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Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations
Chapter 9 . Big Game Guides and Transporters
Section 110. Shop owner license

12 AAC 09.110. Shop owner license

(a) An applicant for a shop owner license shall submit a completed application on a form provided by the department. A complete application must include

(1) payment of the fees established in 12 AAC 02.140;

(2) name of the owner or lessee;

(3) business name of the shop;

(4) mailing and street address of the shop;

(5) if the shop owner is not a licensed practitioner, the name and license number of the practitioner who is employed as manager of the shop;

(6) a listing of all other shops the applicant owns which includes the business name, mailing address, and street address of each; and

(7) documentation that within the 90 days before the date the application was submitted to the department, the applicant was found to be in compliance with state environmental sanitation regulations in 18 AAC 23 or the health regulations of the municipality as a designee of the Department of Environmental Conservation and in which the shop is located; the applicant must obtain that documentation from the Department of Environmental Conservation or the municipality; if the application is for a shop where body piercing or tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring will be practiced, the shop must be inspected and certified by the Department of Environmental Conservation as in compliance with the state environmental sanitation regulations in 18 AAC 23.

(b) A shop owner license is not transferable to another person. In the event of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership of a shop, the buyer, lessee, or transferee must apply for and be issued a new shop owner license, under this section, before conducting business.

(c) A violation of 18 AAC 23 is grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license or permit under AS 08.13.030 (c).

(d) A shop owner or manager of a shop shall permit any member of the board to inspect the shop at any time during working hours.

(e) A shop owner shall provide a suitable area, accessible to all employees and apprentices, for posting announcements and public notices from the board or the department.

(f) A shop owner shall have a separate shop owner license for each shop owned.

(g) If the Department of Environmental Conservation finds that a shop is not in compliance with the environmental sanitation and health regulations required under (a)(7) of this section, the board will suspend the shop owner license until the shop owner submits documentation that the shop is in compliance with the requirements of (a)(7) of this section.

(h) A shop owner that intends to move the shop to a new location must meet the requirements of (a)(7) of this section and submit written notification of the new address before conducting business in the new location.

(i) A shop owner that is currently licensed by the board that intends to add to the shop a tattooing and cosmetic coloring or body piercing procedure must meet the requirements of (a)(7) of this section and AS 08.13.215 before that procedure may be conducted in the shop.

History: Eff. 11/2/81, Register 80; am 10/21/82, Register 84; am 5/20/88, Register 106; am 10/16/88, Register 108; am 4/23/98, Register 146; am 3/19/99, Register 149; am 7/23/2000, Register 155; am 11/27/2002, Register 164; am 12/1/2002, Register 164

Authority: AS 08.13.030

AS 08.13.120

AS 08.13.210

AS 08.13.215


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