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Alaska Statutes.

Title 8. Business and Professions

Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations

Section 600. Duties of Department.

AS 08.54.600. Duties of Department.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall

(1) prepare, grade, and administer

(A) a qualification examination for a registered guide license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of fishing, hunting, and guiding laws and regulations; and

(B) a certification examination for each game management unit in which the registered guide intends to provide big game hunting services; the examination must require demonstration that the registered guide is qualified to provide guided and outfitted hunts in the game management unit for which the registered guide seeks to be certified and, in particular, must require demonstration that the registered guide possesses knowledge of the terrain, transportation problems, game, and other characteristics of the game management unit;

(2) issue registered guide, master guide, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, and transporter licenses;

(3) compile, maintain, and publish an annual roster of registered guides and master guides licensed under this chapter; a person listed in the roster whose license is revoked or suspended shall be removed from the roster while the person's license is revoked or suspended;

(4) impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions on a licensee under AS 08.54.600 - 08.54.790;

(5) require an applicant for issuance or renewal of any class of guide license or of a transporter license to state in a written and signed document whether the applicant's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, outfitting, or transportation services license is revoked or suspended in this state or another state or in Canada;

(6) regularly disseminate information regarding examinations and other qualifications for all classes of guide licenses to residents of the rural areas of the state;

(7) adopt procedural and substantive regulations required by this chapter;

(8) administer examinations for registered guides at least twice a year; an examination may not be given within 90 days after the previous examination; at least once every other year the department shall give the examination at a location other than Anchorage.

(b) The department shall provide for administration of an oral examination for a registered guide license or for a game management unit certification if an applicant experiences a specific language disability.

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