{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.54.630","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.54.630","heading":"Assistant guide license.","body":"(a) A natural person is entitled to an assistant guide license if the person\n(1) is 18 years of age or older;\n(2) has legally hunted big game in the state during two calendar years;\n(3) possesses a first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization;\n(4) either\n(A) obtains a written recommendation from a registered guide-outfitter who intends to employ the person as an assistant guide; or\n(B) provides evidence that the person passed an assistant guide training course approved by the board; and\n(5) applies for an assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee.\n(b) An assistant guide\n(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;\n(2) shall be employed by a registered guide-outfitter and under the supervision of a registered guide-outfitter or class-A assistant guide while the assistant guide is in the field on guided hunts; and\n(3) may not take charge of a camp or provide guide services unless the contracting registered guide-outfitter is in the field and participating in the contracted hunt or a registered guide-outfitter or class-A assistant guide employed by the contracting guide is physically present and supervising the hunt.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 54. Big Game Guides and Related Occupations."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.54.630","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"4509d62a45ca0879e09c93f977989f98819b0c513b60e757e37557ef07294284","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.54.620","next":"us-ak/as-08.54.635"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}