(a) The department shall license applicants who pass the written examination administered by the department and meet the standards established by the department under Alaska Stat. § 08.70.050.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.70.110

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
(b) The department may issue a license without examination to a person holding a current license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction, if the department finds that the standards for licensing in the other jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to those in this state, and the person is otherwise qualified.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the department may refuse to issue a license to a person

(1) who attempts to secure the license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; or
(2) for a reason for which it may impose disciplinary sanctions under Alaska Stat. § 08.70.155.
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