1. (a) The department will register an applicant in a guide use area if the applicant meets the requirements of AS 08.54.750 and this section. For each guide use area for which a registered guide-outfitter is registering, the registered guide-outfitter shall submit the following information on a form provided by the department:

   1. (1) the applicant's registered guide-outfitter license number;
   2. (2) the guide use area for which the registered guide-outfitter is registering;
   3. (3) certification in the game management unit in which the registered guide-outfitter is applying;
   4. (4) a sworn statement by the applicant attesting to the required land use authorization;
   5. (5) a sworn statement by the applicant attesting to the ability to provide services on at least 5,000 contiguous acres of uplands in the guide use area requested.
   6. (6) repealed 11/27/2023.
2. (b) A registration expires on December 31 of the last year for which it is issued. To re-register, the registered guide-outfitter must again submit a complete application under (a) of this section.
3. (c) A registered guide-outfitter may register for a maximum of five calendar years ending on December 31, including the calendar year in which the registration becomes effective. A registration for multiple calendar years may be withdrawn or changed annually before April 1, if the GUA being withdrawn or changed has not been used in the that year. This includes attempting to get hunters drawn for limited entry drawings for that GUA, in which case the guide must have been registered for the GUA in the year of the December draw application period and the year the hunt would have taken place. Both years will be considered used and may not be withdrawn. No refunds will be issued for the years left on a multiple year registration if it is withdrawn.
4. (d) In accordance with AS 08.54.750, a registration will be considered effective 30 days after the date the registration is submitted to the department, or 30 days after the date the application is considered complete, whichever is later.

5. (e) A registered guide-outfitter who is registered in three guide use areas may register for and conduct big game hunting services in a portion of one additional guide use area on federal land adjacent to a guide use area for which the registered guide-outfitter is already registered if the registered guide-outfitter meets the requirements of (a)(1) - (5) and (f) of this section, and submits

   1. (1) the guide use area map that identifies the portion of the additional guide use area that is located on federal land and is adjacent to a guide use area for which the registered guide-outfitter is currently registered; and
   2. (2) a letter from the federal landholder that states that the area would otherwise remain unused by a registered guide-outfitter because the boundaries do not coincide with boundaries of a federal big game guide concession or permit area.
6. (f) A registered guide-outfitter may not register for, or provide services within, a guide use area unless the applicant has written authorization by the landowner or appropriate representative in the form of a permit, registration or letter to provide big game hunting services on at least 5,000 contiguous acres of uplands in the guide use area.

7. (g) A registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter who was unable to hunt a brown bear in game management unit 9 in the spring 2020 season may register for the 2021 spring brown bear season in game management unit 9, if

   1. (1) the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter registers on a form provided by the department;

   2. (2) the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter provides either

      1. (A) a current registration, valid as of April 10, 2020, for the same guide use area for which the registration is submitted; or
      2. (B) copies of completed, signed, and dated hunt contracts for the 2020 spring bear season in game management unit 9 indicating that the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter had booked clients who were later unable to complete the contracted hunt and an attestation that the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter would have registered before the April 10, 2020 deadline; and
   3. (3) the clients for whom the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter will provide services have not hunted brown bear in a guide use area within game management unit 9 since May 10, 2020.
8. (h) A registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter must register for a minimum of three years in a guide use area at the time of registration.

(Eff. 5/24/96, Register 138; am 10/19/96, Register 140; am 4/6/2001, Register 158; am/readopt 7/30/2006, Register 179; am 6/8/2007, Register 182; am 12/1/2007, Register 184; am 7/16/2020, Register 235; am 11/28/2020, Register 236; am 11/27/2023, Register 248)