(a) A controlled substance classified under federal law or in a schedule set out in Alaska Stat. § 11.71.140 – 11.71.190 may not be administered, prescribed, dispensed, or distributed other than for a medical purpose.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 17.30.080

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A person who violates (a) of this section, or who otherwise manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or conducts research with a controlled substance in the state without fully complying with 21 U.S.C. § 811 – 830 (Controlled Substances Act), and regulations adopted under those sections, is guilty of misconduct involving a controlled substance under Alaska Stat. § 11.71.010 – 11.71.060 in the degree appropriate to the circumstances as described in those sections. Upon filing a complaint, information, presentment, or indictment charging a medical assistance provider with misconduct involving a controlled substance under Alaska Stat. § 11.71.140 – 11.71.190, the attorney general shall, in writing, notify the commissioner of health of the filing.
(c) Upon receiving a notice from the attorney general under (b) of this section, the commissioner of health shall immediately undertake a review of all unpaid claims or requests for reimbursements attributable to services claimed to have been provided by the person charged.
(d) In this section,

(1) “claims” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.05.290;
(2) “medical assistance provider” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.05.290;
(3) “medical purpose” means a purpose that is solely medical as opposed to any other purpose, that is reasonably necessary for treatment of a person’s illness, injury, or physical or mental health, and that is provided by a practitioner while acting within the usual course of professional practice or research and in accordance with a standard of care generally recognized and accepted within the medical profession in the United States;
(4) “practitioner” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.71.900.
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