Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 40 - State Medical Board
Article 5 - Physician Assistants
12 AAC 40.490 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or denial of license

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 40.490

Current through August 30, 2024

The board, after compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62), will, in its discretion, suspend, revoke, or deny the license of a physician assistant who

(1) fails to pay the fees established in 12 AAC 02.250;

(2) has obtained, or attempted to obtain, a license or authorization to practice as a physician assistant by fraud, deceit, material misrepresentation, or false statement;

(3) habitually abuses alcoholic beverages, or illegally uses depressants, hallucinogenic or stimulant drugs as defined by AS 17.12.150(3), or uses narcotic drugs as defined by AS 17.10.230(13);

(4) consistently fails to comply with 12 AAC 40.460;

(5) practices without the required collaborative plan as required by 12 AAC 40.410;

(6) represents or uses any signs, figures, or letters to represent himself or herself as a physician, surgeon, doctor, or doctor of medicine;

(7) violates any section of this chapter;

(8) is found to have demonstrated professional incompetence as defined in 12 AAC 40.970;

(9) in a clinical setting,

(A) fails to clearly identify oneself as a physician assistant to a patient;

(B) uses or permits to be used on the physician assistant's behalf the term "doctor," "Dr.," or "doc"; or

(C) holds oneself out in any way to be a physician or surgeon;

(10) practices without maintaining certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Authority:AS 08.64.100

AS 08.64.107

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