Title 08 — Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
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[Repealed or reserved.]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 [Repealed, § 7 ch 24 SLA 1968.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.220 Prescription department required for issuance of license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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AS 08.80.230 Sanitary conditions required for issuance of license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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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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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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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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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…
AS 08.80.337 Other patient care services.
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(a) A pharmacist may, under a collaborative practice agreement with a written protocol approved by a practitioner, provide patient care services. (b) A pharmacist may independently provide patient care services for (1) general health and wellness; (2) disease prevention; or (3) a…
AS 08.80.340 Secs. 08.80.340 — 08.80.370. Requirements for handling drugs; general prohibitions. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.380 Issuance of shopkeepers permits. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 08.80.045.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.390 Pharmacists required in hospitals and clinics.
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(a) A hospital, clinic, nursing home, infirmary, or related facility that provides outpatient dispensing of drugs for outpatient treatment shall have a licensed pharmacist in charge of the dispensary, except that prescriptions may be compounded and dispensed by or under the super…
AS 08.80.400 Other licensees not affected.
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This chapter does not affect the practice of medicine by a licensed medical doctor and does not limit a licensed medical doctor, osteopath, podiatrist, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, dentist, veterinarian, dispensing optician, or optometrist in supplying…
AS 08.80.410 Use of term “pharmacist” prohibited.
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A person may not assume or use the title “pharmacist,” or any variation of the title, or hold out to be a pharmacist, without being licensed.
AS 08.80.420 Certain advertising prohibited.
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(a) A person may not use or exhibit the title “pharmacist,” “assistant pharmacist,” or “druggist,” or the descriptive term “pharmacy,” “drug store,” “drug sundries,” “apothecary,” or other similar title or term containing the word “drug,” in any business premises or in an adverti…
AS 08.80.430 Use of pharmacy symbols prohibited.
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A person may not display in a place of business the characteristic pharmacy symbol of “Rx” in any form unless the business has a pharmacist licensed under this chapter.
AS 08.80.440 Denial of examination or license. [Repealed, § 28 ch 45 SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.80.450 Disciplinary action.
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The board may consider a complaint based upon the alleged violation of any provision of this chapter and may, by a majority vote of a quorum, dismiss the complaint, reprimand a licensee, or take other punitive action as the nature of the facts warrant. Orders issued by the board …
AS 08.80.460 Penalties.
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Article 5. General Provisions. (a) Except for a violation of AS 08.80.297, a person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (b) A person who violates the provisions of AS 08.80.295 or 08.80.297 may be punished by a civil fine in an amount esta…
AS 08.80.470 Construction.
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Nothing in this chapter amends, modifies, repeals or otherwise changes any provision of AS 11.71, AS 17.20 (Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act), or AS 17.30.
AS 08.80.475 Federal facilities not affected.
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This chapter does not apply to the safe storage, preservation, dispensing, or control of drugs in a federally operated hospital or institution.
AS 08.80.480 Definitions.
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “administer” means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means; (2) “biological product” means a product that is applicable to the pre…
AS 08.80.490 Short title.
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This chapter may be known as the Pharmacy Act.
AS 08.84.010 Creation and membership of board.
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(a) There is created the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board, which consists of seven members. The membership consists of three physical therapists licensed in the state or two physical therapists and one physical therapist assistant licensed in the state, three…
AS 08.84.020 Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act.
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Article 2. Licensing. The board shall comply with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AS 08.84.030 Qualifications for licensing.
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(a) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, an applicant, unless a graduate of a foreign school of physical therapy located outside the United States, shall (1) have graduated from a professional physical therapy educatio…
AS 08.84.032 Foreign-educated applicants.
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(a) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, an applicant who is a graduate of a school of physical therapy that is located outside the United States shall (1) have completed, to the satisfaction of the board, a resident c…
AS 08.84.034 Exemption from criminal justice information and criminal history record check.
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A physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational therapy assistant holding a valid license under this chapter on July 1, 2024, is exempt from the requirements of AS 08.84.030(a)(4) and (b)(4) and 08.84.032(a)(8) and (b)(8), but is otherw…
AS 08.84.035 Malpractice insurance. [Repealed, § 40 ch 177 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.84.040 Application for license.
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To be licensed under this chapter to practice physical therapy or occupational therapy, an applicant shall apply to the board on a form prescribed by the board. An applicant shall include in the application evidence under oath that the applicant possesses the qualifications requi…
AS 08.84.050 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) application; (2) license by examination; (3) license by acceptance of credentials; (4) renewal; (5) temporary permit; (6) limited permit; (7) compact privilege…
AS 08.84.060 Licensure by acceptance of credentials.
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The board may license without examination an applicant who is a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational therapy assistant licensed under the laws of another state, if the requirements for licensure in that state were, at the date …
AS 08.84.065 Temporary permit.
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(a) The board may issue a nonrenewable temporary permit to an applicant for licensure by acceptance of credentials or by examination who (1) meets the requirements of (A) AS 08.84.030(a)(1) or (b)(1); or (B) AS 08.84.032(a)(2) and (4) or (b)(2) and (4); and (2) pays the required …