00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 28                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to temporary licenses for certain nonresident professionals."                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 08.01.062 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                       
04            Sec. 08.01.062. Courtesy licenses. (a) Except as provided in (e) of this                                   
05       section, and notwithstanding another provision of law, a board established under this                             
06       title and the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                        
07       with respect to an occupation that it regulates under this title, shall by regulation                             
08       establish criteria for issuing a temporary courtesy license to a nonresident, so that, on a                       
09       temporary basis, the nonresident person may lawfully practice the person's occupation.                            
10            (b)  A person shall receive a temporary courtesy license under (a) of this                                   
11       section if, at the time of application, the person                                                                
12                 (1)  holds a current license or certificate in another state, district, or                              
13       territory of the United States with licensure requirements that the department or                                 
14       appropriate board determines are equivalent to those established under this title for                             
15       that occupation;                                                                                                  

01                 (2)  was engaged in the active practice of the occupation for which the                                 
02       person seeks a temporary license or certificate in a state, district, or territory of the                         
03       United States for at least two of the five years preceding the date of application under                          
04       this section;                                                                                                     
05                 (3)  has not committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have                                       
06       constituted grounds for the refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license or certificate                        
07       to practice that occupation under this title at the time the act was committed;                                   
08                 (4)  has not been disciplined by a licensing or credentialing entity in                                 
09       another jurisdiction and is not the subject of an unresolved complaint, review                                    
10       procedure, or disciplinary proceeding conducted by a licensing or credentialing entity                            
11       in another jurisdiction; and                                                                                      
12                 (5)  pays any fees required under this title.                                                           
13            (c)  Relevant full-time experience in the discharge of official duties in the                                
14       military service or an agency of the federal government shall be credited in the                                  
15       counting of years of practice under (b)(2) of this section.                                                       
16            (d)  A temporary license or certificate issued under this section is valid for 180                           
17       days and may be extended at the discretion of the department or applicable board for                              
18       another 180 days, on application of the holder of the temporary license or certificate.                           
19            (e)  This section does not apply to the practice of law or the regulation of                                 
20       attorneys under AS 08.08.