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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 1 - Rules of Professional Conduct › 12 AAC 40.046 - Temporary military courtesy license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The board,
				  executive secretary, or board's designee will issue a temporary military
				  courtesy license to an active duty military member or spouse of an active duty
				  military member of the armed forces of the United States to practice medicine,
				  osteopathy, poditary or as a physician assistant who meets the requirements of
				  AS
				  08.01.063 and this section not later than 30
				  days after the board receives a completed application.
(b) An applicant for a temporary military
				  courtesy license under this section
(1) must
				  submit an application on a form provided by the department;
(2) must pay the temporary license
				  application fee and fee for a temporary license set out under
				  12 AAC 02.105;
(3) must submit a copy of
(A)
				  the applicant's current active duty military orders showing assignment to a
				  duty station in this state; or
(B)
				  if the applicant is the spouse of an active duty military member, the applicant
				  s spouse's current active duty military orders showing assignment to a duty
				  station in this state;
(4) must hold a current licensce that is not restricted,
				  suspended, or revoked in any jurisdiction that authorsize the applicant to
				  practice as a physician, osteopath, podiatrist or physician assistant in the
				  licensing jurisdiction and
(5) if a
				  physician, podiatrist or osteopath, must submit
(A) verification of a current license to practice medicine,
				  podiatry or osteopathy in good standing and not under investigation by the
				  licensing authority of another jurisdiction;
(B) clearance from the Federation of State Medical
				  Boards;
(C) clearance from the
				  National Practitioner Data Bank; and
(D) clearance from the federal Drug Enforcement
				  Administration;
(6) if a
				  physician assistant, must submit
(A)
				  verification of a current license to practice medicine in good standing and not
				  under investigation in the jurisdiction in which the applicant
				  resides;
(B) clearance from the
				  Federation of State Medical Boards;
(C) clearance from the National Practitioner Data Bank;
				  and
(D) clearance from the federal
				  Drug Enforcement Administration.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 1 - Rules of Professional Conduct › 12 AAC 40.050 - Biographical data

Current through May 31, 2024
An application for licensure by credentials or examination
					 will not be considered complete until the applicant has requested the following
					 documents and they are on file in the division office:
(1) a physician profile from the American
				  Medical Association or American Osteopathic Association;
(2) clearance from the United States
				  Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration;
(3) clearance from the Federation of State
				  Medical Boards regarding previous or pending disciplinary actions against the
				  applicant by another jurisdiction.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.190
AS
						08.64.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 1 - Rules of Professional Conduct › 12 AAC 40.055 - Interview

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant for a license or permit
				  regulated by the board shall be interviewed in accordance with
				  AS
				  08.64.255 or
				  AS
				  08.64.279 if additional information from the
				  applicant is necessary for the board to determine whether the applicant meets
				  the qualifications in AS 08.64 and this chapter for the license or permit the
				  applicant seeks.
(b) In determining
				  whether an interview is required, the board or a member of the board will
				  consider the information provided by the applicant on the completed application
				  form and
(1) the applicant's disciplinary
				  history with any medical board, licensing agency, credentialing authority,
				  medical or professional school, internship program, residency program, or
				  military authority;
(2) the
				  applicant's charges or convictions of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation of a
				  law, statute, or regulations of this or another jurisdiction, including the
				  United States or another country, that relate to the grounds for the applicable
				  license or permit denial or imposition of disciplinary sanctions under AS 08.64
				  or this chapter; the applicant's charges or convictions
(A) include those crimes involving alcohol or
				  narcotics or other controlled substances; but
(B) exclude minor traffic
				  violations;
(3) the
				  applicant's mental, emotional, or physical fitness to practice in a profession
				  regulated by the board under the standards established for the applicable
				  license or permit denial or imposition of disciplinary sanctions under AS 08.64
				  or this chapter; the board will limit inquiry of the applicant's personal
				  history under this paragraph to information concerning the five years
				  immediately before the date of application;
(4) the applicant's history of negotiated
				  settlements, judgments, or awards in claims or civil actions alleging medical
				  or professional malpractice against the applicant;
(5) the information obtained from a
				  disciplinary data bank regarding the applicant;
(6) the information supplied by the
				  applicant's medical or professional school;
(7) the information received from the program
				  in which the applicant completed post graduate training; and
(8) the information received from other
				  licensing jurisdictions regarding the applicant's professional license status
				  and history.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.060 - Termination of pregnancy

Current through May 31, 2024
Termination of pregnancy must be requested by the pregnant
					 woman.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						11.15.060(a)
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.070 - Informed consent

Current through May 31, 2024
A written informed consent that complies with
					 AS
					 18.16.060 shall be obtained from the patient.
					 The written informed consent shall be on the patient's chart. The patient shall
					 be advised of the medical implications and the possible emotional and physical
					 sequelae of the procedure.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.080 - Medical procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
The patient shall be examined by a physician licensed in
					 this state, and a written record of the patient's physical and emotional health
					 shall be prepared before performing an abortion.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.090 - Evaluation

Current through May 31, 2024
The attending physician shall make an evaluation of the
					 patient and an estimation of the duration of gestation based upon the patient's
					 history, examination and test results. This information shall be recorded on
					 the patient's chart.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.110 - Abortion procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
The procedures described in the
Clinical Management
					 Guidelines for Obstetrician-Gynecologists: Second-Trimester Abortion
Practice Bulletin Number 135 dated June 2013 and reaffirmed 2015, of the
					 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are adopted by reference as
					 the standard of practice when providing an abortion after the first
					 trimester.
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A copy of the American College of Obstetricians and
						Gynecologists (ACOG) Clinical Management Guidelines or Obstetrician -
						Gynecologists: Second-Trimester Abortion Practice Bulletin Number 135, dated
						June 2013 reaffirmed 2015, adopted by reference in
						12 AAC 40.110, may be obtained
						from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street
						SW, PO Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920 or website at
http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Practice-Bulletins-List
.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.120 - Standards for hospitals and facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During the
				  second or third trimester of a pregnancy, abortions shall be performed under
				  sterile conditions. A bed and a registered nurse shall be available for a
				  minimum recovery period of one-half hour. A registered nurse shall be present
				  during the procedure.
(b) From and
				  after the point in time when a fetus becomes viable, as determined by those
				  medical examinations and tests that in the physicians professional judgement
				  are necessary, an abortion may only be performed at a hospital with a neonantal
				  intensive care unit (NICU).
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.130 - Records

Current through May 31, 2024
In accord with
					 12 AAC 40.940, during the second
					 or third trimester of a pregnancy, the attending physician shall record a
					 medical history, findings of the physical examination, operative report of the
					 abortion procedure, and pathology report as part of the clinical record to be
					 maintained by the hospital or facility. The physician and hospital or facility
					 shall treat the patient's identity and medical record as confidential
					 information.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 2 - Abortions › 12 AAC 40.140 - Limitation

Current through May 31, 2024
A fetus that has not developed beyond 150 days after the
					 first day of the last menstrual period may be considered non-viable. In the
					 performance of an abortion after that date, the physician shall be guided by a
					 reasonable judgment as to whether the fetus is viable in fact.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.105
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 3 - Continuing Medical Education › 12 AAC 40.200 - General requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician, osteopath, or podiatrist
				  seeking renewal of a license shall obtain
(1)
				  an average of 25 credit hours of continuing medical education during each year
				  of the previous license period; and
(2) at least two of the total hours required
				  to qualify for renewal must be education in pain management and opioid use and
				  addiction, unless the licensee provides a certification under
				  12 AAC 40.220 that the licensee
				  does not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration
				  registration number.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 3 - Continuing Medical Education › 12 AAC 40.210 - Credit hours

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, a licensee may meet the continuing medical education requirements set
				  out in 12 AAC 40.200(a)
				  only by obtaining
(1) credit hours in a
				  Category I continuing medical education program accredited by the American
				  Medical Association; or
(2)
				  Category I or II continuing medical education hours accredited by the American
				  Osteopathic Association; or
(3)
				  continuing medical education hours earned from providers that are approved by
				  the Council on Podiatric Medical Education.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 3 - Continuing Medical Education › 12 AAC 40.220 - Certification of compliance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A licensee
				  shall submit, upon a form supplied by the board, a signed statement of
				  compliance with the continuing medical education requirement at the time the
				  licensee applies for license renewal.
(b) The board or its designee will, in the
				  board's or the board designee's discretion, require a licensee to submit
				  additional evidence of compliance with the continuing medical education
				  requirement. The licensee shall maintain evidence of compliance.
(c) The board or its designee will, in the
				  board's or the board designee's discretion, audit the statements of compliance
				  and additional evidence submitted under (a) and (b) of this section. If, upon
				  audit, the board or its designee determines that the statement of compliance
				  contained misstatements and that the licensee had not met continuing medical
				  education requirements set out in
				  12 AAC 40.200 and
				  12 AAC 40.210 by the time that the
				  statement of compliance was signed, the board or its designee will consider the
				  licensee as securing a license through intentional misrepresentation under
				  AS
				  08.64.326(a)(1). Nothing in
				  this subsection precludes that board from finding other grounds for imposition
				  of disciplinary sanctions under
				  AS
				  08.64.326 based on the conduct described in
				  this subsection.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.075
AS 08.64.100
AS 08.64.312
AS
						08.64.326
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 3 - Continuing Medical Education › 12 AAC 40.230 - Unprofessional conduct (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 154, July 2000, the provision on
						unprofessional conduct originally numbered as
						12 AAC 40.230 was relocated by the
						regulations attorney to instead appear as
						12 AAC 40.967.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 3 - Continuing Medical Education › 12 AAC 40.240 - Exemption from continuing medical education requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purposes of exempting a licensee from meeting the
					 continuing medical education requirements in a licensing period, extenuating
					 circumstances are those circumstances, beyond the licensee's control, that
					 prevent the licensee from meeting the continuing medical education
					 requirements. Extenuating circumstances include the licensee's debilitating or
					 long-term personal illness or injury and the debilitating or long-term illness
					 or injury of a member of the licensee's immediate family.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.101
AS
						08.64.312
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.400 - Physician assistant license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				  who desires to undertake medical diagnosis and treatment or the practice of
				  medicine under
				  AS
				  08.64.380(6) or
				  AS
				  08.64.380(7) as a physician
				  assistant
(1) shall apply for a permanent
				  renewable license on a form provided by the department;
(2) shall pay the appropriate fees
				  established in
				  12 AAC 02.250; and
(3) must be approved by the board.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.405 - Temporary license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A member of the board, the executive
				  secretary, or a person designated by the board to issue temporary permits, may
				  approve a temporary physician assistant license of an applicant who meets the
				  requirements of 12 AAC 40.400 or 12 AAC 40.445 and pays the fee set out in 12 AAC 02.250,
(b) A temporary license
				  is valid for six months or until the board meets and considers the application
				  for a permanent renewable license, whichever occurs first.
(c) The board may renew a temporary license
				  once only, based on good cause.
(d)
				  Repealed 7/25/2008.
(e) An
				  applicant who meets the requirements on the checklist established in this
				  section has demonstrated the necessary qualifications for the temporary permit
				  applied for and will be approved by the board, the executive secretary, or the
				  board's designee for issuance of that permit. An applicant who does not meet
				  the requirements on the checklist established in this section for that permit
				  will not be issued a temporary permit unless the board further reviews the
				  application and determines that the applicant meets the qualifications in AS
				  08.64 and this chapter for that permit. The form titled
Alaska State
				  Medical Board - Checklist, Temporary Permit for Physician
Assistant,
				  dated February 2018, is adopted by reference. This form is established by the
				  board for the use by the executive secretary or another employee of the
				  division in completing the application processing for a temporary permit under
				  this section..
The application checklist form listed in 12 AAC 40.405 is
						available at the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,
						Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing offices in
						Anchorage and Juneau.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.101
AS
						08.64.107
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.410 - Collaborative relationship and plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A licensed
				  physician assistant may not practice without at least one collaborative
				  relationship established under this chapter. The collaborative relationship
				  must be documented by a collaborative plan on a form provided by the board and
				  must include
(1) the name, license number,
				  and specialty, if any, for the primary supervising physician and at least one
				  alternate collaborating physician;
(2) the name, place of employment, and both
				  residence and mailing addresses of the physician assistant with whom the
				  physician intends to establish a collaborative relationship;
(3) the beginning date of employment under
				  the collaborative plan and the physical location of practice;
(4) compliance with
				  12 AAC 40.415 if the practice
				  location is a remote practice location; and
(5) prescriptive authority being granted to
				  the physician assistant by the collaborating physician under the collaborative
				  plan.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.415 - Remote practice location

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To qualify to
				  practice in a remote practice location, a physician assistant with less than
				  two years of full-time clinical experience must work 160 hours in direct
				  patient care under the direct and immediate supervision of the collaborating
				  physician or alternate collaborating physician. The first 40 hours must be
				  completed before the physician assistant begins practice in the remote practice
				  location, and the remaining 120 hours must be completed within 90 days after
				  the date the physician assistant starts practice in the remote practice
				  location.
(b) A physician assistant
				  with less than two years of full-time clinical experience who practices in a
				  remote practice location and who has a change of collaborating physician must
				  work 40 hours under the direct and immediate supervision of the new
				  collaborating physician within 60 days after the effective date of the new
				  collaborative plan unless the change is only to replace the primary
				  collaborating physician with an existing alternate collaborating
				  physician.
(c) A physician
				  assistant with two or more years of full-time clinical experience who applies
				  for authorization to practice in a remote practice location shall submit with
				  the collaborative plan
(1) a detailed
				  curriculum vitae documenting that the physician assistant's previous experience
				  as a physician assistant is sufficient to meet the requirements of the location
				  assignment; and
(2) a written
				  recommendation and approval from the collaborating physician.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.445 - Graduate physician assistant license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  for a license to practice as a graduate physician assistant
(1) shall apply on a form provided by the
				  department;
(2) shall pay the fees
				  established in
				  12 AAC 02.250; and
(3) must be approved by the board.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.450 - Authority to prescribe, order, administer, and dispense medications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  physician assistant who prescribes, orders, administers, or dispenses
				  controlled substances must
(1) have a current
				  Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number, valid for that
				  handling of that controlled substance on file with the department;
				  and
(2) comply with 12 AAC 40.976.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.460 - Identification

Current through May 31, 2024
A licensed physician assistant authorized to practice shall
					 conspicuously display on the licensee's clothing a nameplate identifying the
					 physician assistant as a "Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C)" and shall
					 display at the licensee's customary place of employment
(1) a current state license; and
(2) a sign at least five by eight inches
				  informing the public that documents showing the licensed physician assistant's
				  education and a copy of the current collaborative plan on file with the
				  division are available for inspection.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.107
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.470 - Renewal of a physician assistant license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician
				  assistant license must be renewed biennially on the date set by the
				  department.
(b) An application for
				  renewal must be made on the form provided by the department and must include
(1) payment of the renewal fee established in
				  12 AAC 02.250;
(2) documented evidence that the applicant
				  has met the continuing medical education and recertification requirements of
				  the NCCPA, including the NCCPA recertification examination, and is currently
				  certified by NCCPA;
(3)
				  verification on a form provided by the department of each authorization to
				  practice issued before September 1, 2007 under which the physician assistant is
				  practicing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.473 - Inactive physician assistant license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician
				  assistant who is not practicing in the state may hold an inactive license that
				  may be renewed.
(b) A physician
				  assistant may apply for an inactive license at the time of license renewal by
(1) indicating on the form for license
				  renewal that the physician assistant is requesting an inactive license;
				  and
(2) paying the inactive
				  biennial license fee established in
				  12 AAC 02.250.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.475 - Lapsed physician assistant license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician
				  assistant license that has been lapsed for at least 60 days but less than one
				  year will be reinstated if the applicant submits
(1) a complete renewal application
				  form;
(2) documentation that the
				  continuing medical education requirements of
				  12 AAC 40.470(b) (2) have been met; and
(3) the renewal fees required by
				  12 AAC 02.250.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.480 - Exemptions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Nothing in this chapter prevents or
				  regulates the use of a community health aide in the usual and customary manner
				  in the rural areas of the State of Alaska.
(b) Nothing in this chapter regulates,
				  restricts, or alters the functions of a person traditionally employed in an
				  office, by a physician, performing duties not regulated by the State Medical
				  Board under AS 08.64.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.107
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 5 - Physician Assistants › 12 AAC 40.490 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or denial of license

Current through May 31, 2024
The board, after compliance with the Administrative
					 Procedure Act (AS 44.62), will, in its discretion, suspend, revoke, or deny the
					 license of a physician assistant who
(1) fails to pay the fees established in
				  12 AAC 02.250;
(2) has obtained, or attempted to obtain, a
				  license or authorization to practice as a physician assistant by fraud, deceit,
				  material misrepresentation, or false statement;
(3) habitually abuses alcoholic beverages, or
				  illegally uses depressants, hallucinogenic or stimulant drugs as defined by AS
				  17.12.150(3), or uses narcotic drugs as defined by AS 17.10.230(13);
(4) consistently fails to comply with
				  12 AAC 40.460;
(5) practices without the required
				  collaborative plan as required by
				  12 AAC 40.410;
(6) represents or uses any signs, figures, or
				  letters to represent himself or herself as a physician, surgeon, doctor, or
				  doctor of medicine;
(7) violates
				  any section of this chapter;
(8) is
				  found to have demonstrated professional incompetence as defined in
				  12 AAC 40.970;
(9) in a clinical setting,
(A) fails to clearly identify oneself as a
				  physician assistant to a patient;
(B) uses or permits to be used on the
				  physician assistant's behalf the term "doctor," "Dr.," or "doc"; or
(C) holds oneself out in any way to be a
				  physician or surgeon;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.905 - Meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Subject to available funds and
				  Consideration of have Cost, board may hold at least four in-person meetings
				  each year at times and places designated by the board, in as many separate
				  geographical areas of the state as possible.
(b) Subject to available funds and
				  Consideration of have Cost, special meetings may be held upon the call of the
				  president or a majority of the members of the board, at the time and place as
				  may be designated in the call.
Authority:
AS 08.64.085
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.101
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.910 - Delegation of authority to the board's designee

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At least once
				  each year, at a scheduled meeting of the board, the board will take formal
				  action to identify the board's primary designee to perform duties that may be
				  delegated to that designee under AS 08.64. The board will identify an
				  alternative designee, either a single board member, the executive secretary, or
				  another employee of the division who may act as the board's designee in the
				  absence of the primary designee.
(b) The board may designate another employee
				  of the division to issue temporary permits to applicants who meet the
				  requirements of
				  12 AAC 40.035,
				  12 AAC 40.036,
				  12 AAC 40.058, or
				  12 AAC 40.405.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.075
AS 08.64.100
AS
						08.64.101
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.920 - Standards for delegation of routine duties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician,
				  podiatrist, osteopath, or physician assistant licensed under AS 08.64 may
				  delegate the performance of routine medical duties to an agent of the
				  physician, podiatrist, osteopath, or physician assistant, if the following
				  conditions are met:
(1) the duty to be
				  delegated must be within the scope of practice of the delegating physician,
				  podiatrist, osteopath, or physician assistant;
(2) a licensed physician, podiatrist,
				  osteopath, or physician assistant must assess the patient's medical condition
				  and needs to determine if a duty for that patient may be safely delegated;
(3) the patient's medical
				  condition must be stable and predictable;
(4) the person to whom the duty is to be
				  delegated has received the training needed to safely perform the delegated
				  duty, and this training has been documented;
(5) the delegating physician, podiatrist,
				  osteopath, or physician assistant determines that the person to whom a duty is
				  to be delegated is competent to perforin the delegated duty correctly and
				  safely and accepts the delegation of the duty and the accountability for
				  carrying out the duty correctly;
(6) performance of the delegated duty would
				  not require the person to whom it is delegated to exercise professional medical
				  judgment oivknowledge of complex medical skills;
(7) the delegating physician, podiatrist,
				  osteopath, or physician assistant provides to the person, with a copy
				  maintained on record, written instructions that include
(A) a clear description of the procedure to
				  follow to perform each task in the delegated duty;
(B) the predicted outcomes of the delegated
				  task;
(C) Procedures For
				  observing, reporting and responding to side effects, complications, or
				  unexpected outcomes in the patient, and
(D) the procedure to document the performance
				  of the duty in the patient's record.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.930 - Requirements for reporting the outcome of malpractice claims or actions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  person licensed under this chapter shall submit to the board a signed,
				  notarized report on a form provided by the department, explaining the outcome
				  of each malpractice claim or action against the licensee in which damages have
				  been or are to be paid, whether by judgement or settlement. Reports shall be
				  submitted to the board within 30 days of the date of the resolution of the
				  claim or action.
(b) Malpractice
				  reports shall include the
(1) name and
				  address of the licensee;
(2)
				  telephone number of the licensee;
(3) date of the occurrence;
(4) summary of the alleged
				  malpractice;
(5) summary of the
				  licensee's response to the allegations;
(6) case, claim, or court number of the
				  malpractice claim or action; if a court action was not filed, the medical
				  record or chart number, and the location of the records relating to the alleged
				  malpractice;
(7) amount of the
				  award or settlement paid or to be paid by or on behalf of the
				  licensee;
(8) date of award or
				  settlement;
(9) following type of
				  resolution of the claim or action:
(A) court
				  or jury award;
(B) settlement
				  following initiation of civil court action;
(C) settlement before the initiation of civil
				  court action;
(D) other private
				  compromise.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.940 - Standards of practice for record keeping

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A physician or
				  physician assistant licensed by the board shall maintain adequate records for
				  each patient for whom the licensee performs a professional service.
(b) Each patient record shall meet the
				  following minimum requirements:
(1) be
				  legible;
(2) contain only those
				  terms and abbreviations that are or should be comprehensible to similar
				  licensees;
(3) contain adequate
				  identification of the patient;
(4)
				  indicate the dates that professional services were provided to the
				  patient;
(5) reflect what
				  examinations, vital signs, and tests were obtained, performed, or ordered
				  concerning the patient and the findings and results of each;
(6) indicate the chief complaint of the
				  patient;
(7) indicate the
				  licensee's diagnostic impressions of the patient;
(8) indicate the medications prescribed for,
				  dispensed to, or administered to the patient and the quantity and strength of
				  each medication;
(9) reflect the
				  treatment provided to or recommended for the patient;
(10) document the patient's progress during
				  the course of treatment provided by the licensee.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.943 - Standards of practice for telemedicine

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The guiding
				  principles for telemedicine practice in the American Medical Association (AMA),
Report 7 of the Council on Medical Service (A-14), Coverage of and
				  Payment for Telemedicine
, dated 2014, and the Federation of State
				  Medical Boards (FSMB),
Model Policy for the Appropriate Use of
				  Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine
, dated April
				  2014, are adopted by reference as the standards of practice when providing
				  treatment, rendering a diagnosis, prescribing, dispensing, or administering a
				  prescription or controlled substance without first conducting an in-person
				  physical examination under
				  AS
				  08.64.364.
(b) During a disaster emergency declared by
				  the governor, an appropriate licensed health care provider need not be present
				  with the patient to assist a physician or physician assistant with examination,
				  diagnosis, and treatment if the physician or physician assistant is
				  prescribing, dispensing, or administering buprenorphine to initiate treatment
				  for opioid use disorder and the physician or physician assistant
(1) is a waived practitioner under
				  21 U.S.C
				  823(g)(2) (Drug Addiction
				  Treatment Act (DATA));
(2)
				  documents all attempts to conduct a physical examination under
				  AS
				  08.64.364(b) and the reason
				  why the examination cannot be performed; and
(3) requires urine or oral toxicology
				  screening as part of the patient's medication adherence plan.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.945 - Performance of independent medical evaluations

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in
					 AS
					 08.64.370, a physician who comes to this
					 state for the purpose of performing an independent medical evaluation that
					 involves a face-to-face physical examination, regardless of the purpose of the
					 evaluation, is practicing medicine and is required to be licensed in this
					 state.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.170
AS
						08.64.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.946 - Application made under oath or affirmation; disciplinary sanctions

Current through May 31, 2024
The applicant must sign the application and swear to or
					 affirm the truth of its contents. False or misleading statements or information
					 on the application, whether or not made knowingly, are grounds for denial of
					 approval to take an examination under AS 08.64 or for disciplinary sanctions
					 under AS
					 08.64.331.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS 08.64.107
AS 08.64.190
AS
						08.64.326
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.950 - Contract for impaired professionals program

Current through May 31, 2024
The contract to establish an impaired medical professionals
					 program under
					 AS
					 08.64.101(6) must address
					 the following areas:
(1)
				  qualifications of the contracting agency or agent;
(2) record keeping;
(3) responsibility to report to the
				  board;
(4)
				  confidentiality;
(5) chemical and
				  behavioral monitoring components; and
(6) costs.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.101
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.955 - Ethical standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The 2016 edition of the Code of Medical
				  Ethics, of the American Medical Association are adopted by reference as the
				  ethical standards for physicians and applies to all physicians subject to this
				  chapter.
(b) The 2016 edition of
				  the
Code of Ethics of the American Osteopathic Association
is
				  adopted by reference as the ethical standards for osteopaths and applies to all
				  osteopaths subject to this chapter.
(c) The 2017 edition of the
Code of
				  Ethics of the American Podiatric Medical Association
is adopted by
				  reference as the ethical standards for podiatrists and applies to all
				  podiatrists subject to this chapter.
(d) The 2013 edition of the Guidelines for
				  Ethical Conduct for the
Physician Assistant Profession of the American
				  Academy of Physician Assistants
is adopted by reference as the ethical
				  standards for physician assistants and applies to all physician assistants
				  subject to this chapter.
(e)
				  Repealed 5/5/2023.
Copies of the Code of Medical Ethics of the American
						Medical Association, Code of Ethics of the American Osteopathic Association,
						American Podiatric Medical Association Code of Ethics, and Guidelines for
						Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession of the American Academy
						of Physician Assistants described in
						12 AAC 40.955, are available for
						inspection at and may be obtained at the Department of Commerce, Community, and
						Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional
						Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK
						99811-0806.
Authority:
AS
						08.01.070
AS 08.64.100
AS 08.64.107
AS
						08.64.326
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.960 - Current address

Current through May 31, 2024
A licensee shall maintain a current, valid mailing address
					 on file with the division at all times. The latest mailing address on file for
					 an active, inactive, or lapsed license is the address of the licensee for
					 official communications, notifications, and service of legal
					 process.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.107
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.963 - Application form and verifications for licensure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If, upon
				  receipt by the division of the last document required to complete an
				  application file, the file contains an application form or verification that
				  has a postmark date that is more than six months old, the document will be
				  considered to be stale and the applicant must resubmit the document or cause
				  the document to be resubmitted as appropriate before the application will be
				  considered by the board or the board's designee.
(b) Verifications from medical schools and
				  postgraduate training programs will not be considered stale under (a) of this
				  section.
(c) An applicant whose
				  license application has been approved pending receipt of the license fee must
				  submit the license fee to the department within six months after being notified
				  that the license application was approved. An applicant who does not submit the
				  license fee to the department within six months after being notified that the
				  license was approved must reapply for licensure.
(d) In this section, "application form or
				  verification" means
(1) an application for a
				  license or permit;
(2) a
				  verification of licensure from an appropriate licensing authority in a state,
				  territory, province, or other country;
(3) a clearance report from the Federation of
				  State Medical Boards's Board Action Data Bank; or
(4) a clearance from the federal Drug
				  Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.965 - Reinstatement of a surrendered license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A license
				  issued under this chapter that was voluntarily surrendered under
				  AS
				  08.64.334 will be reinstated, if
(1) the board determines that
(A) the requirements of
				  AS
				  08.64.334 have been met;
(B) the applicant continues to qualify under
				  AS 08.64 and this chapter for the license requested to be reinstated;
(C) the applicant has committed no grounds
				  for imposition of disciplinary sanction under
				  AS
				  08.64.326 or this chapter; and
(D) the applicant has satisfied any
				  conditions imposed by the board to accept the surrendered license;
				  and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.967 - Unprofessional conduct

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of
					 AS
					 08.64.240(b) and
					 AS
					 08.64.326, "unprofessional conduct" means an
					 act or omission by an applicant or licensee that does not conform to the
					 generally accepted standards of practice for the profession for which the
					 applicant seeks licensure or a permit under AS 08.64 or which the licensee is
					 authorized to practice under AS 08.64. "Unprofessional conduct" includes the
					 following:
(1) submitting or causing
				  the submission of testimony, a statement, or a document for consideration by
				  the board knowing it contained false, misleading, or omitted material
				  information or was fraudulently obtained; for purposes of this paragraph,
				  "document" includes an affidavit, certificate, transcript, diploma, board
				  certification information, reference letters, or translation of a foreign
				  language document;
(2)
				  misrepresenting, concealing, or failing to disclose material information to
(A) obtain a license or permit under AS
				  08.64; or
(B) renew a license under
				  AS 08.64;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.970 - Professional incompetence

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in AS 08.64 and these regulations, "professional
					 incompetence" means lacking sufficient knowledge, skills, or professional
					 judgment in that field of practice in which the physician or physician
					 assistant concerned engages, to a degree likely to endanger the health of his
					 or her patients.
Authority:
AS
						08.64.100
AS
						08.64.326
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 40 - State Medical Board › Article 6 - General Provisions › 12 AAC 40.975 - Prescribing controlled substances

Current through May 31, 2024
When prescribing a drug that is a controlled substance, an
					 individual licensed under this chapter shall
(1) create and maintain a complete, clear,
				  and legible written record of care that includes
(A) a patient history and evaluation
				  sufficient to support a diagnosis;
(B) a diagnosis and treatment plan for the
				  diagnosis;
(C) a plan for
				  monitoring the patient for the primary condition that necessitates the drug,
				  side effects of the drug, and results of the drug, as appropriate;
(D) a record of drugs prescribed,
				  administered, or dispensed, including the type of drug, dose, and any
				  authorized refills.