Alaska Stat. § 08.11.080
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Grounds for imposition of disciplinary sanctions on an audiologist.
Official statutory text
(a) After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on an audiologist when the department finds that the licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation;
(2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of practicing audiology;
(3) advertised professional services in a false or misleading manner;
(4) has been convicted of a felony or other crime that affects the person's ability to continue to practice competently and safely;
(5) continued to practice audiology after becoming unfit due to (A) professional incompetence;
(B) use of drugs or alcohol in a manner that affects the person's ability to practice audiology competently and safely;
(C) physical or mental disability;
(6) permitted another person to use the licensee's license;
(7) employed a person who does not have a valid current license to practice audiology to perform work as an audiologist covered by this chapter;
(8) failed to comply with a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order of the department.
(b) The department may not impose disciplinary sanctions on an audiologist for the evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment of a person through audio, video, or data communications when physically separated from the person if the audiologist (1) or another licensed health care provider is available to provide follow-up care;
(2) requests that the person consent to sending a copy of all records of the encounter to a primary care provider if the audiologist is not the person's primary care provider and, if the person consents, the audiologist sends the records to the person's primary care provider; and
(3) meets the requirements established by the department in regulation.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations restricting the evaluation, diagnosis, supervision, and treatment of a person as authorized under (b) of this section by establishing standards of care, including standards for training, confidentiality, supervision, practice, and related issues.
(2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of practicing audiology;
(3) advertised professional services in a false or misleading manner;
(4) has been convicted of a felony or other crime that affects the person's ability to continue to practice competently and safely;
(5) continued to practice audiology after becoming unfit due to (A) professional incompetence;
(B) use of drugs or alcohol in a manner that affects the person's ability to practice audiology competently and safely;
(C) physical or mental disability;
(6) permitted another person to use the licensee's license;
(7) employed a person who does not have a valid current license to practice audiology to perform work as an audiologist covered by this chapter;
(8) failed to comply with a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order of the department.
(b) The department may not impose disciplinary sanctions on an audiologist for the evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment of a person through audio, video, or data communications when physically separated from the person if the audiologist (1) or another licensed health care provider is available to provide follow-up care;
(2) requests that the person consent to sending a copy of all records of the encounter to a primary care provider if the audiologist is not the person's primary care provider and, if the person consents, the audiologist sends the records to the person's primary care provider; and
(3) meets the requirements established by the department in regulation.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations restricting the evaluation, diagnosis, supervision, and treatment of a person as authorized under (b) of this section by establishing standards of care, including standards for training, confidentiality, supervision, practice, and related issues.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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