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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.130. Withdrawal of application.

The department may consider that a person has withdrawn the person's application for a license if
(1) the application does not contain all of the required information; or
(2) the information required for the application is not submitted to the department within 90 days after the department requests in writing that the person provide the department with the information.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.140. Duration and renewal of license.

(a) A license is valid for two years.
(b) A person may renew a license under AS 08.01.100. The renewal fee must be equal to the fee established under AS 08.76.110(5).
(c) Notwithstanding AS 08.01.100(b), if a person fails to renew a license before the expiration date of the license, the person shall pay the department a delayed renewal penalty of $100 in addition to the regular renewal fee.
(d) If a person fails to renew the person's license, the person may not engage in business as a pawnbroker until the person's license is renewed or a new license is issued.
(e) The department may refuse to renew a license under this section for reasons that would have prevented the issuance of the license to the person under AS 08.76.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.160. Limit on pawn transaction amount.

A licensee may not enter into a pawn transaction that exceeds $750, excluding the finance fee and any fees charged under AS 08.76.220.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.170. Customer and transaction limitations.

(a) A pawnbroker may not knowingly enter into a pawnbroker transaction with a person who is
(1) under 18 years of age;
(2) under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance when the influence is apparent; or
(3) using the name of another person.
(b) A pawnbroker may not knowingly accept or receive misappropriated property from a person in a pawnbroker transaction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.180. Register of pawnbroker transactions.

(a) A pawnbroker shall maintain a register in which the pawnbroker shall enter in legible English at the time of each pawnbroker transaction
(1) the date of the pawnbroker transaction;
(2) the name of the person conducting the pawnbroker transaction;
(3) the name, age, and address of the pledgor or purchaser;
(4) a description of the pledged property or purchased property, including the serial number, model number, or other number on the item of property;
(5) the price paid or amount loaned;
(6) the signature of the pledgor or seller; and
(7) the type of identification used by the pledgor or seller, the name of the government agency that issued the identification, and the number written on the identification.
(b) A register may be contained in a book or in an electronic format, except that, subject to (c) of this section, the register for pawn transactions must be in an electronic format.
(c) If, on July 1, 2011, a pawnbroker is located in a municipality that has a population of 6,000 or fewer individuals, the pawnbroker's register for pawn transactions may be contained in a book.
(d) A pawnbroker may not falsify or intentionally fail to make an entry of a material matter in a register.
(e) A pawnbroker shall maintain in good condition the record in the register of a completed pawnbroker transaction for one year after the completion of the pawnbroker transaction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.190. Recording requirements.

The records required to be maintained in a register by AS 08.76.180 must appear in chronological order and, if made in a book, in ink or indelible pencil. Blank lines may not be left between entries. A pawnbroker may not change a record in a register by obliteration, alteration, or erasure. A pawnbroker may correct a record in a register by drawing a line through the entry without destroying its legibility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.200. Transaction agreement.

A pawnbroker shall provide to a pledgor or seller a copy of the transaction agreement between the pawnbroker and the pledgor or seller. The agreement must clearly and conspicuously disclose
(1) the name and address of the pawnbroker and the name and mailing address of the pledgor or seller;
(2) the date of the transaction;
(3) a description of the item sold or pledged;
(4) the amount of each fee charged under AS 08.76.210 and 08.76.220;
(5) if the transaction is a pawn transaction, the amount financed and the maturity date; and
(6) if the transaction is a purchase by the pawnbroker, the amount of the purchase price.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.210. Finance fee.

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.76.280, for each 30-day period of a pawn transaction, including a grace period, a pawnbroker may charge a pledgor a finance fee of $5 or an amount that equals interest at a rate that does not exceed 20 percent of the amount financed, whichever amount is greater.
(b) A finance fee is considered to be earned on the day that the pawn transaction is entered into and on the first day of each subsequent 30-day period of the pawn transaction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.220. Other charges allowed.

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.76.280, a pawnbroker may charge a processing fee of not more than $5 for each pawn transaction for preparing and processing the pawn transaction documentation, for providing law enforcement reports, for paying expenses, for providing other services, and for losses.
(b) A pawnbroker may charge a pledgor who places a firearm with the pawnbroker as pledged property
(1) a firearm processing fee of not more than $5; and
(2) a governmental fee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.230. Insurance.

A pawnbroker may not sell to a pledgor or otherwise charge a pledgor for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction, except to cover the shipment of pledged property that is redeemed by mail.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.240. Return of pledged property.

A pawnbroker shall return pledged property to a pledgor when the pledgor redeems the pledged property. The pawnbroker shall provide the pledgor with a receipt showing the redemption. The receipt must be on a form approved by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.250. Extension of grace period.

A pawnbroker and a pledgor may agree to extend the 30-day grace period allowed under AS 08.76.270(b), but each extension may not exceed 30 days. An extension must be in writing, and the pawnbroker shall give the pledgor a copy of the extension agreement. The agreement must clearly state the last day of the extension and the finance fee charged for the extension.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.260. Retention, storage, and lease.

A pawnbroker shall store pledged property in a secure area and maintain the pledged property in an unaltered condition. A pawnbroker may not lease pledged property.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.270. Redemption.

(a) Unless there is a hold order on the pledged property, the pledged property is subject to a claim under AS 08.76.370 or 08.76.380, or the property is returned to a lessor under AS 08.76.400, a pledgor may redeem pledged property by paying the amount financed and the finance fee in full before the pawnbroker's scheduled closing time on the maturity date.
(b) If a pledgor does not pay the amount financed and the finance fee in full before the pawnbroker's scheduled closing time on the maturity date, the pawnbroker shall hold the pledged property on the pawnbroker's business premises for a grace period of 30 days plus any extension allowed under AS 08.76.250. A pledgor may redeem the pledged property during the actual grace period by paying the amount financed and the finance fee, but a pledgor may not redeem pledged property after the pawnbroker's scheduled closing time on the last day of the actual grace period. In this subsection, “actual grace period” means the grace period plus any extension allowed under AS 08.76.250.
(c) If there is a hold order on pledged property, the pledgor may redeem the pledged property only when the hold order is released.
(d) If pledged property is subject to a claim under AS 08.76.370 or 08.76.380, the pledgor may redeem the pledged property only when the pledged property becomes available under AS 08.76.370 or 08.76.380 for redemption.
(e) If a pledgor does not redeem pledged property under (a) - (d) of this section, the title and all interest in the pledged property transfer to the pawnbroker.
(f) The holder of a transaction agreement is presumed to be the person who is entitled to redeem the pledged property that is the subject of the transaction agreement, and a pawnbroker shall deliver the pledged property to the person who presents the transaction agreement and pays the amount financed and the finance fee for the pawn transaction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.280. Military personnel.

A pawnbroker shall waive the unpaid amount financed and the finance fee due on a pawn transaction and hold, except as provided in AS 08.76.320 - 08.76.380, the pledged property that is the subject of the pawn transaction on the pawnbroker's business premises until 60 days after the pledgor, the pledgor's spouse, or the pledgor's dependent returns to the United States, if the pawnbroker receives a copy of military orders indicating that
(1) the pledgor, or the pledgor's spouse or dependent, is enlisted in the military service of a state or the federal government; and
(2) after the pawn transaction was entered into, the person was or is to be deployed abroad for service relating to a military conflict.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.290. Business operation method and hours.

A pawnbroker may not engage in the business of being a pawnbroker
(1) by using a method, including a drive-through window, in which a person remains in a motor vehicle while conducting the pawnbroker transaction; or
(2) between the hours of 12 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.300. Waiver prohibited.

A pawnbroker may not require or allow a person to waive a provision of AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.310. Employees.

A pawnbroker may not knowingly employ a person to work in a pawnshop if, within five years before the employment begins, the person was convicted of, entered a plea of guilty to, entered a plea of no contest to, or had adjudication withheld for a felony or for a misdemeanor involving dishonesty.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.320. Issuance of police hold order.

(a) When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a pawnbroker at a pawnshop in the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has been misappropriated, the law enforcement officer may issue a police hold order that directs the pawnbroker not to release or dispose of the property until the police hold order terminates or a court orders the release or disposal.
(b) Unless a pawnbroker or the pawnbroker's designee refuses to sign the police hold order, a police hold order begins when the pawnbroker or the pawnbroker's designee receives the police hold order. If the pawnbroker or the pawnbroker's designee refuses to sign the police hold order, the police hold order begins when the refusal occurs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.330. Evidentiary hold order.

(a) When property in the possession of the pawnbroker may be needed as evidence in a filed court action involving a criminal charge, a law enforcement agency may issue an evidentiary hold order to a pawnbroker that directs the pawnbroker not to release or dispose of the property until the evidentiary hold order terminates or a court orders the release or disposal.
(b) A pawnbroker who receives an evidentiary hold order under (a) of this section shall hold the property until the attorney general notifies the pawnbroker in writing of the disposition of the filed court action. The attorney general shall notify the pawnbroker within 15 days after the disposition of the filed court action for which the property may be needed as evidence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.340. Contents and form of hold order.

A hold order must be in writing and contain
(1) the name of the pawnbroker;
(2) if a police hold order, the name, title, and identification number of the law enforcement officer issuing the police hold order, and the name and address of the law enforcement agency for which the law enforcement officer is acting;
(3) if an evidentiary hold order, the name and address of the law enforcement agency issuing the evidentiary hold order;
(4) the number, if any, assigned by the law enforcement agency to the case, and, for an evidentiary hold order, the number and caption of the filed court action;
(5) a complete description of the property being held, including the model number and serial number, if any;
(6) if a police hold order, the name of the person, if any, who reported the property as misappropriated;
(7) the mailing address of the pawnshop where the property is being held; and
(8) the expiration date of the hold order.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.350. Duration of police hold order.

(a) A police hold order may not exceed 30 days. However, a law enforcement officer may extend the police hold order for two additional successive 30-day periods by giving written notification to the pawnbroker before the expiration of each 30-day period.
(b) A law enforcement agency may not issue a new police hold order for the same property after the second additional 30-day period allowed under this section. However, the termination of the police hold order does not affect an existing evidentiary hold order on the same property or prevent the issuance of an evidentiary hold order for the same property.
(c) A law enforcement agency may release a police hold order before the end of a 30-day period by issuing a written release to the pawnbroker.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.360. Noncompliance with hold order.

The department may suspend or revoke a pawnbroker's license if the pawnbroker knowingly fails to comply with a hold order.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.370. Claim notification.

(a) If a person believes that property in the possession of a pawnbroker was misappropriated from the person, and if the person wants to obtain possession of the property from the pawnbroker, the person shall first notify the pawnbroker by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the person's claim.
(b) A notice under (a) of this section must contain a complete and accurate description of the property and must be accompanied by proof that the claimant owns the property and, if the claimant alleges that the property was stolen, a legible copy of a law enforcement agency's report indicating that the property was stolen.
(c) Except as provided in AS 08.76.380, a pawnbroker may not, for 30 days after the pawnbroker receives notice of the claim under this section, dispose of property that is the subject of a claim.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.380. Court action on claim.

If a claimant and a pawnbroker do not resolve a claim within 10 days after the pawnbroker's receipt of a notice of the claim under AS 08.76.370, the claimant may bring an action in superior court to require the pawnbroker to return the property to the claimant. After a pawnbroker is notified that a court action has been filed, the pawnbroker may not dispose of the property until the court disposes of the court action, disposes of the property, or allows the pawnbroker to dispose of the property.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.390. Liability of pledgor.

A pledgor or seller of property to a pawnbroker is liable to the pawnbroker for the full amount that the pledgor or seller received from the pawnbroker, all charges owed by the pledgor for the pawnbroker transaction, and attorney fees and other costs as allowed by the rules of court if, in an action under AS 08.76.380,
(1) the superior court determines that the pledgor or seller misappropriated the property from the claimant; and
(2) the superior court orders the pawnbroker to return the property to the claimant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.400. Recovery of leased property.

(a) If property in the possession of a pawnbroker was leased to a pledgor or seller when the pledgor or seller pledged or sold the property to the pawnbroker, but the property did not have a permanent label or other conspicuous mark identifying it as the lessor's property, the pawnbroker shall return the property to the lessor if the lessor
(1) provides the pawnbroker with evidence that the property was the lessor's property and was leased to the pledgor or seller at the time the property was pledged or sold to the pawnbroker; and
(2) pays the pawnbroker
(A) the amount financed and the finance fee for the pawn transaction, if the property was pledged to the pawnbroker; or
(B) the amount that the pawnbroker paid the seller if the property was sold to the pawnbroker.
(b) A pawnbroker is not liable to the pledgor or seller of property that is recovered by a lessor under (a) of this section for returning the property to a lessor under (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.410. Law enforcement reports.

(a) A pawnbroker shall provide a law enforcement officer with a law enforcement report in paper or in an electronic format on a weekly basis.
(b) A law enforcement report is confidential under AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.220, and a law enforcement officer and a law enforcement agency may only use a law enforcement report to investigate a crime involving the property that is the subject of the pawnbroker transactions of the pawnbroker.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.420. Contents of law enforcement reports.

(a) A law enforcement report must contain
(1) a complete and accurate description of all property pledged to or purchased by the pawnbroker, including, as applicable, the property's
(A) brand name, model number, and manufacturer's serial number; and
(B) type of action and caliber or gauge, if the property is a firearm; and
(2) the number of the pawnbroker transaction document that the pawnbroker used to document the pawnbroker transaction.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the description of the items under (a)(1) of this section is adequate if the description gives the quantity of the items and describes the type of the items if the pawnbroker transaction consists solely of multiple items that are of a similar type, do not have serial or model numbers, and do not contain precious metals or gemstones.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.430. Inspection by law enforcement entities.

If a law enforcement agency provides the case number assigned to the investigation for which the inspection is being made, a pawnbroker may not refuse to allow the law enforcement agency to inspect during normal business hours the pawnbroker's register and the purchased property involved in the investigation or the unredeemed pledged property involved in the investigation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.440. Discipline.

(a) The department may, after notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity to be heard, take the following disciplinary action against a licensee if the licensee or an officer, agent, or employee of the licensee violates AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590:
(1) permanently revoke a license;
(2) suspend a license for a specified period;
(3) censure or reprimand a licensee;
(4) impose limitations or conditions on the licensee;
(5) impose probation requiring a licensee to report regularly to the department on matters related to the grounds for probation;
(6) order the licensee to make restitution.
(b) If the department takes disciplinary action under (a) of this section, the department may not, for one year after the date of the disciplinary action, issue another license to the licensee or a license to
(1) the spouse of the licensee;
(2) a partnership if the licensee is a partner of the partnership;
(3) a corporation if the licensee is an officer of the corporation, including a member of the board of directors of the corporation;
(4) a limited liability company if the licensee is a member or manager of the limited liability company; or
(5) an employee of the licensee.
(c) Before taking disciplinary action under (a) of this section, the department shall allow a licensee 30 days to correct the violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.450. Civil penalty.

If a licensee, or an officer, agent, or employee of a licensee violates AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590, the licensee is liable to the state for a civil penalty. Notwithstanding AS 08.01.075(a)(8), the penalty may not be less than $200 or more than $2,000. The amount of the civil penalty must be adjusted to the seriousness of the violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.460. Municipal regulation.

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, a municipality with the authority under AS 29 to enact ordinances regulating pawnbrokers and pawnbroker transactions may adopt an ordinance regulating pawnbrokers and pawnbroker transactions if, at a minimum, the ordinance complies with AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590.
(b) A municipality may not enact an ordinance that
(1) requires the payment of a fee or tax related to a pawnbroker transaction; or
(2) restricts the hours of operation of a pawnbroker, except that an ordinance may prohibit pawnbrokers from operating as provided under AS 08.76.290(2).
(c) An ordinance that violates this section is void.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.470. Regulations.

(a) The department may adopt regulations to implement AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590.
(b) Before the department adopts a regulation to implement AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590, the department shall, in addition to any other requirements under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), notify licensees of the proposed regulation. After the regulation is adopted, the department shall send each licensee a copy of the regulation adopted.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 76. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers › Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers. › Sec. 08.76.500. Exemptions.

This chapter does not apply to
(1) a financial institution that is subject to the regulation of the department under AS 06, including a commercial bank, savings bank, credit union, premium finance company, small loan company, bank holding company, financial holding company, trust company, savings and loan association, and deferred deposit advance licensee under AS 06.50; or
(2) a financial institution organized under federal law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 1. The Board of Pharmacy. › Sec. 08.80.003. Practice of pharmacy as a profession.

The practice of pharmacy is declared to be a professional practice affecting the public health, safety, and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest that only qualified persons be permitted to engage in the practice of pharmacy, and to ensure the quality of drugs and related devices distributed in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 1. The Board of Pharmacy. › Sec. 08.80.010. Creation and membership of board; officers.

(a) There is created the Board of Pharmacy, composed of seven members, five of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in the state who have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the state for a period of three years immediately preceding their appointment. Two shall be persons with no direct financial interest in the health care industry. Whenever possible, the board shall include at least one member from each judicial district.
(b) An officer elected by the board serves a term of one year and may not serve more than four consecutive full terms in a specific office.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 1. The Board of Pharmacy. › Sec. 08.80.045. Nonprescription drugs and devices.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section the board may not regulate the sale of patent or nonprescription drugs that are prepackaged for use by the consumer, are in their original, unbroken packaging, and are labeled in accordance with requirements of the federal government.
(b) The board may regulate the sale and distribution of patent or nonprescription drugs under AS 44.62.250 when the regulation is required by an emergency to protect the public health and safety.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in a regulation under (b) of this section, a pharmacist may prescribe, dispense, and administer nonprescription drugs or devices.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 1. The Board of Pharmacy. › Sec. 08.80.060. Meetings of the board.

The board shall meet at least three times each year at the call of the president for the transaction of business properly before it. The president shall also call the board into session when requested in writing by at least two members. Meetings may be held telephonically.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 1. The Board of Pharmacy. › Sec. 08.80.080. Expenses of members.

Members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for actual travel expenses incidental to the discharge of their duties and, while in the performance of their duties, are entitled to the per diem expenses allowed by law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.110. Qualifications for licensure by examination.

An applicant for licensure as a pharmacist shall
(1) be fluent in the reading, writing, and speaking of the English language;
(2) furnish the board with at least two affidavits from reputable citizens that the applicant has known for at least one year attesting to the applicant's good moral character;
(3) be a graduate of a college in a degree program approved by the board;
(4) pass an examination or examinations given by the board or acceptable to the board under the score transfer process administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy;
(5) have completed internship training or another program that has been approved by the board or demonstrated to the board's satisfaction that the applicant has experience in the practice of pharmacy that meets or exceeds the minimum internship requirements of the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.116. Internship and other training programs.

(a) An applicant for licensure by examination shall obtain practical experience in the practice of pharmacy concurrent with or after college attendance, or both, under terms and conditions the board shall determine.
(b) The board shall establish licensure requirements for interns and standards for internship or other training programs that are necessary to qualify an applicant for the licensure examination and shall also determine the qualifications of preceptors used in practical experience programs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.120. Grading and content of examination.

The examination or examinations shall be prepared to measure the competence of the applicant to engage in the practice of pharmacy. The board may employ, cooperate, and contract with an organization or consultant in the preparation and grading of an examination, but shall retain sole discretion and responsibility for determining which applicants have successfully passed the examinations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.145. Reciprocity; license transfer.

If another jurisdiction allows licensure in that jurisdiction of a pharmacist licensed in this state under conditions similar to those in this section, the board may license as a pharmacist in this state a person licensed as a pharmacist in the other jurisdiction if the person
(1) submits a written application to the board on a form required by the board;
(2) is at least 18 years of age;
(3) is of good moral character;
(4) possesses at the time of the request for licensure as a pharmacist in this state the qualifications necessary to be eligible for licensure in this state;
(5) has engaged in the practice of pharmacy for at least one year or has met the internship requirements of this state within the one-year period immediately before applying for a license under this section;
(6) presents proof satisfactory to the board that the person is currently licensed as a pharmacist in the other jurisdiction and does not currently have a pharmacist license suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted except for failure to apply for renewal or failure to obtain the required continuing education credits;
(7) has passed an examination approved by the board that tests the person's knowledge of Alaska laws relating to pharmacies and pharmacists and the regulations adopted under those laws; and
(8) pays all required fees.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.147. Renewal of licensure.

If a pharmacist fails to apply for renewal of a license within five years from the expiration of the license, the person must pass an examination for license renewal, except that a person who has continually practiced pharmacy in another state under a license issued by the authority of that state may renew an expired license in this state upon fulfillment of the requirements that may be established by the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.159. Licensing and inspection of facilities outside of state.

(a) Before shipping, mailing, or delivering prescription drugs to a licensee in the state or advertising in the state, a wholesale drug distributor, third-party logistics provider, or an outsourcing facility that is located outside the state shall
(1) obtain a license under AS 08.80.157;
(2) appoint an agent on whom process can be served in the state; and
(3) authorize inspection of the facility by a designee of the board under (c) of this section.
(b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, an outsourcing facility shall
(1) register as an outsourcing facility with the United States Food and Drug Administration; and
(2) comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. 353b (Drug Quality and Security Act).
(c) Upon application by a wholesale drug distributor, third-party logistics provider, or an outsourcing facility for a license under this section, the board may
(1) require an inspection of the applicant's facility located outside the state; and
(2) approve a designee to conduct the inspection.
(d) The board shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.160. Fees.

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for the following:
(1) examination;
(2) reexamination;
(3) investigation for licensing by license transfer;
(4) pharmacist license;
(5) temporary license;
(6) pharmacy technician license;
(7) pharmacy intern license;
(8) emergency permit;
(9) license amendment or replacement;
(10) registration or licensure of a facility classified under AS 08.80.157(b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.168. Administration of vaccines and related emergency medications.

(a) A pharmacist may independently prescribe and administer a vaccine and related emergency medication if the pharmacist has completed an immunization training program approved by the board and otherwise complies with the standards established by the board under AS 08.80.030(b).
(b) A pharmacist may independently prescribe and administer an opioid overdose drug if the pharmacist has completed an opioid overdose drug training program approved by the board and otherwise complies with the standards established by the board under AS 08.80.030(b).
(c) In this section,
(1) “opioid overdose drug” has the meaning given in AS 17.20.085;
(2) “related emergency medication” includes an epinephrine injection or other medication for the treatment of a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine.
(d) A pharmacy technician working under the immediate supervision of a pharmacist who meets the requirements of (a) of this section may administer a vaccine or related emergency medication if the pharmacy technician is authorized by the board to do so.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 2. Licensing and Registration. › Sec. 08.80.270. Executive administrator of the board.

(a) The board shall employ an executive administrator to carry out the duties established under (b) of this section. The executive administrator is the principal executive officer of the board. The executive administrator is in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 and is entitled to receive a monthly salary equal to a step in Range 23 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a).
(b) The executive administrator shall
(1) perform duties associated with the licensing and regulation of licensees under this chapter as prescribed by the board; and
(2) serve as a liaison to the legislative and executive branches of state government, the media, and other state pharmacy boards.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.294. Information about equivalent generic drugs and interchangeable biological products.

(a) In addition to other information that may be required under state or federal laws or regulations, a pharmacist, when dispensing a brand-name prescription drug order that is
(1) not a biological product, shall include the generic drug name that is an equivalent drug product for the drug dispensed;
(2) a biological product, shall include the dispensed product's
(A) proprietary name, if available; or
(B) proper name.
(b) The generic drug name or proprietary or proper biological product name required under (a) of this section shall be placed directly on the container's label near the brand name.
(c) In this section,
(1) “proper name” means a name that reflects scientific characteristics of the product such as chemical structure and pharmacological properties;
(2) “proprietary name” means a name that is trademarked and registered for private use.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.295. Substitution of equivalent drug products or interchangeable biological products.

(a) Unless the prescription indicates that it is to be dispensed only as written, the pharmacist may, with the consent of the patient, substitute an equivalent drug product or interchangeable biological product.
(b) A pharmacist who substitutes an equivalent drug product or interchangeable biological product in compliance with this section and applicable regulations incurs no greater liability in filling the prescription than would be incurred in filling the prescription by dispensing the prescribed name brand product.
(c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, if an interchangeable biological product exists for a biological product prescribed to a patient, the dispensing pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee shall communicate to the prescribing practitioner information regarding the biological product provided to the patient, including the name and manufacturer of the biological product. The communication must be provided within three business days after dispensing the biological product as follows:
(1) by making an entry that is electronically accessible to the prescribing practitioner through
(A) an interoperable electronic medical records system;
(B) an electronic prescribing technology;
(C) a pharmacy benefit management system; or
(D) a pharmacy record; or
(2) if the pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee is unable to make an entry through one of the means provided under (1) of this subsection, by facsimile transmission, telephone communication, electronic mail transmission, or transmission by other prevailing means, to the prescribing practitioner.
(d) The dispensing pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee is not required to communicate information under (c) of this section if the dispensed biological product is a refill of a prescription and is the same as the biological product that was dispensed on the previous filling of the prescription.
(e) Entry into an electronic records system as described under (c)(1) of this section is presumed to provide notice to the prescribing practitioner.
(f) A pharmacist shall maintain a record of a dispensed biological product for a minimum of two years after the date of the dispensing.
(g) In this section, “designee” means an agent or employee of the dispensing pharmacist whom the dispensing pharmacist has authorized to communicate the information required under (c) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.297. Prescription prices available to consumer.

(a) A pharmacist or person acting at the direction of a pharmacist shall disclose the price of filling any prescription when requested by the consumer.
(b) No contract or agreement may prohibit a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy benefits manager from informing a patient of a less costly alternative for a prescription drug or medical device or supply, which may include the amount the patient would pay without the use of a health care plan.
(c) A pharmacist or person acting at the direction of a pharmacist shall notify the patient if a known less costly alternative for a prescription drug or medical device or supply is available, which may include the amount the patient would pay without the use of a health care plan.
(d) In this section,
(1) “health care plan” means a policy, contract, benefit, or agreement that provides, delivers, arranges for, pays for, or reimburses any of the costs of health care services under
(A) a health care insurance plan as defined under AS 21.54.500;
(B) a governmental or employee welfare benefit plan under 29 U.S.C. 1001 - 1191 (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974);
(C) a plan offered under AS 39.30.090 or 39.30.091;
(D) a federal governmental plan as defined under AS 21.54.500;
(E) the Medicaid or Medicare program; or
(F) a self-insured employer benefit plan;
(2) “pharmacy benefits manager” has the meaning given in AS 21.27.955.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.315. Confidentiality of records.

Information maintained by a pharmacist in the patient's records or that is communicated to the patient as part of patient counseling is confidential and may be released only to
(1) the patient or as the patient directs;
(2) a practitioner or pharmacist when, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, release is necessary to protect the patient's health and well-being; and
(3) other persons or governmental agencies authorized by law to receive confidential information.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.330. Licensed pharmacist appointed as “pharmacist-in-charge”.

(a) Each pharmacy shall have a pharmacist-in-charge. Whenever an applicable law or regulation requires or prohibits action by a pharmacy, responsibility shall be that of the owner and the pharmacist-in-charge, whether the owner is a sole proprietor, partnership, association, corporation, or otherwise. The pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure compliance with all laws and regulations governing the operation of the pharmacy. A licensed pharmacist appointed as pharmacist-in-charge of a pharmacy shall immediately advise the board of that appointment.
(b) A license may not be issued to a pharmacy unless there is a licensed registered pharmacist-in-charge whose name appears on the face of the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.335. Prescription for an opioid; voluntary request for lesser quantity.

(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription for an opioid that is a schedule II or III controlled substance under federal law may, at the request of the individual for whom the prescription is written, dispense the prescribed opioid in a lesser quantity than prescribed.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent substitution of an equivalent drug under AS 08.80.295.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. › Sec. 08.80.337. Other patient care services.

(a) A pharmacist may, under a collaborative practice agreement with a written protocol approved by a practitioner, provide patient care services.
(b) A pharmacist may independently provide patient care services for
(1) general health and wellness;
(2) disease prevention; or
(3) a condition that
(A) is minor and generally self limiting;
(B) has a test that is used to guide diagnosis or clinical decision-making and the test is waived under 42 U.S.C. 263a (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988); or
(C) falls under a statewide standing order from the chief medical officer in the Department of Health.
(c) This section does not authorize a pharmacist to prescribe a prescription drug that the pharmacist is not otherwise authorized to prescribe.
(d) In this section, “patient care services” means medical care services given in exchange for compensation intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure or prevention of a disease, elimination or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 4. Unlawful Acts. › Sec. 08.80.390. Pharmacists required in hospitals and clinics.

(a) A hospital, clinic, nursing home, infirmary, or related facility that provides outpatient dispensing of drugs for outpatient treatment shall have a licensed pharmacist in charge of the dispensary, except that prescriptions may be compounded and dispensed by or under the supervision of the prescribing physician.
(b) The board shall issue a license to a hospital drug room, nursing home drug room, or related facility that dispenses drugs from bulk supply for inpatient treatment, providing the facility employs a licensed pharmacist on a continual or consultant basis.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 8. Business and Professions › Chapter 80. Pharmacists and Pharmacies › Article 4. Unlawful Acts. › Sec. 08.80.400. Other licensees not affected.

This chapter does not affect the practice of medicine by a licensed medical doctor and does not limit a licensed medical doctor, osteopath, podiatrist, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, dentist, veterinarian, dispensing optician, or optometrist in supplying a patient with any medicinal preparation or article within the scope of the person's license.