{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.64.331","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.64.331","heading":"Disciplinary sanctions.","body":"(a) If the board finds that a licensee has committed an act set out in AS 08.64.326(a), the board may\n(1) permanently revoke a license to practice;\n(2) suspend a license for a determinate period of time;\n(3) censure a licensee;\n(4) issue a letter of reprimand;\n(5) place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to\n(A) report regularly to the board on matters involving the basis of probation;\n(B) limit practice to those areas prescribed;\n(C) continue professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas determined by the board to need improvement;\n(6) impose limitations or conditions on the practice of a licensee;\n(7) impose a civil fine of not more than $25,000; or\n(8) impose one or more of the sanctions set out in (1) — (7) of this subsection.\n(b) The board may end the probation of a licensee if it finds that the deficiencies which required this sanction have been remedied.\n(c) The board may summarily suspend a license before final hearing or during the appeals process if the board finds that the licensee poses a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if the licensee continues to practice. A person whose license is suspended under this section is entitled to a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) not later than seven days after the effective date of the order, and the person may appeal the suspension after a hearing to a court of competent jurisdiction.\n(d) The board may reinstate a license that has been suspended or revoked if the board finds after a hearing that the applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill and safety.\n(e) The board may suspend a license upon receipt of a certified copy of evidence that a license to practice medicine in another state or territory of the United States or province of Canada has been suspended or revoked. The suspension remains in effect until a hearing can be held by the board.\n(f) The board shall be consistent in the application of disciplinary sanctions. A significant departure from earlier decisions of the board involving similar situations must be explained in findings of fact or orders made by the board.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 64. Medicine.","Article 2. Licensing."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.64.331","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"adf780d4d31cdc79e833c151bfab93f3504dd794eb6ac04ccbcdb5aa5a87c33f","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.64.330","next":"us-ak/as-08.64.332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}