Title 08 — Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
AS 08.80.003 Practice of pharmacy as a profession.
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The practice of pharmacy is declared to be a professional practice affecting the public health, safety, and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest that only qualified persons be permitted t…
AS 08.80.005 Statement of purpose.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare by and through the effective control and regulation of the practice of pharmacy.
AS 08.80.010 Creation and membership of board; officers.
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(a) There is created the Board of Pharmacy, composed of seven members, five of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in the state who have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the state for a period of three years immediately preceding their appointment. One shall be…
AS 08.80.020 Term of office. [Repealed, § 20 ch 80 SLA 1996. For current provisions, see AS 39.05.053.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.030 Powers and duties of the board.
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(a) The board is responsible for the control and regulation of the practice of pharmacy. (b) In order to fulfill its responsibilities, the board has the powers necessary for implementation and enforcement of this chapter, including the power to (1) elect a president and secretary…
AS 08.80.040 Duties of the board. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.045 Nonprescription drugs and devices.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section the board may not regulate the sale of patent or nonprescription drugs that are prepackaged for use by the consumer, are in their original, unbroken packaging, and are labeled in accordance with requirements of the federal government.…
AS 08.80.050 Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act.
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The board shall comply with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AS 08.80.060 Meetings of the board.
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The board shall meet at least three times each year at the call of the president for the transaction of business properly before it. The president shall also call the board into session when requested in writing by at least two members. Meetings may be held telephonically.
AS 08.80.070 Quorum.
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Four members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. However, when the board meets for the purpose of examining applications for licensure, three members of the board constitute a quorum.
AS 08.80.080 Expenses of members.
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Members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for actual travel expenses incidental to the discharge of their duties and, while in the performance of their duties, are entitled to the per diem expenses allowed by law.
AS 08.80.090 Disposition of fees. [Repealed, § 54 ch 37 SLA 1985.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.100 Board secretary as certifying officer. [Repealed, § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.105 Removal of board members.
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Article 2. Licensing and Registration. A member of the board may be removed from office by the governor for cause.
AS 08.80.110 Qualifications for licensure by examination.
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An applicant for licensure as a pharmacist shall (1) be fluent in the reading, writing, and speaking of the English language; (2) be a graduate of a college in a degree program approved by the board; (3) pass an examination or examinations given by the board or acceptable to the …
AS 08.80.115 Registration of pregraduate and postgraduate intern pharmacist. [Repealed, § 40 ch 177 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.116 Internship and other training programs.
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(a) An applicant for licensure by examination shall obtain practical experience in the practice of pharmacy concurrent with or after college attendance, or both, under terms and conditions the board shall determine. (b) The board shall establish licensure requirements for interns…
AS 08.80.117 Malpractice insurance. [Repealed, § 7 ch 94 SLA 1980; § 21 ch 166 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.120 Grading and content of examination.
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The examination or examinations shall be prepared to measure the competence of the applicant to engage in the practice of pharmacy. The board may employ, cooperate, and contract with an organization or consultant in the preparation and grading of an examination, but shall retain …
AS 08.80.130 Reexamination. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.140 License by credentials. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.145 Reciprocity; license transfer.
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If another jurisdiction allows licensure in that jurisdiction of a pharmacist licensed in this state under conditions similar to those in this section, the board may license as a pharmacist in this state a person licensed as a pharmacist in the other jurisdiction if the person (1…
AS 08.80.147 Renewal of licensure.
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If a pharmacist fails to apply for renewal of a license within five years from the expiration of the license, the person must pass an examination for license renewal, except that a person who has continually practiced pharmacy in another state under a license issued by the author…
AS 08.80.150 Temporary license.
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The board shall adopt regulations regarding the issuance of a temporary license to practice pharmacy.
AS 08.80.155 Emergency permit.
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The board shall adopt regulations regarding the issuance of an emergency permit to practice under this chapter.
AS 08.80.157 Licensing of facilities.
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(a) A facility engaged in the practice of pharmacy or in the manufacture, production, or wholesale distribution of drugs or devices, and a pharmacy where drugs or devices are dispensed, shall be licensed by the board, and shall renew the license at intervals determined by the boa…
AS 08.80.158 Registration of pharmacies located outside of state.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.159 Licensing and inspection of facilities outside of state.
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(a) Before shipping, mailing, distributing, or delivering a prescription drug to a person in the state or advertising in the state, a pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesale drug distributor, third-party logistics provider, or an outsourcing facility that is located outside the state s…
AS 08.80.160 Fees.
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The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for the following: (1) examination; (2) reexamination; (3) investigation for licensing by license transfer; (4) pharmacist license; (5) temporary license; (6) pharmacy technician lic…
AS 08.80.165 Continuing education requirements.
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The board shall establish requirements for continuing education in pharmacy that must be satisfied before a license issued under this chapter may be renewed.
AS 08.80.168 Prescription and administration of vaccines and related emergency medications.
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(a) A pharmacist may independently prescribe and administer a vaccine and related emergency medication if the pharmacist has completed an immunization training program approved by the board and otherwise complies with the standards established by the board under AS 08.80.030(b). …
AS 08.80.170 Secs. 08.80.170 — 08.80.210. Fees. [Repealed, § 7 ch 24 SLA 1968.]
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AS 08.80.220 Prescription department required for issuance of license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.230 Sanitary conditions required for issuance of license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.240 Form and display of registration certificate and license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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AS 08.80.250 Secs. 08.80.250 — 08.80.260. Renewal of lapsed registration; ground for refusing or revoking a license. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.261 Disciplinary sanctions.
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(a) The board may deny a license to an applicant or, after a hearing, impose a disciplinary sanction authorized under AS 08.01.075 on a person licensed under this chapter when the board finds that the applicant or licensee, as applicable, (1) secured or attempted to secure a lice…
AS 08.80.265 Limits or conditions on license; discipline. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.266 Disciplinary sanctions. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.075.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.268 Executive administrator of the board.
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Article 3. Duties of Licensed Pharmacists. (a) The board shall employ an executive administrator to carry out the duties established under (b) of this section. The executive administrator is the principal executive officer of the board. The executive administrator is in the parti…
AS 08.80.280 Secs. 08.80.280 , 08.80.290. Goods sold; affixing labels. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.294 Information about equivalent generic drugs and interchangeable biological products.
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(a) In addition to other information that may be required under state or federal laws or regulations, a pharmacist, when dispensing a brand-name prescription drug order that is (1) not a biological product, shall include the generic drug name that is an equivalent drug product fo…
AS 08.80.295 Substitution of equivalent drug products or interchangeable biological products.
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(a) Unless the prescription indicates that it is to be dispensed only as written, the pharmacist may, with the consent of the patient, substitute an equivalent drug product or interchangeable biological product. (b) A pharmacist who substitutes an equivalent drug product or inter…
AS 08.80.297 Prescription prices available to consumer.
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(a) A pharmacist or person acting at the direction of a pharmacist shall disclose the price of filling any prescription when requested by the consumer. (b) No contract or agreement may prohibit a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy benefits manager from informing a patient of a les…
AS 08.80.300 300 Record of prescriptions. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.310 310 Record of sales. [Repealed § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.315 Confidentiality of records.
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Information maintained by a pharmacist in the patient's records or that is communicated to the patient as part of patient counseling is confidential and may be released only to (1) the patient or as the patient directs; (2) a practitioner or pharmacist when, in the pharmacist's p…
AS 08.80.320 Pharmacist required. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.330 Licensed pharmacist appointed as “pharmacist-in-charge”.
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(a) Each pharmacy shall have a pharmacist-in-charge. Whenever an applicable law or regulation requires or prohibits action by a pharmacy, responsibility shall be that of the owner and the pharmacist-in-charge, whether the owner is a sole proprietor, partnership, association, corp…
AS 08.80.335 Prescription for an opioid; voluntary request for lesser quantity.
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(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription for an opioid that is a schedule II or III controlled substance under federal law may, at the request of the individual for whom the prescription is written, dispense the prescribed opioid in a lesser quantity than prescribed. (b) Nothing i…