered as a landscape architect under this chapter only applies to a person who practices an aspect of landscape architecture that the board has determined affects the public health, safety, or welfare.

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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