(a) The board shall

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.64.101

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
(1) except as provided in regulations adopted by the board under (b) of this section, examine and issue licenses to applicants;
(2) develop written guidelines to ensure that licensing requirements are not unreasonably burdensome and the issuance of licenses is not unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(3) after a hearing, impose disciplinary sanctions on persons who violate this chapter or the regulations or orders of the board;
(4) adopt regulations ensuring that renewal of licenses is contingent on proof of continued competency on the part of the licensee;
(5) under regulations adopted by the board, contract with private professional organizations to establish an impaired medical professionals program to identify, confront, evaluate, and treat persons licensed under this chapter who abuse alcohol, other drugs, or other substances or are mentally ill or cognitively impaired;
(6) adopt regulations that establish guidelines for a physician or physician assistant who is rendering a diagnosis, providing treatment, or prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug to a person without conducting a physical examination under Alaska Stat. § 08.64.364; the guidelines must include a nationally recognized model policy for standards of care of a patient who is at a different location than the physician or physician assistant;
(7) require that a licensee who has a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance prescription database under Alaska Stat. § 17.30.200(n).
(b) The board may adopt regulations authorizing

(1) the executive secretary to grant a license to an applicant under this chapter; the regulations must provide

(A) that the applicant meet the requirements provided under this chapter;
(B) that the executive secretary may not grant a license under this chapter if the applicant has submitted

(i) a list of one or more negotiated settlements and judgments under Alaska Stat. § 08.64.200(a)(3);
(ii) information that the applicant had a license to practice medicine in another state, country, province, or territory that was suspended or revoked under Alaska Stat. § 08.64.200(a)(4); or
(iii) information that requires consideration by the board;
(C) other requirements that the board determines necessary; and
(2) a member of the board, the executive secretary, or a person designated by the board to issue a temporary permit under Alaska Stat. § 08.64.270(a) or 08.64.275(a) if the applicant meets the requirements established under this chapter.