{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.55.010","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.55.010","heading":"Qualifications for license.","body":"(a) The department shall issue a license to act as a hearing aid dealer to an individual who\n(1) is 18 years of age or older;\n(2) applies on a form provided by the department;\n(3) has a high school diploma or the equivalent;\n(4) has a business license issued under AS 43.70.020;\n(5) furnishes evidence satisfactory to the department that the individual has not engaged in conduct that is a ground for imposing disciplinary sanctions under AS 08.55.130;\n(6) submits with the application a statement disclosing whether the applicant\n(A) has, during the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the application been convicted of a felony, or had a final judgment entered against the applicant in a civil action, if the felony or civil action involved fraud, embezzlement, or misappropriation of property;\n(B) is subject to an injunctive order that is currently in effect from a pending proceeding or action brought by a public agency;\n(C) is a defendant in a pending criminal or civil action relating to fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of property, or the antitrust or trade regulation laws of the United States or a state;\n(D) has, during the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the application, been reorganized, had a debt adjustment, or has been adjudicated a bankrupt under bankruptcy proceedings due to insolvency or was a principal executive officer or general partner of a business that has been reorganized, had a debt adjustment, or has been adjudicated a bankrupt due to insolvency during the five-year period;\n(7) furnishes a description of each item in (6) of this subsection that the applicant disclosed as being applicable to the applicant.\n(b) An individual who is a physician or an audiologist may deal in hearing aids without being licensed under this chapter, but shall comply with AS 08.55.050, 08.55.070, 08.55.100, 08.55.110(a), 08.55.110(b)(3) and (c) — (h), and 08.55.130(7) — (13) when dealing in hearing aids.\n(c) If an individual licensed under this chapter has more than one place of business, the department shall, on request and payment of a fee, issue a duplicate license for each place of business of the individual.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 55. Hearing Aid Dealers."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.55.010","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"945ccf4b25a37556b5f8492dc62703808f1154d9ed76225a5e9b65f79eef0d5e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.54.790","next":"us-ak/as-08.55.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}