1. (a) In order to be hired as an emergency employee as a prisoner guard for the Department of Public Safety as authorized by AS 39.25.120(c)(18), the person must be:

   1. (1) a United States citizen or resident alien with valid work permit;
   2. (2) a resident of this state;
   3. (3) at least 19 years of age;
   4. (4) neither addicted to nor dependent upon alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs;
   5. (5) free from a psychopathic condition, or mental illness impairing the powers of memory, reason, judgment, or perception; and
   6. (6) free from any conviction of a felony, any crime involving moral turpitude, or any crime preventing ownership or possession of a firearm within 10 years of hire, unless a full pardon has been granted by the appropriate authority.

2. (b) For purposes of (a)(6) of this section,

   1. (1) "crime" means an act that was classified as a crime under AS 11 at the time that the crime was committed in Alaska, or a crime in another jurisdiction if the offense has elements similar to those under Alaska law; and

   2. (2) "any crime involving moral turpitude" means the crime of

      1. (A) murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, child sexual abuse, incest, arson, burglary, perjury, robbery, theft, fraud, unsworn falsification, or forgery; or
      2. (B) misconduct involving a controlled substance, misconduct involving a weapon, assault, reckless endangerment, or contributing to the delinquency of a minor, if that crime involved a victim under 18 years of age, disabled, elderly, or under the perpetrator's care and custody at the time of the offense.

(Eff. 10/2/92, Register 123)

Authority: AS 33.30.071