- (a) A person entitled to compensation under this chapter as a result of injury occurring at the job site of a construction project may not bring a civil action to recover damages for that injury against a design professional or an employee of a design professional who provides professional services for the construction project.
(b) This section does not apply to a person receiving compensation under this chapter who is injured at a job site at which the design professional or employee of the design professional
- (1) specifically assumed responsibility for job site safety practices under a contract;
- (2) actually exercises control over the premises where the injury occurred; or
- (3) prepared design plans or specifications, the plans or specifications contributed to the injury, and the plans or specifications were prepared negligently, recklessly, or with intentional misconduct.
(c) In this section,
- (1) “design professional” means a person registered under AS 08.48 as an architect, engineer, or land surveyor;
- (2) “professional services” means services provided by a design professional that are within the scope of services for which the design professional is registered.