Title 08, Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
AS 08.86.010 Creation and membership of board.
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There is created a Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners. It consists of three licensed psychologists, a licensed psychological associate, and one person who has no direct financial interest in the health care industry.
AS 08.86.020 Appointment and term of office. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.035.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.025 Removal of board members. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.020.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.030 Board meetings.
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The board shall hold at least three meetings annually. The board may hold special meetings at the call of the chairman or of a majority of the board members.
AS 08.86.040 Assistants.
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The board may employ assistants to prepare and grade examinations and to investigate alleged violations of this chapter.
AS 08.86.050 Transportation and per diem. [Repealed, § 1 ch 42 SLA 1977.]
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Article 2. Administration of Board Affairs.
AS 08.86.070 Duties of the board.
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The board shall (1) establish objective examination requirements for persons who apply for a license to practice psychology in the state; (2) examine, or cause to be examined, eligible license applicants; (3) approve the issuance of licenses to qualified applicants; (4) adopt reg…
AS 08.86.075 Power to order examinations.
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The board may order a licensed psychologist or licensed psychological associate to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if the board has credible evidence sufficient to conclude that the psychologist's or psychological associate's physical or mental capacity to p…
AS 08.86.080 Board regulations.
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The board shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 08.86.090 Administrative duties of the department.
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The department shall furnish administrative services for the board.
AS 08.86.100 Applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Article 3. Licensing of Psychologists. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations and proceedings under this chapter.
AS 08.86.120 Entitlement to licensure. [Repealed, § 9 ch 63 SLA 1986.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.125 Malpractice insurance. [Repealed, § 40 ch 177 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.130 Licensing requirements.
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(a) The board shall issue a psychologist license to a person who (1) holds an earned doctorate degree, from an academic institution whose program of graduate study for a doctorate degree in psychology meets the criteria established by the board by regulation, in (A) clinical psyc…
AS 08.86.135 Temporary license.
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The board may issue a temporary license to a person who meets the requirements of AS 08.86.130(a)(1) and (2). A temporary license issued under this section is valid only for the time period identified in the person's plan for the purpose of obtaining supervised experience to meet…
AS 08.86.140 Fees.
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(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for the following: (1) application; (2) examination; (3) credential review; (4) initial license; (5) license renewal. (b) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]
AS 08.86.150 License by credentials.
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Article 4. Licensing of Psychological Associates. A person who is licensed or certified as a psychologist by a licensing authority other than the state is entitled to be licensed in the state without examination if the person applies on the proper application form, submits proof …
AS 08.86.160 Licensing requirements.
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(a) The board shall issue a psychological associate license to a person who (1) holds an earned master's degree from an academic institution whose program of graduate study for a master's degree in psychology meets the criteria established by the board by regulation in (A) clinic…
AS 08.86.162 Qualifications for associates' examination.
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A person is entitled to take a psychological associate examination if the board finds that the person (1) has not engaged in dishonorable conduct related to the practice of counseling or psychometry; (2) holds a master's degree with primary emphasis on psychology from an academic…
AS 08.86.164 Scope of practice by associate.
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(a) A psychological associate shall be licensed to provide psychological services within the nature and extent of the psychological associate's training and experience as defined in regulation. (b) [Repealed, § 11 ch 51 SLA 1996.] (c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 51 SLA 1996.] (d) [Repeale…
AS 08.86.166 Temporary license.
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Article 5. Prohibitions and Penalties. The board may issue a temporary license to a person who meets the requirements of AS 08.86.160(a)(1), (2), and (4). A temporary license issued under this section is valid only for the time period identified in the person's plan for the purpo…
AS 08.86.170 Use of title.
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(a) Unless licensed under this chapter, a person may not use the title psychologist or a title, designation, or device indicating or tending to indicate that the person is a psychologist or practices psychology. (b) Unless licensed under this chapter, a person may not use the t…
AS 08.86.180 Practice of psychology.
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(a) Unless licensed under this chapter, a person may not practice psychology or hold out publicly as a psychologist or as practicing psychology. A person holds out as a psychologist by using a title or description of services incorporating the words psychology, psychological,…
AS 08.86.185 Practice of counseling and psychometrics. [Repealed, § 24 ch 58 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 08.86.180.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.190 Name under which person practices.
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(a) A licensed psychologist may practice psychology only under that person's own name. (b) A licensed psychological associate may practice counseling or psychometry only under that person's own name.
AS 08.86.200 Confidentiality of communication.
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(a) A psychologist or psychological associate may not reveal to another person a communication made to the psychologist or psychological associate by a client about a matter concerning which the client has employed the psychologist or psychological associate in a professional cap…
AS 08.86.204 Grounds for imposition of disciplinary sanctions.
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(a) After a hearing, the board may impose a disciplinary sanction on a person licensed under this chapter when the board finds that the licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresen…
AS 08.86.206 Disciplinary sanctions. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.075.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.86.210 Penalty.
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A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AS 08.86.220 Limits or conditions on license; discipline.
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Article 6. General Provisions. (a) Upon a finding that by reason of demonstrated problems of competence, experience, education, or health the authority to practice psychology or as a psychological associate under this chapter should be limited or conditioned or the practitioner d…
AS 08.86.230 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) board means the Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners; (2) department means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (3) psychological associate means a person licensed under this chapter who renders psychol…