On September 9, 2022, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Division) adopted, as an emergency regulation, changes in 12 AAC 02.940 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with effective date of renewal licenses, including the following:

12 AAC 02.940. Effective date of renewed licenses, is proposed to be amended as follows:

“If an application and payment for renewal of a license is submitted but the division is unable to complete its review of the application before the expiration of the license, the license may be automatically extended for three months or until the division completes its review and either approves or denies the application, whichever occurs earlier”. This emergency regulation allows licensees to continue to work until their renewal license is processed by the division.

The emergency regulation took effect on September 12, 2022, and will expire January 9, 2023.

This is a SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE adding to the NOTICE OF adoption of emergency regulation that was issued on September 15, 2022, concerning these emergency regulation revisions contained in the Department of Law file number 2022200438. This SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE is being issued because the Division decided to make the emergency regulation permanent and is providing an opportunity for public comment.

You may comment on the regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the changes, by submitting written comments to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK  99811-0806. Additionally, the Division will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/209166, and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on January 13, 2023. Comments received after this deadline will not be considered by the Division.

You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK  99811-0806 or by e-mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Division will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Division’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing.aspx. The Division may, but is not required to, answer written questions received after the 10-day cut-off date and before the end of the comment period.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than January 6, 2023 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.

A copy of the filed finding of emergency and emergency regulation are available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/CBPL-EmergencyRegs-0922.pdf.

The language of the permanent regulations may be different from that of the original emergency regulation and may include other provisions dealing with the same subject. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments and questions received are public records and are subject to public inspection.

Statutory Authority: AS 08.01.050; AS 08.01.100
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.01.050; AS 08.01.100

Fiscal Information: The regulations are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

DATE: 12/13/2022
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist                                                                                                       Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))

1.   Adopting agency: Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development – Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

2.   General subject of regulation: Effective date of renewal licenses.

3.   Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 02.940.

4.   Department of Law file number: 2022200438.

5.   Reason for the proposed action: Emergency regulation due to division staffing shortage that has created unusual delays in processing application for licensure as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6.   Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.

7.   Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
     A private person: None known.  
         Another state agency: None known.
         A municipality: None known.

8.   Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):  No costs are expected in FY 2023 or in subsequent years.

9.   The name of the contact person for the regulation:
     Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist
        Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
         Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
         E-mail: jun.maiquis@alaska.gov

10.   The origin of the emergency regulation action: Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

11.   Date: 12/13/2022
Prepared by: Jun Maiquis
                    Regulations Specialist