Title 08, Business and Professions

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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…

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(a) [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]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 …

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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.

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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…

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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.

Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions. (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 show…

(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…

Article 4. General Provisions. 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.

(a) A person engaged in the business of buying and selling secondhand articles, except a bank or a person regulated by AS 08.76.100 — 08.76.590, shall maintain a book, in permanent form, in which the person shall enter in legible English at the time of each purchase or sale (1) t…

The entries in the book required by AS 08.76.010 shall appear in chronological order in ink or indelible pencil. Blank lines may not be left between entries. Obliterations, alterations, or erasures may not be made. Corrections shall be made by drawing a line through the entry wit…

A person who violates AS 08.76.010 or 08.76.020 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.

Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers.

(a) A person may not engage in business as a pawnbroker without holding a license issued by the department. (b) A license is not transferable or assignable.

The department may issue a license to a person if the person (1) has good character; (2) has the experience to engage in business as a pawnbroker; (3) is fit to engage in business as a pawnbroker; (4) submits an application as required by the department under AS 08.01.060; and (5…

The department may consider that a person has withdrawn the person's application for a license if (1) the application does not contain all of the required information; or (2) the information required for the application is not submitted to the department within 90 days after the …

(a) A license is valid for two years. (b) A person may renew a license under AS 08.01.100. The renewal fee must be equal to the fee established under AS 08.76.110(5). (c) Notwithstanding AS 08.01.100(b), if a person fails to renew a license before the expiration date of the licen…

A licensee may not enter into a pawn transaction that exceeds $750, excluding the finance fee and any fees charged under AS 08.76.220.

(a) A pawnbroker may not knowingly enter into a pawnbroker transaction with a person who is (1) under 18 years of age; (2) under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance when the influence is apparent; or (3) using the name of another person. (b) A pawnbroker may not kn…

(a) A pawnbroker shall maintain a register in which the pawnbroker shall enter in legible English at the time of each pawnbroker transaction (1) the date of the pawnbroker transaction; (2) the name of the person conducting the pawnbroker transaction; (3) the name, age, and addres…

The records required to be maintained in a register by AS 08.76.180 must appear in chronological order and, if made in a book, in ink or indelible pencil. Blank lines may not be left between entries. A pawnbroker may not change a record in a register by obliteration, alteration, …

A pawnbroker shall provide to a pledgor or seller a copy of the transaction agreement between the pawnbroker and the pledgor or seller. The agreement must clearly and conspicuously disclose (1) the name and address of the pawnbroker and the name and mailing address of the pledgor…

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.76.280, for each 30-day period of a pawn transaction, including a grace period, a pawnbroker may charge a pledgor a finance fee of $5 or an amount that equals interest at a rate that does not exceed 20 percent of the amount financed, whichever amou…

(a) Except as provided in AS 08.76.280, a pawnbroker may charge a processing fee of not more than $5 for each pawn transaction for preparing and processing the pawn transaction documentation, for providing law enforcement reports, for paying expenses, for providing other services…

A pawnbroker may not sell to a pledgor or otherwise charge a pledgor for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction, except to cover the shipment of pledged property that is redeemed by mail.

A pawnbroker shall return pledged property to a pledgor when the pledgor redeems the pledged property. The pawnbroker shall provide the pledgor with a receipt showing the redemption. The receipt must be on a form approved by the department.