Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 3 - Examinations and Licensure
12 AAC 44.318 - Emergency Courtesy License

(a) In an urgent situation, the board will issue an emergency courtesy license to practice nursing to an applicant who meets the requirements of this section. The board may restrict the license to only those nursing services required to respond to the urgent situation. The licensee may not practice nursing outside the scope of the limited purpose for which the emergency courtesy license is issued.

(b) An applicant for an emergency courtesy license under this section must submit to the department a completed application on a form provided by the department. A complete application includes the applicable application and licensing fees established in 12 AAC 02.280

(c) An emergency courtesy license issued under this section is valid for the period specified by the board and may not exceed 120 consecutive days. An emergency courtesy license may be renewed for one additional period specified by the board, not to exceed 120 consecutive days, and provided the additional period expires within 18 months of the date the license is first issued.

(d) The board will not issue, and an emergency courtesy license holder may not use, an emergency courtesy license as a substitute for a temporary license or other license required under AS 08.68.

(e) While practicing under an emergency courtesy license issued under this section, the holder of the emergency courtesy license must comply with the standards of practice set out in AS 08.68 and this chapter.

(f) The board may refuse to issue an emergency courtesy license for the same reasons that it may deny, suspend, or revoke a license under AS 08.68.270.

(g) In this section, "urgent situation" means a health crisis requiring an increased availability of nurses or nurses with specialized education.