On April 6, 2021, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development – Division of Corporation, Business and Professional Licensing adopted regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 02 of the Alaska Administrative Code. The regulations concern general occupational licensing functions, including the availability of payment plans for applicants for initial licensure, the cleanup of obsolete cross-references or sections, fees for temporary licenses, staleness of application materials, temporary licenses for active duty members of the military and their spouses, audits of continuing education, and clarification of a licensee’s ability to make up continuing education after the license lapses for not meeting continuing education requirements.

The regulation changes were reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, signed and filed by the Lieutenant Governor (or designee) on April 14, 2021, and will go into effect on May 14, 2021. See attached copy of the filed version of the regulations.

The new regulation changes will be printed in Register 238, July 2021 of the Alaska Administrative Code.