Title 08, Business and Professions

(a) Except for the practice of routine services of optometry delegated under AS 08.72.050(7), a person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice optometry without first obtaining a license from the board. (b) Except for the practice of routine services of optome…

An applicant for licensure as an optometrist (1) shall be a graduate of a school or college of optometry recognized by the board; (2) may not have committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have constituted a violation of this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapte…

An applicant shall apply for the examination by filing an application with the department together with the examination fee by the deadline established by the department in regulations. The department may require the applicant to submit a photograph of the applicant for its files…

(a) The examination must consist of two sections: (1) all or part of a national or international examination designated by regulation by the board; and (2) an examination approved by the board that is designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of Alaska governing the …

The board shall issue a license by credentials to an applicant who (1) is a graduate of a school or college of optometry recognized by the board; (2) has passed a written examination approved by the board that is designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of Alaska go…

(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.] (b) An optometrist licensed in this state and serving in the military service of the United States, while in the discharge of official duties, may maintain eligibility to practice in this state without paying a renewal fee by registering the o…

(a) On retiring from practice and on payment of an appropriate one-time fee, a licensee in good standing with the board may apply for the conversion of an active or inactive license to a retired status license. A person holding a retired status license may not practice optometry …

The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for the following: (1) examination; (2) reexamination; (3) licensure by credentials; (4) license; (5) renewal.

The department shall collect all fees and keep a record of each transaction, and shall remit to the Department of Revenue all money received.

The board may impose disciplinary sanctions when the board finds after a hearing that a licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of providing professional s…

A license may be revoked by the superior court upon proof of violation of law or for a cause for which the board may refuse admittance to its examination. The attorney general shall prosecute appropriate judicial proceedings upon request of a member of the board.

(a) A licensed optometrist who temporarily practices optometry away from the optometrist's regular place of business shall display a license and deliver to each patient or person fitted or supplied with glasses or contact lenses a receipt showing the optometrist's permanent place…

(a) A licensee may prescribe and use a pharmaceutical agent, including a controlled substance, in the practice of optometry if the pharmaceutical agent is used in a manner consistent with standards adopted by the board in regulation. The standards must include limitations on prac…

A licensee may remove superficial foreign bodies from the eye and its appendages. This section is not intended to permit a licensee to perform invasive surgery.

Except for AS 08.72.275, this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter do not limit the practice of an optician licensed under AS 08.71.

(a) A person may not fabricate, distribute, sell, exchange, deliver or possess with intent to distribute, sell, exchange or deliver eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with plastic lenses, laminated lenses, heat-treated glass lenses, or glass lenses made impact resist…

(a) A licensee may not issue (1) an initial prescription for an opioid that exceeds a four-day supply to an adult patient for outpatient use; (2) a prescription for an opioid that exceeds a four-day supply to a minor; upon issuance of a prescription for an opioid to a minor, the …

(a) A licensee may perform the services of optometry as defined in AS 08.72.300 only if the services are within the scope of the licensee's education, training, and experience as established by regulations adopted by the board. (b) A licensee may not perform ophthalmic surgery un…

A person may not falsely personate a licensed optometrist, or buy, sell, or fraudulently obtain a license issued to another or advertise the practice of optometry in violation of regulations of the board. Except for the practice of routine services of optometry delegated under AS…

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both.

In this chapter, (1) “board” means the Board of Examiners in Optometry; (2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (3) “opioid” includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140 and 11.71.…

This chapter may be cited as the Optometry Law.