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Alaska Statutes.

Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions

Chapter 35. Child Care Facilities, Child Placement Agencies, Child Treatment Facilities, Foster Homes, and Maternity Homes

Section 21. Discretionary Denial of Initial License.

AS 47.35.021. Discretionary Denial of Initial License.

(a) Regardless of whether the applicant for licensure has met all of the other requirements under this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter, the department may refuse to issue an initial license under this chapter if the applicant for the license who is a natural person or a person who is required to submit a release under AS 47.35.017(b)(5) in connection with the license has been convicted, within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the application, of any of the following offenses or of violating a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with similar elements, or of an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of the following offenses or to violate a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with similar elements:

(1) a crime involving domestic violence, as defined in AS 18.66.990 , that is a misdemeanor under AS 11;

(2) assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.230 ;

(3) contributing to the delinquency of a minor under AS 11.51.130 ;

(4) endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree under AS 11.51.110;

(5) a serious offense as defined in AS 12.62.900 , except for an offense included in AS 47.35.019 ;

(6) a crime concerning operating certain vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft while intoxicated under AS 28.33.030 , 28.33.031, AS 28.35.030, 28.35.031, and 28.35.032.

(b) This section does not apply to the issuance of an initial license to a child care facility.

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