00 Enrolled HB 181                                                                                                         
01 Authorizing a waiver for active duty military service of continuing education requirements for                          
02 renewal of occupational licenses.                                                                                       
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04    * Section 1.  AS 08.01.070 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 08.01.070.  Administrative duties of boards.  Each board shall perform                                
06       the following duties in addition to those provided in its respective law:                                         
07                 (1)  take minutes and records of all proceedings;                                                       
08                 (2)  hold a minimum of one meeting each year;                                                           
09                 (3)  hold at least one examination each year;                                                           
10                 (4)  request, through the department, investigation of violations of its                                
11       laws and regulations;                                                                                             
12                 (5)  prepare and grade board examinations;                                                              
13                 (6)  set minimum qualifications for applicants for examination and                                      
14       license and may establish a waiver of continuing education requirements for                                   
01       renewal of a license for the period in which a licensee is engaged in active duty                             
02       military service as described under AS 08.01.100(f);                                                          
03                 (7)  forward a draft of the minutes of proceedings to the department                                    
04       within 20 days after the proceedings;                                                                             
05                 (8)  forward results of board examinations to the department within 20                                  
06       days after the examination is given;                                                                              
07                 (9)  notify the department of meeting dates and agenda items at least 15                                
08       days before meetings and other proceedings are held;                                                              
09                 (10)  submit before the end of the fiscal year an annual performance                                    
10       report to the department stating the board's accomplishments, activities, and needs.                              
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.01.100(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
12            (c)  Except as provided in (f) of this section, when [WHEN] continuing                                   
13       education or other requirements are made a condition of license renewal, the                                      
14       requirements shall be satisfied before a license is renewed.                                                      
15    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.01.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
16            (f)  The department may establish and implement a waiver of continuing                                       
17       education requirements for renewal of a license regulated by the department and a                                 
18       board may establish and implement a waiver of continuing education requirements for                               
19       renewal of a license regulated by the board for the period in which a licensee is                                 
20       engaged in active duty military service in the armed forces of the United States.