Section 12 AAC 36.990 - Definitions(a) For the purposes of this chapter and AS 08.48, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "advanced courses" means courses in institutes of higher learning beyond the second academic year;(2) "board" means the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;(3) "chemical engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to applied chemistry, both industrial and nonindustrial, concerned with chemical materials, their composition, locations, transportation, and storage; chemical and physical-chemical processes naturally occurring or artificially operated, their matter and energy changes, the conditions of temperature, concentration and media for those changes, including apparatus and analytical control; chemical products, their quality, quantity, applications, uses, and values; preparation of materials for public or industrial use, including water supply, waste abatement, and pollution control; and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(4) "civil engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to research, design, and construction of fixed works, other than significant structures, for irrigation, drainage, waterpower, water supply and treatment, flood control, inland waterways, harbors, municipal improvements, railroads, highways, tunnels, airports and airways, sewerage, refuse disposal, foundations, structures, and bridges, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(5) "design" means the original and unique application of basic aesthetic, mathematical and physical and chemical principles to provide an acceptable solution of a problem or project;(7) "ABET" means Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology;(8) "electrical engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to generation, transmission and utilization of electrical energy, fire detection and alarm systems, control systems, electronic systems, and to telecommunications systems and facilities, including the design of electrical, electronic and magnetic circuits and components, and the technical control of their operation and of the design of electrical, fire alarm gear, control, electronic and telecommunications gear, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(9) "mechanical engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to the generation, transmission and utilization of energy in the thermal and mechanical form; engineering issues relating to the production of tools, machinery and their products; mechanical processes, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, product transport, fire and smoke suppression, and plumbing; and the research, design, production, operation, control, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(10) "mining and mineral processing engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to the exploration, location, and recovery of mineral commodities, and the research, design, construction, and development of structures, devices, and facilities of production, and the organizational and economic aspects related to these studies and activities;(12) "NCARB" means the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards;(13) "NCEES" means the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying;(14) "petroleum engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies or activities relating to the exploration, location, and recovery of natural fluid hydrocarbons, and the research, design, production, operations of devices, facilities of production, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(17) "professional engineering" includes the branches of (A) agricultural engineering;(B) chemical engineering;(D) control systems engineering;(E) electrical engineering;(F) environmental engineering;(G) fire protection engineering;(H) industrial engineering;(I) mechanical engineering;(J) metallurgical and materials engineering;(K) mining and mineral processing engineering;(L) naval architecture and marine engineering;(N) petroleum engineering;(18) "professional work" means the time the applicant has been occupied in architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture work of higher grade and responsibility than that of subprofessional work;(19) "responsible charge of work in the field" means the direction of work, the successful accomplishment of which rested upon the applicant, where the applicant has to decide questions of methods of execution and suitability of materials without relying upon advice or instructions from his superiors and where the applicant has to supply solutions to deficiencies in plans or has to correct errors in designs without first referring them to higher authority for approval, except where the approval is a matter of form;(20) "responsible charge experience" as it pertains to "work in the office" means undertaking investigations or carrying out assignments, that demand resourcefulness and originality, or making plans, writing specifications, and directing drafting and computations for the design of architectural, engineering, landscape architecture, or land surveying work with only rough sketches, general information and field measurements for reference;(21) "state" means the State of Alaska;(22) "subprofessional work" means time spent working in design support or construction related employment;(23) "specialty contractor" means the same as in AS 08.18.171;(24) "registration by comity" means registration by recognition of the applicant's credentials accepted by another jurisdiction;(25) "registrant" means an individual architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership registered or issued a certificate of authorization under this chapter;(26) "A.S. degree" means an associate of science degree;(27) "B.S. degree" means a bachelor of science degree;(28) "M.S. degree" means a master of science degree;(30) "responsible control" means that amount of control over and detailed knowledge of the content of technical submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by registered engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects applying the required professional standard of care;(31) "CLARB" means Council of Landscape Architect Registration Boards;(32) "LAAB" means Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board;(34) "agricultural engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities related to facility engineering of plant, animal, and commodity environments and structures; machinery involving power, electrical and electronic machines, controls and sensors; natural resource engineering involving soil, water and plant systems; process engineering involving food, feed, fiber, fuel products; and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(35) "control systems engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to sensor technologies and measurement; signals and transmission, final control elements regarding valves, pressure relieving devices, and other final control elements, control systems analysis and implementation; and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(36) "environmental engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to wastewater, storm water, potable water, and water resources; ambient air, emissions sources, and control strategies; solid, hazardous, and special waste; environmental assessments, remediation, and emergency response and applicable codes, standards, regulations, guidelines; and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(37) "fire protection engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to fire protection analysis, fire protection management, fire science and human behavior, fire protection systems, fire building systems, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(38) "industrial engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to facilities engineering and planning involving facility requirements, design alternatives, material handling techniques and equipment, systems analysis and design including processes, costing and performance measurement, logistics including production planning and control, distribution and storage and warehousing methods, methods to measure work, workstation design and analysis, ergonomics and safety, quality engineering and control, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(39) "metallurgical and materials engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces studies and activities relating to the production of metals, metal objects, materials, testing procedures, metal processing, failure analysis procedures and the development of metal alloys, the research, design, construction, and development of devices and facilities of production, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(40) "naval architecture and marine engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces the studies and activities relating to the mechanics of rigid and deformable bodies, exterior loads on military, public, commercial or private vessels or marine facilities, structural designs, applications, and considerations, vibration considerations including local, vortex induced, flow induced, and global vibrations, intact and damaged hydrostatic stability, methods and procedures, dynamic stability in waves, hydrodynamics, wind and waves, hull forms and design, marine engineering involving thermodynamics, internal fluid flow, propulsion and power generators, machine design, HVA Cefrigeration and electrical systems, materials corrosion and corrosion control, navigation and vessel control, hull outfitting, weight engineering, shipbuilding and repair engineering, rules and regulations, human factors, and safety systems, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(41) "nuclear engineering" means the branch of professional engineering that embraces the studies and activities relating to nuclear power systems and science, nuclear components and systems, construction, operational regulations, emergency planning, licensing regulation, codes and standards, nuclear fuel and waste management, nuclear radiation, protection, radiation shielding, interaction of radiation with matter, nuclear criticality, kinetics, neutronics, and nuclear measurements and instruments, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(42) "structural engineering" means the practice of engineering that embraces the studies and activities relating to the investigation, evaluation, analysis, design and construction of buildings, bridges, and other structures such as walls, columns, slabs, beams, trusses, or similar members requiring force-resisting and load bearing members and their connections, or similar members used singly or as a part of a larger structure, and the organizational and economic aspects of these studies and activities;(43) "engineering surveys" (A) means work performed by a professional engineer to measure and assess structures, machines, equipment, utility systems, materials, processes, and public or private works;(B) does not include the practice of land surveying.(44) "significant structures" means (A) hazardous facilities; in this paragraph, "hazardous facilities" means structures housing, supporting, or containing sufficient quantities of toxic or explosive substance to be of danger to the safety of the public if released;(B) special occupancy structures; in this paragraph, "special occupancy structures" means (i) buildings and other structures whose primary occupancy is public assembly with an occupant load greater than 300;(ii) buildings and other structures containing an elementary school, secondary school, or day care facility with an occupant load greater than 250;(iii) buildings and other structures containing adult education facilities, such as colleges and universities, with an occupant load greater than 500;(iv) medical facilities with 50 or more resident, incapacitated patients;(v) jails and detention facilities; and(vi) all buildings or structures with an occupant load greater than 5, 000;(C) essential facilities that have a ground area of more than 4, 000 square feet and are more than 20 feet in mean roof height above average ground level; in this paragraph, essential facilities means (i) hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas;(ii) fire and police stations;(iii) tanks or other structures containing, housing, or supporting water or fire suppression material or equipment required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures;(iv) emergency vehicle shelters and garages;(v) structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers;(vi) standby power-generating equipment for essential facilities;(vii) structures and equipment in government communication centers and other facilities requiring emergency response;(viii) aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars; and(ix) buildings and other structures having critical national defense functions;(D) structures exceeding 100 feet in height above average ground level;(E) buildings that are customarily occupied by human beings and are four stories or 45 feet or more above average ground level; and(F) bridges having a total span of more than 200 feet and piers having a surface area greater than 10, 000 square feet.(45) "AXP" means the Architect Experience Program administered by NCARB and constitutes the record keeping system for verifying an intern-architect's fulfillment of the education and training standards established by NCARB;(46) repealed 10/22/2023;(47) "mentoring program" means a program in which a corresponding licensee reviews a mentee's work on a regular basis to ensure that the work meets the standard of care of that discipline and confirms that the mentee is developing experience and responsible charge experience.(b) For purposes of this chapter, "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.(c) For the purposes of AS 08.48.331(a)(14), "designing fire detection or suppression systems" includes those studies and activities related to the installation, maintenance, and inspection of those systems, including the direction of or the performance of fire protection systems surveys, consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and observations of construction and the organizational and economic aspects of those studies and activities.Eff. 5/23/74, Register 50; am 9/30/78, Register 67; am 6/29/84, Register 90; am 8/29/87, Register 103; am 10/20/90, Register 116; am 3/16/96, Register 137; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 8/26/98, Register 147; am 11/13/99, Register 152; am 3/9/2001, Register 157; am 1/26/2012, Register 201; am 3/11/2012, Register 201; am 10/4/2015, Register 216, January 2016; am 9/9/2016, Register 219, October 2016; am 5/25/2017, Register 222, July 2017; am 5/5/2023, Register 246, July 2023; am 10/22/2023, Register 248, January 2024; am 4/17/2024, Register 250, July 2024; am 4/18/2024, Register 250, July 2024Authority:AS 08.48.101
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