Does state provide a license: Recognized the AIPG Professional Geologist credential
Current Active Licensees
| Title | Licensees |
|---|---|
| Certified Professional Geologist | 810 |
License: Certified Professional Geologist
Exam Entity: AIPG
Licensing Board: Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Licensing Board Website: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/ProfessionalGeologists.aspx
Professionals must follow the requirements of the AIPG Certified Professional Geologist credential.
Most registration and licensure systems include structural approaches to review both the need and operational effectiveness of the process.
Some states provide formal sunset evaluation processes for their licensure programs. Many also include a periodic audit process of the licensure program/agency, which can range from cursory financial reviews to comprehensive evaluation of program effectiveness.
The audit process is often leveraged when political pressure is applied to eliminate geologist licensure, so awareness of the history and codes for audits and sunset evaluations is critical to montioring the health of the licensure within the state.
Current modes for sunsetting evaluation: Sunset review
License subject to sunset review: No
License subject to audit review: No
Sunset regulation name: Termination, Continuation and Reestablishment of Regulatory Boards
Sunset statute: Title 8. Business and Professions, Chapter 03. Termination, Continuation and Reestablishment of Regulatory Boards
Sunset statute reference: http://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.03.010
Sunset committee: State Legislature
Composition of sunset committee: State Legislature
Sunset committee website: http://w3.akleg.gov/index.php
Sunset duration: Not applicable
Sunset notes: Sec. 08.03.010 is a list of lists boards that have a termination date.
Auditor name: Alaska Division of Legislative Audit
Auditor website: https://legaudit.akleg.gov/
Audit statute: Title 44. State Government, Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions
Audit Statute abbreviation: Title 44. State Government, Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions Section 41-5A-1
Audit statute link: http://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#44.66.010
Audit duration: For a period not to exceed eight years
Audit legislation committee: Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
Audit legislation committee website: https://lba.akleg.gov
Audit notes: State legislature determines if a board will be terminated.
| Year | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sunset law created | § 08.03.010 by § 3 ch 149 SLA 1977 |
| 1980 | Sunset law amended | § 08.03.010 |
| 1980 | Practice regulation | Certification of Geologists in Alaska based solely on the American Institute of Professional Geologists registration requirements. |
| 1981 | Sunset law created | § 44.66.010 by E.O. No. 48 (1981) |
| 1987 | Sunset law amended | § 08.03.010 |