{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.54.620","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.54.620","heading":"Class-A assistant guide license.","body":"(a) A natural person is entitled to a class-A assistant guide license if the person\n(1) is 21 years of age or older;\n(2) applies for a class-A assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee;\n(3) possesses a current first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization; and\n(4) either\n(A) has\n(i) been employed during at least three calendar years as any class of licensed guide in the game management unit for which the license is sought; and\n(ii) at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience;\n(B) provides\n(i) evidence that the person physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;\n(ii) evidence that the person has had at least 15 years' hunting experience in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 15 years' hunting experience; and\n(iii) a written recommendation from a registered guide-outfitter who intends to employ the person as a class-A assistant guide; or\n(C) provides evidence that the person\n(i) physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;\n(ii) has at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience; and\n(iii) has passed a class-A assistant guide training course approved by the board.\n(b) A class-A assistant guide\n(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;\n(2) shall be employed by and under the supervision of a registered guide-outfitter who has contracted with the client for whom the class-A assistant guide is conducting the hunt;\n(3) may take charge of a camp and provide guide services from the camp without the contracting registered guide-outfitter being in the field and participating in the contracted hunt if the contracting registered guide-outfitter is supervising the guiding activities;\n(4) may not perform functions of a class-A assistant guide outside of the game management unit for which the license is issued; and\n(5) may be employed by a registered guide-outfitter to perform the functions of an assistant guide in any game management unit.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.54.620","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"ba9c0a1a25b1f5913396c69fc373a99992a5dc30764f3b2e19a22ead074088af","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.54.610","next":"us-ak/as-08.54.630"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}