{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.64.170","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.64.170","heading":"License to practice medicine, podiatry, or osteopathy.","body":"(a) A person may not practice medicine, podiatry, or osteopathy in the state unless the person is licensed under this chapter, except that\n(1) a physician assistant may examine, diagnose, or treat persons under the supervision, control, and responsibility of either a physician licensed under this chapter or a physician exempted from licensing under AS 08.64.370;\n(2) a person who is licensed or authorized under another law of the state may engage in a practice that is authorized under that law; and\n(3) a person may perform routine medical duties delegated under AS 08.64.106.\n(b) [Repealed, § 4 ch 101 SLA 1974.]\n(c) A chiropodist practicing in the state on May 16, 1972, is exempt from this section.\n(d) A podiatrist practicing in the state on March 26, 1976, is exempt from this section, and shall be issued a license without examination if application is made within one year of March 26, 1976.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 64. Medicine.","Article 2. Licensing."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.64.170","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"f50a09cddec704989902b2e5e8577f9b0c4cab8232ae7d9403971293198ddbde","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.64.160","next":"us-ak/as-08.64.180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}