Section 28.15.111. Licenses issued to drivers; anatomical gift and living will document.

   (a) Upon successful completion of the application and all required examinations, and upon payment of the required fee, the department shall issue to every qualified applicant a driver's license indicating the type or general class of vehicles that the licensee may drive. The license must (1) display a distinguishing number assigned to the license; (2) display the licensee's full name, address, date of birth, brief physical description, and color photograph; (3) display either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which the licensee must write the licensee's usual signature with pen and ink; (4) display a holographic symbol intended to prevent illegal alteration or duplication; (5) display, for a qualified applicant who is under 21 years of age, the words "UNDER 21"; and (6) to the extent the department is able, be designed to allow the electronic reading and electronic display of the information described under (2) of this subsection and the electronic reading and display and a physical display on the license that the person is restricted from purchasing alcoholic beverages under AS 04.16.160. A license may not display the licensee's social security number and is not valid until signed by the licensee. If facilities are not available for the taking of the photograph required under this section, the department shall endorse on the license, the words "valid without photograph."
   (b) The department shall provide a method, at the time that an operator's license is issued, by which the owner of a license may make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52. The method must provide a means by which the owner may cancel the anatomical gift. The department shall inform each applicant in writing that, if the applicant executes a gift under AS 13.52 and if the gift is made with the license, the department will transmit the information on the license to a donor registry created under AS 13.50.110. The department shall also direct the applicant to notify a procurement organization or the department under AS 13.50.140 if the license is destroyed or mutilated or the gift is revoked under AS 13.52.183. The department shall carry out the requirements of AS 13.50.100 - 13.50.190.
   (c) At the request of an applicant, the department shall provide a veteran designation and United States flag replica on a license identifying the driver as a retired veteran or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States discharged under honorable conditions. The department may not charge a fee solely for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the driver shall make available proof of veteran status that shows that the person is retired or discharged under honorable conditions. With the approval of the applicant, the department shall make available to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs the name and address of a driver receiving a veteran designation under this subsection. The department may charge a fee of $5 for replacement of a valid driver's license with a new license with a veteran designation. A replacement license with a veteran designation issued for $5 under this subsection shall retain the expiration date of the license it replaces.

Authorities

16.10.267;18.65.310;28.15.161;28.33.100

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 16 DISABILITY:ID/LICENSE AND TRAINING RQMTS.
HB 45 NOT INTRODUCED
HB 77 DISABILITY:ID/LICENSE AND TRAINING RQMTS.
HB 330 LAO/HMONG VETERAN DRIVER'S LIC. & ID CARD
SB 184 USPHS & NOAA OFFICERS AS VETERANS
SB 194 LAO/HMONG VETERAN DRIVER'S LIC. & ID CARD

Implemented As

2 AAC 90.420
2 AAC 90.480
2 AAC 90.485
5 AAC 39.110

References

17 AAC 25.210
2 AAC 90.420
2 AAC 90.480
2 AAC 90.485
AS 16.10.267 Possession of permit and identification by seller.
AS 18.65.310 Identification cards.
AS 28.15.161 Cancellation of driver's license.
AS 28.33.100 License to drive commercial motor vehicle.

History

(Sec. 19 ch 178 SLA 1978; am Sec. 2 ch 50 SLA 1993; am Sec. 21 ch 80 SLA 1997; am Sec. 2 ch 40 SLA 2001; am Sec. 7 ch 68 SLA 2004; am Sec. 7 ch 83 SLA 2004; am Sec. 27 ch 24 SLA 2007; am Sec. 34 ch 100 SLA 2008; am Sec. 2 ch 68 SLA 2012)