Alaska Statutes 08.26.020 – Requirements for private professional full and partial guardian licenses

(a) The department shall issue a private professional full guardian license to an individual

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.26.020

Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(1) who is at least 21 years of age;

(2) who has two or more years of professional client casework experience or at least an associate degree in human services, social work, psychology, sociology, gerontology, special education, or a closely related field;

(3) who is certified as a guardian by a nationally recognized organization in the field of guardianships;

(4) whose criminal history record checks under Alaska Stat. § 08.26.070 show that the individual has not been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor offense in the state or in any other jurisdiction involving fraud, misrepresentation, material omission, misappropriation, theft, conversion, or any other crime the department determines would affect the individual’s ability to provide the services of a guardian competently and safely for the protected person within 10 years before the application;

(5) who satisfies the application requirements of Alaska Stat. § 08.26.060; and

(6) who satisfies the requirements for obtaining a private professional conservator license under Alaska Stat. § 08.26.030.

(b) The department shall issue a private professional partial guardian license to an individual who satisfies the requirements under (a)(1) – (5) of this section. A licensed private professional partial guardian may not perform conservator services.

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