Title 08 — Business and Professions

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AS 08.72.090 Record of proceedings. [Repealed, § 23 ch 75 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.100 Bond of secretary. [Repealed, § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]
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Article 2. Licensing.
AS 08.72.110 License required.
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(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…
AS 08.72.115 Malpractice insurance. [Repealed, § 40 ch 117 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.120 Registration. [Repealed § 9 ch 50 SLA 1988.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.125 Licensing of branch offices. [Repealed, § 3 ch 94 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.130 Optometry register. [Repealed, § 13 ch 37 SLA 1986.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.140 Qualifications for licensure.
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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…
AS 08.72.150 Application for examination and issuance of license.
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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…
AS 08.72.160 Examination.
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(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 …
AS 08.72.170 Licensure by credentials.
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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…
AS 08.72.175 License endorsement. [Repealed, § 7 ch 27 SLA 2010.]
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AS 08.72.180 Annual renewal of license. [Repealed, § 7 ch 94 SLA 1968.]
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AS 08.72.181 Renewal of license.
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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…
AS 08.72.185 Retired license status.
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(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 …
AS 08.72.190 Fee for license by reciprocity. [Repealed, § 10 ch 76 SLA 1969.]
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AS 08.72.191 Fees.
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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.
AS 08.72.200 Secs. 08.72.200 — 08.72.220. Examination, certificate and renewal fees. [Repealed, § 10 ch 76 SLA 1969.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.230 Fees and disbursements.
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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.
AS 08.72.240 Grounds for imposition of disciplinary sanctions.
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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…
AS 08.72.250 Secs. 08.72.250 , 08.72.255. Disciplinary sanctions; limits or conditions on license; discipline. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987. For current law, see AS 08.01.075.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.72.260 Revocation of license by court.
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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.
AS 08.72.270 Practice not at place of business.
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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…
AS 08.72.272 Pharmaceutical agents.
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(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…
AS 08.72.273 Removal of foreign bodies.
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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.
AS 08.72.274 Exemption.
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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.
AS 08.72.275 Lenses and frames for eyeglasses and sunglasses.
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(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…
AS 08.72.276 Maximum dosage for opioid prescriptions.
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(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 …
AS 08.72.278 Limitation on practice.
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(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…
AS 08.72.280 Prohibited acts.
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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…
AS 08.72.290 Criminal penalty.
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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.
AS 08.72.300 Definitions.
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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.…
AS 08.72.310 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the Optometry Law.
AS 08.76.010 Transactions to be entered in book kept at place of business; electronic records.
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(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…
AS 08.76.020 Manner of recording entry.
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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…
AS 08.76.030 Criminal liability.
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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.
AS 08.76.040 Disposition of unredeemed property. [Repealed, § 7 ch 49 SLA 2010.]
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Article 2. Licensing and Regulation of Pawnbrokers.
AS 08.76.100 Licensing required.
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(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.
AS 08.76.110 Requirements for license.
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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…
AS 08.76.130 Withdrawal of application.
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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 …
AS 08.76.140 Duration and renewal of license.
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(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…
AS 08.76.160 Limit on pawn transaction amount.
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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.
AS 08.76.170 Customer and transaction limitations.
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(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…
AS 08.76.180 Register of pawnbroker transactions.
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(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…
AS 08.76.190 Recording requirements.
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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, …
AS 08.76.200 Transaction agreement.
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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…
AS 08.76.210 Finance fee.
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(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…
AS 08.76.220 Other charges allowed.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.76.230 Insurance.
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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.
AS 08.76.240 Return of pledged property.
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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.