Alaska Stat. § 08.95.125 – Temporary license to practice social work

(a) On receipt of a completed application for a social worker license, a request for a temporary license, and payment of the application fee and temporary license fee determined under AS 08.01.065(c), the board, a member of the board, or an employee of the department designated by the board may issue a temporary license
1. (1) to use the title “master social worker” to an individual who
  1. (A) satisfies the requirements of AS 08.95.110(a)(1) and (3); or
  2. (B) satisfies the requirements of AS 08.95.120(a)(2) and (4) and provides a photocopy, together with a sworn statement as to the copy's veracity, of the applicant's current license as a master social worker in another jurisdiction;
2. (2) to use the title “baccalaureate social worker” to an individual who
  1. (A) satisfies the requirements of AS 08.95.110(a)(3) and (c)(2); or
  2. (B) satisfies the requirements of AS 08.95.120(a)(2) and (4) and provides a photocopy, together with a sworn statement as to the copy's veracity, of the applicant's current license as a baccalaureate social worker in another jurisdiction.
(b) A temporary license provided to an applicant under (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2)(A) of this section is valid for one year and is valid notwithstanding the applicant's failure to satisfactorily complete the examination required under AS 08.95.110(a)(6) during the period that the license is valid.
(c) A temporary license issued under (a)(1)(B) or (a)(2)(B) of this section is valid for one year.
(d) An individual's temporary license becomes invalid, notwithstanding (b) and (c) of this section, if the individual's application for a permanent license under AS 08.95.110 or 08.95.120 is rejected by the board. The temporary license becomes invalid on the date of board action rejecting the license application.
(e) The board
1. (1) may impose by regulation additional limitations that it determines appropriate on a temporary license issued under this section;
2. (2) may not, under this section, issue more than one temporary license to an applicant;
3. (3) may not renew a temporary license.