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Alaska Statutes.

Title 8. Business and Professions

Chapter 68. Nursing

Section 100. Duties and Powers of Board.

AS 08.68.100. Duties and Powers of Board.

(a) The board shall

(1) adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter, including regulations pertaining to practice as an advanced nurse practitioner and a nurse anesthetist, and regulations necessary to implement AS 08.68.331 - 08.68.336 relating to certified nurse aides in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of clients served by nurse aides;

(2) approve curricula and adopt standards for basic education programs that prepare persons for licensing under AS 08.68.190 ;

(3) provide for surveys of the basic nursing education programs in the state at the times it considers necessary;

(4) approve education programs that meet the requirements of this chapter and of the board, and deny, revoke, or suspend approval of education programs for failure to meet the requirements;

(5) examine, license, and renew the licenses of qualified applicants;

(6) prescribe requirements for competence before a former nurse may resume the practice of nursing under this chapter;

(7) define by regulation the qualifications and duties of the executive secretary and delegate authority to the executive secretary that is necessary to conduct board business;

(8) develop reasonable and uniform standards for nursing practice;

(9) publish advisory opinions regarding whether nursing practice procedures or policies comply with acceptable standards of nursing practice as defined under this chapter;

(10) require applicants under this chapter to submit fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check; the department shall submit the fingerprints and fees to the Department of Public Safety for a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400 .

(b) The board may

(1) conduct hearings upon charges of alleged violations of this chapter or regulations adopted under it;

(2) invoke, or request the department to invoke, disciplinary action against a licensee;

(3) prescribe requirements for competence to continue practice.

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