CSSB 43(L&C): "An Act relating to registration by the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; clarifying the meaning of practicing or offering to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying; and amending the definition of `practice of land surveying.'"
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 43(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to registration by the Board of Registration for Architects, 02 Engineers, and Land Surveyors; clarifying the meaning of practicing or offering 03 to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying; and amending the 04 definition of `practice of land surveying.'" 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 08.48.191(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to 08 practice engineering in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District 09 of Columbia, or a foreign country, that, in the opinion of the board meets the 10 requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence, may, upon application, be 11 registered in accordance with regulations of the board. [A PERSON HOLDING A 12 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 13 EXAMINERS FOR ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING MAY, UPON 14 APPLICATION, BE REGISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS
01 OF THE BOARD.] 02 * Sec. 2. AS 08.48 is amended by adding a new section to read: 03 Sec. 08.48.215. RETIRED STATUS REGISTRATION. (a) On retiring from 04 practice and payment of an appropriate one-time fee, an individual who is a registrant 05 in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of a certificate of 06 registration to a retired status registration. An individual holding a retired status 07 registration may not practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying in the state. 08 A retired status registration is valid for the life of the registration holder and does not 09 require renewal. 10 (b) An individual with a retired status registration may apply for a certificate 11 of registration. Before issuing a certificate of registration under this subsection, the 12 board may require the applicant to meet reasonable criteria as determined under 13 regulations of the board. The criteria may include submission of continuing education 14 credits and reexamination requirements. 15 * Sec. 3. AS 08.48.321 is amended to read: 16 Sec. 08.48.321. EVIDENCE OF PRACTICE. A person practices or offers to 17 practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying who 18 (1) practices a branch of the profession of architecture, engineering, or 19 land surveying as defined in AS 08.48.341; 20 (2) by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or other 21 means represents to be an architect, engineer, or land surveyor, or through the use of 22 some other title implies that the person is an architect, engineer, or land surveyor; or 23 (3) holds out as able to perform or who does perform an architectural, 24 engineering, or land surveying service recognized by the professions covered by this 25 chapter, and specified in regulations of the board, as architectural, engineering, or land 26 surveying. 27 * Sec. 4. AS 08.48.341(10) is amended to read: 28 (10) "practice of land surveying" means any service or work the 29 adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the 30 principles of mathematics, the physical and applied related sciences, and the relevant 31 requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land,
01 geodetic and cadastral surveys for the location and monumentation of property 02 boundaries, for the platting and planning of land and subdivisions of land, including 03 the topography, alignment, and grades for streets, and for the preparation and 04 perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records, and property descriptions that 05 represent these surveys;