Title 08, Business and Professions

[Repealed or reserved.]

Article 3. Unlawful Acts. (a) The board may refuse to license an applicant, may refuse to renew the license of a person, may discipline a person, and may suspend or revoke the license of a person who (1) has obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or material misrepres…

(a) A person not licensed as a physical therapist, or whose license is suspended or revoked or has lapsed, who uses in connection with the person's name the words or letters “P.T.,” “Physical Therapist,” “L.P.T.,” “Licensed Physical Therapist,” or other letters, words, or insigni…

A person who wilfully makes a false oath or affirmation or who obtains or attempts to obtain a license by a fraudulent representation is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

(a) It is unlawful for a person to practice physical therapy without being licensed under this chapter unless the person is (1) a student in an accredited physical therapy program; (2) a graduate of a foreign school of physical therapy fulfilling the internship requirement of AS …

This chapter does not authorize a person to practice medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or other method of healing, but only to practice physical therapy or occupational therapy.

[Repealed or reserved.]

The board shall request appropriate authorities to conduct investigations of every supposed violation of this chapter coming to its notice and shall report all cases that in the judgment of the board warrant prosecution to the proper law enforcement officials.

Article 4. Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.

Article 5. General Provisions. The Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact as contained in this section is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the state with all other states and jurisdictions legally joining it in a form substantially as follows: SECTION 1. PURP…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “board” means the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; (2) “occupational therapist” means a person who practices occupational therapy; (3) “occupational therapy” means, for compensation, the use of purp…

This chapter may be cited as the Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists Practice Act.

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.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

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.

The board may employ assistants to prepare and grade examinations and to investigate alleged violations of this chapter.

Article 2. Administration of Board Affairs.

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…

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…

The board shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The department shall furnish administrative services for the board.

Article 3. Licensing of Psychologists. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations and proceedings under this chapter.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

(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…

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…

(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.]

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 …

(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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…

(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,”…

[Repealed or reserved.]

(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.

(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…

(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…

[Repealed or reserved.]

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

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…

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…

There is created in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development the Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers. The board is composed of five members appointed by the governor. At least one member shall be a person certified under this chapter as a general real…

Article 2. Certification. (a) In addition to the powers and duties conferred on the board by AS 08.01, the board shall (1) establish the examination specifications for certification as a general real estate appraiser, as a residential real estate appraiser, and as an institutiona…