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AK Stat § 08.68.705 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 68. Nursing|Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.68.705. Maximum dosage for opioid prescriptions.

(a) An advanced practice registered nurse may not issue (1) an initial prescription for an opioid that exceeds a seven-day supply to an adult patient for outpatient use; (2) a prescription for an opioid that exceeds a seven-day supply to a minor; at the time an advanced practice registered nurse writes a prescription for an opioid for a minor, the advanced practice registered nurse shall discuss with the parent or guardian of the minor why the prescription is necessary and the risks associated with opioid use. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an advanced practice registered nurse may issue a prescription for an opioid that exceeds a seven-day supply to an adult or minor patient if, in the professional judgment of the advanced practice registered nurse, more than a seven-day supply of an opioid is necessary for (1) the patient's acute medical condition, chronic pain management, pain associated with cancer, or pain experienced while the patient is in palliative care; the advanced practice registered nurse may write a prescription for an opioid for the quantity needed to treat the patient's medical condition, chronic pain, pain associated with cancer, or pain experienced while the patient is in palliative care; the advanced practice registered nurse shall document in the patient's medical record the condition triggering the prescription of an opioid in a quantity that exceeds a seven-day supply and indicate that a nonopioid alternative was not appropriate to address the medical condition; or (2) a patient who is unable to access a practitioner within the time necessary for a refill of the seven-day supply because of a logistical or travel barrier; the advanced practice registered nurse may write a prescription for an opioid for the quantity needed to treat the patient for the time that the patient is unable to access a practitioner; the advanced practice registered nurse shall document in the patient's medical record the reason for the prescription of an opioid in a quantity that exceeds a seven-day supply and indicate that a nonopioid alternative was not appropriate to address the medical condition; in this paragraph, “practitioner” has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900. (c) This section does not authorize an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe a controlled substance if the advanced practice registered nurse is not otherwise authorized to prescribe a controlled substance under policies, procedures, or regulations issued or adopted by the board. (d) In this section, (1) “adult” means (A) an individual who has reached 18 years of age; or (B) an emancipated minor; (2) “emancipated minor” means a minor whose disabilities have been removed for general purposes under AS 09.55.590; (3) “minor” means an individual under 18 years of age who is not an emancipated minor.
AK Stat § 08.68.800 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 68. Nursing|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.68.800. Exceptions to application of chapter.

(a) This chapter does not apply to (1) a qualified nurse licensed in another state employed by the United States government or a bureau, or agency, or division of the United States government while in the discharge of official duties; (2) nursing service given temporarily in the event of a public emergency, epidemic, or disaster; (3) the practice of nursing by a student enrolled in a nursing education program accredited by the board when the practice is in connection with the student's course of study; (4) the practice of nursing by an individual enrolled in an approved program or course of study approved by the board to satisfy the requirements of AS 08.68.251; (5) the practice of nursing by a nurse licensed in another state who engages in nursing education or nursing consultation activities, if these activities and contact with clients do not exceed 20 working days within a licensing period; or (6) the practice of nursing by a nurse licensed in another state whose employment responsibilities include transporting patients into, out of, or through this state; however, this exception is valid for a period not to exceed 48 hours for each transport. (b) In this section, the word “nurses” includes registered and practical nurses, and “nursing” means registered and practical nursing.
AK Stat § 08.68.805 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 68. Nursing|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.68.805. Delegation of nursing functions.

A registered, advanced practice registered, or practical nurse licensed under this chapter may delegate nursing duties to other persons, including unlicensed assistive personnel, under regulations adopted by the board. A person to whom the nursing duties are delegated may perform the delegated duties without a license or certificate under this chapter if the person meets the applicable requirements established by the board.
AK Stat § 08.68.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 68. Nursing|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.68.850. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “advanced practice registered nurse” means a registered nurse licensed to practice in the state who, because of specialized education and experience, is certified to perform acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription and dispensing of medical, therapeutic, or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board; (2) “board” means the Board of Nursing; (3) “certified nurse aide” is a person who is certified as a nurse aide by the board; (4) “incompetent” means that a nurse does not possess the skills, knowledge, and awareness of the nurse's limitations and abilities to safely practice nursing; (5) “licensed practical nurse” is equivalent to the title “licensed vocational nurse” and to the name suffix abbreviations L.P.N. and L.V.N.; (6) “licensed registered nurse” is equivalent to the common title “registered nurse” and the name suffix abbreviation R.N.; (7) [Repealed, § 60 ch 33 SLA 2016.] (8) “opioid” includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140 and 11.71.160; (9) “practice of advanced practice registered nursing” includes, in addition to the practice of registered nursing, the performance of acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription and dispensing of medical, therapeutic, or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board; (10) “practice of practical nursing” means the performance for compensation or personal profit of nursing functions that do not require the substantial specialized skill, judgment, and knowledge of a registered nurse; (11) “practice of registered nursing” means the performance for compensation or personal profit of acts of professional service that requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based on the principles of biological, physiological, behavioral, and sociological sciences in assessing and responding to the health needs of individuals, families, or communities through services that include (A) assessment of problems, counseling, and teaching (i) clients to maintain health or prevent illness; and (ii) in the care of the ill, injured, or infirm; (B) administration, supervision, delegation, and evaluation of nursing practice; (C) teaching others the skills of nursing; (D) execution of a medical regimen as prescribed by a person authorized by the state to practice medicine; (E) performance of other acts that require education and training that are recognized by the nursing profession as properly performed by registered nurses; (F) performance of acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board; (12) “unlicensed assistive personnel” means persons, such as orderlies, assistants, attendants, technicians, members of a nursing client's immediate family, or the guardian of a nursing client, who are not licensed to practice practical nursing, registered nursing, medicine, or any other health occupation that requires a license in this state.
AK Stat § 08.71.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 1. Administration.|Sec. 08.71.055. Powers and duties.

The department shall have the following powers and duties: (1) to issue licenses to applicants; (2) to renew licenses; (3) to hold hearings and order disciplinary sanctions against a person who violates this chapter or the regulations of the department; (4) to supply forms for applications, licenses, and other needed documents; (5) to keep a record of all proceedings open to the public, including the name of each license applicant and each licensee; (6) to approve nonprofit organizations for the distribution and fitting of used eyeglasses; (7) to enforce the provisions of this chapter and adopt or amend regulations necessary to make these provisions effective.
AK Stat § 08.71.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.080. License required.

A person may not act as a dispensing optician in the state unless the person is licensed under this chapter. A license shall be issued for (1) the dispensing of contact lenses, or (2) the dispensing of other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and their appurtenances, or (3) both. The department shall by endorsement on the license designate for which aspect of dispensing opticianry the license is issued.
AK Stat § 08.71.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.090. Examination requirement.

To be licensed to dispense contact lenses, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the contact lens registry examination offered by the National Contact Lens Examiners with a score acceptable to the department. In order to be licensed to dispense other lenses, eyeglasses, spectacles, artificial eyes, and their appurtenances, a person, unless eligible for licensing under AS 08.71.145, shall document to the department that the person has passed the national opticianry competency examination offered by the American Board of Opticianry with a score acceptable to the department. An applicant for licensure in both areas shall document having received a score acceptable to the department on both examinations. The department shall, by regulation, establish the scores that will be acceptable for the examinations described in this section.
AK Stat § 08.71.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.110. Qualifications for licensure.

(a) The department may issue a license to a person who (1) has had education equivalent to four years attendance at a high school; (2) has either (A) completed at least 1,800 hours of training as an apprentice after registering with the department as an apprentice; or (B) been engaged for at least 1,800 hours as a practicing optician in good standing in a state, territory, district, or possession of the United States; (3) has passed the applicable examination required under AS 08.71.090 with a score acceptable to the department; (4) has passed a course designated in the department's regulations as being acceptable; and (5) has paid the required license fee. (b) Graduation from an associate degree program in a recognized school or college of opticianry may be substituted for the experience required by (a)(2) and (4) of this section.
AK Stat § 08.71.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.120. Fees.

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for initial license and license renewal.
AK Stat § 08.71.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.130. Renewal of license.

(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]  (b) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]  (c) If the license remains lapsed for more than one year, the department may require the applicant to retake and successfully pass again the applicable examination or examinations required under AS 08.71.090. (d) Before a license may be renewed, the licensee shall submit to the department evidence of continuing competence in optical dispensing as prescribed by regulations of the department.
AK Stat § 08.71.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.140. Display of license.

A licensed dispensing optician shall conspicuously display a personal license issued under this chapter in any place that the licensed dispensing optician transacts business.
AK Stat § 08.71.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.145. Licensure by credentials.

A person with a valid license as a dispensing optician from another state, territory, district, or possession of the United States with licensing requirements substantially equivalent to or higher than those of this state shall be issued a license under this chapter for those professional areas in which the person is licensed in the other jurisdiction upon payment of any fee and documentation that the department may require by regulation.
AK Stat § 08.71.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.160. Dispensing optician's apprentice.

(a) A person may be employed by or serve under a licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician as an apprentice for dispensing optician tasks. An apprentice shall register with the department before beginning employment or service as an apprentice, shall be designated as an apprentice in the records of the department, and shall be in training under the regular supervision of a licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician. Notwithstanding AS 08.71.180, a registered apprentice may perform dispensing optician tasks that are delegated by and performed under the regular supervision of the licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician and may use the title “dispensing optician apprentice.” (b) No more than two apprentices may be under the direct supervision of one licensed dispensing optician at the same time.
AK Stat § 08.71.163 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.163. Dispensing optician's assistant.

Notwithstanding AS 08.71.180, a person who is not a licensed dispensing optician or a registered apprentice under AS 08.71.160 may perform dispensing optician tasks that are delegated by and performed under the regular supervision of a licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician. The hours spent as an assistant under this section may not be counted toward satisfaction of the training requirement in AS 08.71.110(a), and the assistant may not use a title that includes the word “optician” or “opticianry.”
AK Stat § 08.71.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 2. Licensing.|Sec. 08.71.165. Delegation authorized.

A licensed physician, optometrist, or dispensing optician may delegate dispensing optician tasks to an apprentice or assistant. The licensee shall regularly supervise the performance of the delegated tasks and retains responsibility for the proper performance of the delegated tasks.
AK Stat § 08.71.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 3. Unlawful Acts.|Sec. 08.71.170. Prohibited conduct.

The department may revoke or suspend the license of a dispensing optician, or the licensee may be reprimanded or otherwise disciplined, when the department finds after a hearing that the licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of providing professional services or engaging in professional activities; (3) advertised professional services in a false or misleading manner; (4) has been convicted of a crime that affects the licensee's ability to continue to practice competently and safely; (5) intentionally or negligently engaged in or permitted the performance of patient care by persons under the licensee's supervision that does not conform to minimum professional standards regardless of whether actual injury to the patient occurred; (6) continued to practice after becoming unfit due to (A) professional incompetence; (B) addiction to or severe dependency on alcohol or other drugs that impairs the licensee's ability to practice safely; (C) physical or mental disability; (7) engaged in lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of professional service to patients; (8) participated in the division, assignment, rebate, or refund of fees to a physician or optometrist in consideration of patient referrals; (9) advertised the services of any other segment of the healing arts.
AK Stat § 08.71.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 3. Unlawful Acts.|Sec. 08.71.180. Practicing without a license.

A person may not practice as a dispensing optician without a license issued under this chapter or while the person's license is suspended or revoked. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 08.71.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 4. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 08.71.200. Contact lenses.

Contact lenses shall be fitted in conjunction with and under the supervision of a licensed physician or an optometrist and with a written contact-lens prescription showing that the prescription may be filled for contact lenses and requiring that the patient return to see the prescribing physician or optometrist. In no case may contact lenses be prepared by neutralizing a person's eyeglasses or spectacles.
AK Stat § 08.71.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.71.230. Exemptions from and limitations on the application of this chapter.

This chapter may not be construed to (1) limit or restrict a licensed physician or optometrist from the practices enumerated in this chapter, and each licensed physician and optometrist has all the rights and privileges that may accrue under this chapter to dispensing opticians licensed under it; (2) prohibit an unlicensed person from performing mechanical work upon inert matter in an optical office, laboratory, or shop; (3) prohibit an unlicensed person from engaging in the sale of eyeglasses, spectacles, magnifying glasses, goggles, sunglasses, telescopes, binoculars, or any like articles that are completely preassembled and sold only as merchandise; (4) authorize or permit a licensee under this chapter to hold out as being able to, or to offer to, or to attempt by any means, to refract or exercise eyes, diagnose, treat, correct, relieve, operate, or prescribe for any human ailment, deficiency, deformity, disease, or injury; (5) limit the authority of a nonprofit organization approved by the department to distribute and fit used eyeglasses if the eyeglasses are distributed and fitted free of charge and the fitting of the eyeglasses conforms, to the extent possible, with a written prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist.
AK Stat § 08.71.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 71. Dispensing Opticians|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 08.71.240. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (2) “dispensing optician” means a person who, on written prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist, prepares and dispenses to the intended wearer or person who writes the prescription, original or duplicate lenses, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and appurtenances to them, and interprets, measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts lenses, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and appurtenances to them in accordance with the written prescription, to the face for the aid or correction of visual or ocular anomalies of the human eye; (3) “supervision” means the provision of any needed direction, control, consultation, instruction, evaluation, and personal inspection of work being performed.
AK Stat § 08.72.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 72. Optometrists|Article 1. Board of Examiners in Optometry.|Sec. 08.72.010. Creation and purpose of board.

There is created the Board of Examiners in Optometry to regulate and control the practice of optometry and to protect and promote the public health, welfare, and safety.
AK Stat § 08.72.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 72. Optometrists|Article 1. Board of Examiners in Optometry.|Sec. 08.72.020. Membership of board.

The board consists of five persons.
AK Stat § 08.72.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 72. Optometrists|Article 1. Board of Examiners in Optometry.|Sec. 08.72.040. Qualifications.

Four board members shall be licensed, practicing optometrists who have been residents for at least three years. One board member shall be a public member.
AK Stat § 08.72.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 72. Optometrists|Article 1. Board of Examiners in Optometry.|Sec. 08.72.050. Regulations.

The board shall adopt regulations (1) necessary for the proper performance of its duties; (2) governing the applicants and applications for licensing; (3) for the licensing of optometrists; (4) necessary to govern the practice of optometry, including the prescription and use of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of eye disease; (5) prescribing requirements that a person licensed under this chapter must meet to demonstrate continued professional competency; (6) developing uniform standards for the practice of optometry.
AK Stat § 08.72.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 8. Business and Professions|Chapter 72. Optometrists|Article 1. Board of Examiners in Optometry.|Sec. 08.72.060. Miscellaneous powers and duties of board.

(a) The board or a member designated by the board may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and take testimony concerning any matter within the board's jurisdiction. (b) The board may (1) adopt a seal; (2) define professional conduct and adopt rules of professional conduct. (c) The board shall (1) elect a chair and secretary from among its members; (2) order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical examination if the licensee's physical capacity to practice safely is at issue; (3) require that a licensee who has a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance prescription database under AS 17.30.200(n); (4) publish advisory opinions regarding whether optometry practice procedures or policies comply with acceptable standards of the practice of optometry, as provided under this chapter. (d) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]  (e) [Repealed by § 23 ch 75 SLA 1980.]  (f) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]