Alaska Statutes: AS 28.15.165. Administrative Revocations and Disqualifications Resulting From Chemical Sobriety Tests and Refusals to Submit to Tests.

Alaska Statutes. Title 28. Motor Vehicles Chapter 15. Drivers' Licenses Section 165. Administrative Revocations and Disqualifications Resulting From Chemical Sobriety Tests and Refusals to Submit to Tests.

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AS 28.15.165. Administrative Revocations and Disqualifications Resulting From Chemical Sobriety Tests and Refusals to Submit to Tests.

(a) A law enforcement officer shall read a notice, and deliver a copy of it, to a person operating a motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, or aircraft, if a chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031 (a) or (g) produces a result described in AS 28.35.030(a)(2); a chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031 (a) produces a result described in AS 28.33.030 (a)(2); or the person refuses to submit to a chemical test authorized under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031 (a) or (g). The notice must advise that

(1) the department intends to revoke the person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license, refuse to issue an original license to the person, or disqualify the person;

(2) the person has the right to administrative review of the action taken against the person's license or determination not to issue an original license;

(3) if the person has a driver's license or a nonresident privilege to drive, the notice itself is a temporary driver's license that expires seven days after it is delivered to the person, except that if the person was operating a commercial motor vehicle the person will be ordered out of service for 24 hours under AS 28.33.130 ;

(4) revocation of the person's driver's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license, a determination not to issue an original license, or a disqualification of the person, takes effect seven days after delivery of the notice to the person unless the person, within seven days, requests an administrative review.
(b) After reading the notice under (a) of this section, the law enforcement officer shall seize the person's driver's license if it is in the person's possession and shall deliver it to the department with a sworn report describing the circumstances under which it was seized. If the person was operating a commercial motor vehicle, the officer shall order the person out of service under AS 28.33.130 .
(c) Unless the person has obtained a temporary permit or stay of a departmental action under AS 28.15.166 , if the chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031 (a) or (g) produced a result described in AS 28.35.030 (a)(2) or the person refused to submit to a chemical test authorized under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031 (a) or (g), the department shall revoke the person's license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license, shall refuse to issue an original license, and, if the chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031(a) produced a result described in AS 28.33.030 (a)(2) or the person refused to submit to a chemical test authorized under AS 28.33.031(a), shall disqualify the person. The department's action takes effect seven days after delivery to the person of the notice required under (a) of this section, and after receipt of a sworn report of a law enforcement officer

(1) that a chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031(a) or (g) produced a result described in AS 28.35.030 (a)(2), that a chemical test administered under AS 28.33.031 (a) produced a result described in AS 28.33.030 (a)(2), or that a person refused to submit to a chemical test authorized under AS 28.33.031 (a) or AS 28.35.031(a) or (g);

(2) that notice under (a) of this section was provided to the person; and

(3) describing the

(A) circumstances surrounding the arrest and the grounds for the officer's belief that the person operated a motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, or aircraft while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance in violation of AS 28.33.030 or AS 28.35.030 ; or

(B) grounds for the officer's belief that the person operated a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle that was involved in an accident causing death or serious physical injury to another person.
(d) The period of revocation of a driver's license, privilege to drive, privilege to obtain a license, refusal to issue an original license, or disqualification shall be for the appropriate minimum period for court revocations under AS 28.15.181 (c) or court disqualifications under AS 28.33.140 . A department hearing officer may grant limited license privileges in accordance with the standards set out in AS 28.15.201 to a person whose driver's license or nonresident privilege to drive was revoked under this section. The department may terminate a revocation imposed under this section and issue a driver's license to the person, if the license, privilege to drive, or privilege to obtain a license was revoked for an offense described in AS 28.15.181(a)(5) or (8) and the person meets the conditions set out for termination of a revocation by the court under AS 28.15.181 (f).

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