Title 31 — Professions
8 chapters · 160 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 31.1001 License required
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No person may practice medicine or dentistry, or give treatment for the prevention of disease, unless that person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. History: 1972, PL 12-61.
A.S.C.A. § 31.1002 Health Services Regulatory Board- Created-Purpose
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(a) There is created a Health Services Regulatory Board, referred to in this chapter as the Board. (b) The purpose of the Board shall be to regulate health services in American Samoa. (c) Health services include any practice of medicine, dentistry, or nursing, including treating …
A.S.C.A. § 31.1003 Health Services Regulatory Board-Composition-Quorum and votes-Term
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(a) The Board is composed of the Director of Health, who shall act as chairman, and, in addi-tion, the Governor shall appoint to the Board 1 physician, the public health officer, the Director of Nursing Services, a medical officer, a dentist, a licensed practical nurse, and a rep…
A.S.C.A. § 31.1004 Health Services Regulatory Board-Committees
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The Board may carry out its functions through the use of committees, which shall specialize in particular areas of health services, such as nursing, medicine and pharmacy; provided, that those powers and duties exclusively reserved for exercise by the Board may be exercised only …
A.S.C.A. § 31.1005 Health Services Regulatory Board-Powers and duties
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(a) The exclusive powers and duties of the Board are to: (1) require committees to establish licensing regulations necessary for the maintenance of professional competence and ethical standards among persons involved in the particular area of health services in which the committe…
A.S.C.A. § 31.1006 Administrative and judicial procedure
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All proceedings respecting the promulgation of rules and the refusal, suspension, revocation, or modification of a license issued by the Board, and judicial review thereof, must be in accor-dance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act set forth in 4.1001 et seq.…
A.S.C.A. § 31.1007 Licenses-Record
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The Board shall maintain a record of all licenses issued which shall include the date of issuance, date of any revocation, suspension, or modification and the reason therefor. History: 1972, PL 12-61.
A.S.C.A. § 31.1008 Licenses-Duration
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All licenses issued by the Board shall be of unlimited duration unless otherwise limited, revoked, or suspended by the Board pursuant to this chapter or the regulations of the Board. History: 1972, PL 12-61.
A.S.C.A. § 31.1009 Licenses-Refusal, revocation, suspension, modification and limitation
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A license may be refused, revoked, suspended, modified, or limited for any 1 or combination of the following grounds: (1) conviction of felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; a copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the convict…
A.S.C.A. § 31.1010 Violation-Penalty
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Violation of any provision of this chapter or duly promulgated rules and regulations of the health services regulatory Board relating thereto is a class A misdemeanor. History: 1972, PL 12-61, amd 1980, PL 16-90 § 86. Amendments: 1980 Amended to conform with penalties provided fo…
A.S.C.A. § 31.1011 Violation-Single act sufficient evidence
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In any prosecution under 31.1010, or any decision made by the Board relative to licensing, it shall be sufficient to sustain such conviction or decision to show a single violative act of con-duct, and it shall not be necessary to show a general course of such conduct. History: 19…