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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.050. Regulation by department.

(a) The department shall
(1) adopt standards for licensing nursing home administrators to ensure that licensees have knowledge and experience in health care and institutional administration necessary for competent administrators, and update the standards when necessary;
(2) examine, approve issuance of licenses to, and renewal of licenses of qualified persons;
(3) establish procedures to ensure that licensees continue to uphold the department's standards; impose disciplinary sanctions upon persons who fail to uphold the standards;
(4) adopt criteria for educational programs for persons preparing for the licensing examination and for the continuing education of licensees; review the educational programs available in the state and accredit the programs meeting the criteria;
adopt regulations ensuring that renewal of a license is contingent upon proof of continued competency by the licensee.
(b) The department may adopt regulations necessary for the performance of its duties and to meet the requirements of Title 19 of the Social Security Act, the federal regulations adopted under it, and other federal requirements.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.080. License required.

Only a licensed nursing home administrator may manage, supervise, or be generally in charge of a nursing home. The care provided by a nursing home or a licensed hospital providing nursing home care through the use of skilled nursing beds or intermediate care beds shall be supervised by a licensed nursing home administrator or by a person exempted from licensure requirements under this section. This section does not apply to persons engaged on July 1, 1980, in managing or administering an Alaska Pioneers' Home or a hospital with skilled nursing beds or intermediate care beds.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.110. Licensing.

(a) The department shall license applicants who pass the written examination administered by the department and meet the standards established by the department under AS 08.70.050.
(b) The department may issue a license without examination to a person holding a current license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction, if the department finds that the standards for licensing in the other jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to those in this state, and the person is otherwise qualified.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the department may refuse to issue a license to a person
(1) who attempts to secure the license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; or
(2) for a reason for which it may impose disciplinary sanctions under AS 08.70.155.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.120. Examination.

The purpose of the examination is to test the applicant's knowledge of the health and safety standards of the state and the applicant's experience in the practice of health care. The department shall determine the content, scope, format, and grading procedure. Examinations shall be given at least annually, at the time and place chosen by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.130. Provisional licenses.

(a) A provisional license may be granted without examination to a person who meets the standards adopted by the department under AS 08.70.050 and who is needed to fill a vacancy in an administrative position.
(b) A provisional license is valid for six months and is nonrenewable.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.140. Expired licenses.

(a) [Repealed, § 16 ch 141 SLA 1980.]
(b) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]
(c) A person whose license has expired for a period of 24 months or more shall apply for a license in the same manner as an applicant who has not been licensed before.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.155. Grounds for imposition of disciplinary sanctions.

The department may impose the disciplinary sanctions authorized for boards under AS 08.01.075 or otherwise authorized for the department under AS 08.01 when it finds that a 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) 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;
(5) failed to comply with this chapter, with a regulation adopted under this chapter, or with an order of the department;
(6) continued to practice after becoming unfit due to
(A) professional incompetence;
(B) addiction or severe dependency on alcohol or other drugs that impairs the licensee's ability to practice safely;
(C) physical or mental disability;
(7) sold or furnished a license to another;
(8) practiced as a nursing home administrator or used a designation tending to imply that the licensee is a nursing home administrator without a license issued under this chapter unless exempted from licensure requirements under AS 08.70.080.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.175. Facilities operated by religious organizations.

Nothing in this chapter or the regulations under this chapter is to be construed as requiring a person who applies for a license as administrator of a facility operated by a religious organization relying on spiritual means alone for healing to have skills in medical techniques or educational qualifications that are not in accord with the care and treatment provided in the facility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 70. Nursing Home Administrators › Sec. 08.70.180. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(2) “license” means the certificate awarded by the department to a qualified person that entitles the person to be a nursing home administrator in this state;
(3) “licensee” means a person who has been granted a license to be a nursing home administrator in this state by the department;
(4) “nursing home” means a facility which is operated in connection with a hospital or in which nursing care, intermediate care, and medical services are prescribed by or performed under the general direction of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery within the state for the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill but who do require skilled or intermediate nursing care and related medical services; the term “nursing home” is restricted to those facilities the purpose of which is to provide skilled or intermediate nursing care and related medical services for a period of not less than 24 hours a day to individuals admitted because of illness, disease or physical or mental infirmity;
(5) “nursing home administrator” means a person who manages, supervises, or is in general charge of a nursing home, even though the duties are shared with another person; a member of a board of directors of a nursing home is an administrator only if the board member also serves in the administrative capacity defined in this paragraph.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.”
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.110. License required.

(a) A person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice optometry without first obtaining a license from the board.
(b) A person not licensed as an optometrist may not fit, sell, or dispose of or take, receive, or solicit an order for fitting, sale, or disposition of spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses for the correction or relief of an optical or visual defect of the human eye or sell spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses from house to house, or in the streets or highways. This chapter does not apply to the sale of toy glasses, goggles consisting of plano-white or plano-colored lenses or ordinary colored glasses, or complete ready-made spectacles and eyeglasses sold only as merchandise, or the sale or repair of eyeglass frames, or repair or replacement of lenses without pretense of adapting them to the eyes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.140. Qualifications for licensure.

An applicant for licensure as an optometrist
(1) shall be a graduate of a school or college of optometry recognized by the board;
(2) may not have committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have constituted a violation of this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter at the time the act was committed;
(3) may not have been disciplined by an optometry licensing entity in another jurisdiction and may not be the subject of a pending disciplinary proceeding conducted by an optometry licensing entity in another jurisdiction; however, the board may consider the disciplinary action and, in the board's discretion, determine if the person is qualified for licensure;
(4) shall have successfully completed
(A) the written and practical portions of an examination on ocular pharmacology approved by the board that tests the licensee's or applicant's knowledge of the characteristics, pharmacological effects, indications, contraindications, and emergency care associated with the prescription and use of pharmaceutical agents;
(B) a nontopical therapeutic pharmaceutical agent course of at least 23 hours approved by the board or an examination approved by the board on the treatment and management of ocular disease; and
(C) an optometry and nontopical therapeutic pharmaceutical agent injection course of at least seven hours approved by the board or equivalent training acceptable to the board; and
(5) shall meet other qualifications for licensure as established under this chapter and regulations adopted by the board under AS 08.72.050; the regulations must include qualifications for licensees who hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number that address training in pain management and opioid use and addiction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.150. Application for examination and issuance of license.

An applicant shall apply for the examination by filing an application with the department together with the examination fee by the deadline established by the department in regulations. The department may require the applicant to submit a photograph of the applicant for its files; however, the photograph may not be forwarded with the application to the board for review. Upon successful completion of the examination by the applicant and payment of the license fee, the board shall issue a license to the successful applicant. The applicant may practice optometry in the state upon receipt of the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.160. Examination.

(a) The examination must consist of two sections: (1) all or part of a national or international examination designated by regulation by the board; and (2) an examination approved by the board that is designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of Alaska governing the practice of optometry and the regulations adopted under those laws.
(b) [Repealed, § 9 ch 49 SLA 1988.]
(c) An applicant who fails the examination may retake the examination upon payment of a fee established under AS 08.01.065.
(d) [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.170. Licensure by credentials.

The board shall issue a license by credentials to an applicant who
(1) is a graduate of a school or college of optometry recognized by the board;
(2) has passed a written examination approved by the board that is designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of Alaska governing the practice of optometry and the regulations adopted under those laws;
(3) holds a current license to practice optometry in another state or territory of the United States or in a province of Canada that has licensure requirements that the board determines are equivalent to those established under this chapter;
(4) at some time in the past, received a license to practice optometry from another state or territory of the United States or from a province of Canada that required the person to have passed the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examination to qualify for licensure;
(5) was engaged in the active licensed clinical practice of optometry in a state or territory of the United States or in a province of Canada for at least 3,120 hours during the 36 months preceding the date of application under this section;
(6) has not committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have constituted a violation of this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter at the time the act was committed;
(7) has not been disciplined by an optometry licensing entity in another jurisdiction and is not the subject of a pending disciplinary proceeding conducted by an optometry licensing entity in another jurisdiction; however, the board may consider the disciplinary action and, in the board's discretion, determine whether the person is qualified for licensure; and
(8) has received education in pain management and opioid use and addiction adequate for the practice of optometry, unless the applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant does not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number; an applicant may include past professional experience or professional education as proof of professional competence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.181. Renewal of license.

(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]
(b) An optometrist licensed in this state and serving in the military service of the United States, while in the discharge of official duties, may maintain eligibility to practice in this state without paying a renewal fee by registering the optometrist's name and place of residence with the department.
(c) An application for license renewal must contain the name, office and post office address, date and license number of the licensee, and other information the board considers necessary.
(d) Before a license may be renewed, the licensee shall submit to the board evidence that, during the
(1) preceding licensing period, the licensee has met continuing education requirements as may be prescribed by regulations of the board to ensure the continued protection of the public; and
(2) two years preceding the application for renewal, the licensee has completed at least two hours of education in pain management and opioid use and addiction, unless the licensee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that the licensee does not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number..
(e) Before a license may be renewed, the licensee shall provide evidence of continued professional competency in accordance with the regulations adopted by the board under AS 08.72.050(5).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.185. Retired license status.

(a) On retiring from practice and on payment of an appropriate one-time fee, a licensee in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of an active or inactive license to a retired status license. A person holding a retired status license may not practice optometry in the state. A retired status license is valid for the life of the license holder and does not require renewal. A person holding a retired status license is exempt from license renewal requirements of AS 08.72.181.
(b) A person with a retired status license may apply for active licensure. Before issuing an active license under this subsection, the board may require the applicant to meet reasonable criteria, as determined under regulations of the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.191. Fees.

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for the following:
(1) examination;
(2) reexamination;
(3) licensure by credentials;
(4) license;
(5) renewal.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.240. Grounds for imposition of disciplinary sanctions.

The board may impose disciplinary sanctions when the board finds after a hearing that a 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 felony or other 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) failed to comply with this chapter, with a regulation adopted under this chapter, or with an order of the board;
(7) continued to practice after becoming unfit due to
(A) professional incompetence;
(B) failure to keep informed of or use current professional theories or practices;
(C) addiction or severe dependency on alcohol or other drugs that impairs the licensee's ability to practice safely;
(D) physical or mental disability;
(8) engaged in lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of professional service to patients;
(9) failed to refer a patient to a physician after ascertaining the presence of ocular or systemic conditions requiring management by a physician;
(10) prescribed or dispensed an opioid in excess of the maximum dosage authorized under AS 08.72.276;
(11) procured, sold, prescribed, or dispensed drugs in violation of a law, regardless of whether there has been a criminal action or harm to the patient.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.260. Revocation of license by court.

A license may be revoked by the superior court upon proof of violation of law or for a cause for which the board may refuse admittance to its examination. The attorney general shall prosecute appropriate judicial proceedings upon request of a member of the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 2. Licensing. › Sec. 08.72.270. Practice not at place of business.

(a) A licensed optometrist who temporarily practices optometry away from the optometrist's regular place of business shall display a license and deliver to each patient or person fitted or supplied with glasses or contact lenses a receipt showing the optometrist's permanent place of business or post office address and the amount charged.
(b) This section may not be construed as permitting peddling or canvassing by licensed optometrists.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.272. Pharmaceutical agents.

(a) A licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of optometry if the pharmaceutical agent is used in a manner consistent with standards adopted by the board in regulation. The standards must include limitations on practice adopted under AS 08.72.278.
(b) [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
(c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
(d) In this section, “controlled substance” has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.275. Lenses and frames for eyeglasses and sunglasses.

(a) A person may not fabricate, distribute, sell, exchange, deliver or possess with intent to distribute, sell, exchange or deliver eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with plastic lenses, laminated lenses, heat-treated glass lenses, or glass lenses made impact resistant by other methods. All plastic and heat-treated glass lenses, before they are mounted in frames, shall be capable of withstanding the impact of a five-eighths inch steel ball dropped on the lens from a height of 50 inches. The impact test shall be conducted at room temperature, with the lens supported by a plastic tube one inch inside diameter, one and one-fourth inch outside diameter, with a one-eighth inch by one-eighth inch neoprene gasket on the top edge.
(b) A person may not fabricate, distribute, sell, exchange, deliver or possess with intent to distribute, sell, exchange or deliver eyeglasses or sunglasses having frames manufactured from cellulose nitrate or other highly flammable materials.
(c) A licensee may sell, exchange, or deliver eyeglasses or sunglasses that do not meet the requirements of (a) of this section if the sale, exchange, or delivery is authorized in a written request signed by the patient.
(d) A person who violates this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.276. Maximum dosage for opioid prescriptions.

(a) A licensee may not issue
(1) an initial prescription for an opioid that exceeds a four-day supply to an adult patient for outpatient use;
(2) a prescription for an opioid that exceeds a four-day supply to a minor; upon issuance of a prescription for an opioid to a minor, the licensee 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, a licensee may issue a prescription for an opioid that exceeds a four-day supply to an adult or minor patient if the licensee determines that more than a four-day supply of an opioid is necessary
(1) to treat the patient's medical condition or for chronic pain management; the licensee may write a prescription for an opioid for the quantity needed to treat the patient's medical condition or chronic pain; the licensee shall document in the patient's medical record the condition triggering the prescription of an opioid in a quantity that exceeds a four-day supply and indicate that a nonopioid alternative was not appropriate to address the medical condition; or
(2) for a patient who is unable to access a practitioner within the time necessary for a refill of the four-day supply because of a logistical or travel barrier; the licensee 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 licensee shall document in the patient's medical record the reason for the prescription of an opioid in a quantity that exceeds a four-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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.278. Limitation on practice.

(a) A licensee may perform the services of optometry as defined in AS 08.72.300 only if the services are within the scope of the licensee's education, training, and experience as established by regulations adopted by the board.
(b) A licensee may not perform ophthalmic surgery unless the procedure is
(1) within the scope of the licensee's education and training from an accredited school of optometry; and
(2) authorized by regulations adopted by the board.
(c) In this section, “ophthalmic surgery” means an invasive procedure in which human tissue is cut, ablated, or otherwise penetrated by incision, laser, or other means to treat diseases of the human eye, alter or correct refractive error, or alter or enhance cosmetic appearance; “ophthalmic surgery” does not include the procedure described under AS 08.72.273.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.280. Prohibited acts.

A person may not falsely personate a licensed optometrist, or buy, sell, or fraudulently obtain a license issued to another or advertise the practice of optometry in violation of regulations of the board. Practicing or offering to practice optometry without a license is sufficient evidence of a violation of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.290. Criminal penalty.

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 72. Optometrists › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 08.72.300. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “board” means the Board of Examiners in Optometry;
(2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(3) “opioid” includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140 and 11.71.160;
(4) “optometry” means the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or performance of preventive procedures related to diseases, disorders, or conditions of the human eyes or adjacent and associated structures, consistent with this chapter and regulations adopted by the board;
(5) “practicing optometry” means the performance of, or offer to perform, optometry for compensation;
(6) “recognized school or college of optometry” means a school or college approved by the American Optometric Association or a committee of the American Optometric Association.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 1. Records of Secondhand Article Transactions. › Sec. 08.76.010. Transactions to be entered in book kept at place of business; electronic records.

(a) A person engaged in the business of buying and selling secondhand articles, except a bank or a person regulated by AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590, shall maintain a book, in permanent form, in which the person shall enter in legible English at the time of each purchase or sale
(1) the date of the transaction;
(2) the name of the person conducting the transaction;
(3) the name, age, and address of the customer;
(4) a description of the property bought, which includes, for any firearm, watch, camera, or optical equipment bought, the name of the maker, the serial, model, or other number, and all letters and marks inscribed;
(5) the price paid;
(6) the signature of the customer.
(b) [Repealed, § 7 ch 49 SLA 2010.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 1. Records of Secondhand Article Transactions. › Sec. 08.76.020. Manner of recording entry.

The entries in the book required by AS 08.76.010 shall appear in chronological order in ink or indelible pencil. Blank lines may not be left between entries. Obliterations, alterations, or erasures may not be made. Corrections shall be made by drawing a line through the entry without destroying its legibility, and the line shall be drawn in ink. The book shall be open to the inspection of a peace officer at reasonable times.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 1. Records of Secondhand Article Transactions. › Sec. 08.76.030. Criminal liability.

A person who violates AS 08.76.010 or 08.76.020 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.100. Licensing required.

(a) A person may not engage in business as a pawnbroker without holding a license issued by the department.
(b) A license is not transferable or assignable.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.110. Requirements for license.

The department may issue a license to a person if the person
(1) has good character;
(2) has the experience to engage in business as a pawnbroker;
(3) is fit to engage in business as a pawnbroker;
(4) submits an application as required by the department under AS 08.01.060; and
(5) pays a fee established by the department under AS 08.01.065.