Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 7 - Disciplinary Guidelines
12 AAC 44.760 - Mental or physical disabilities

(a) In addition to one or more of the terms of probation set out in 12 AAC 44.730, a licensee placed on probation for practicing or attempting to practice nursing while afflicted with a physical or mental illness, deterioration, or disability that interferes with the licensee's performance of nursing will, in the board's discretion, be subject to a physical or mental health examination to evaluate the licensee's ability to perform the professional duties of a nurse, and, if medically determined, must participate in and complete a recommended treatment program that includes written progress reports from the care provider when requested by the board.

(b) In this section "care provider" means a person who or an organization that, by the nature of experience and training, is qualified in the opinion of the board to provide substance abuse counseling, rehabilitation, or related services to the public through established and recognized treatment programs.