Alaska Stat. § 08.64.364
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Prescription of drugs without physical examination.
Official statutory text
(a) The board may not impose disciplinary sanctions on a physician or physician assistant for rendering a diagnosis, providing treatment, or prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug that is not a controlled substance to a person without conducting a physical examination if (1) the physician, physician assistant, or another licensed health care provider in the medical practice is available to provide follow-up care; and
(2) the physician or physician assistant requests that the person consent to sending a copy of all records of the encounter to the person's primary care provider if the prescribing physician or physician assistant is not the person's primary care provider and, if the person consents, the physician or physician assistant sends the records to the person's primary care provider.
(b) The board may not impose disciplinary sanctions on a physician or physician assistant for prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug that is a controlled substance if the requirements under (a) of this section and AS 08.64.363 are met.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, (1) a physician may not prescribe, dispense, or administer an abortion-inducing drug under (a) of this section unless the physician complies with AS 18.16.010 ; and
(2) a physician or physician assistant may not prescribe, dispense, or administer a prescription drug in response to an Internet questionnaire or electronic mail message to a person with whom the physician or physician assistant does not have a prior physician-patient relationship.
(d) In this section, (1) controlled substance has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900 ;
(2) prescription drug has the meaning given in AS 08.80.480 ;
(3) primary care provider has the meaning given in AS 21.07.250 .
(2) the physician or physician assistant requests that the person consent to sending a copy of all records of the encounter to the person's primary care provider if the prescribing physician or physician assistant is not the person's primary care provider and, if the person consents, the physician or physician assistant sends the records to the person's primary care provider.
(b) The board may not impose disciplinary sanctions on a physician or physician assistant for prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug that is a controlled substance if the requirements under (a) of this section and AS 08.64.363 are met.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, (1) a physician may not prescribe, dispense, or administer an abortion-inducing drug under (a) of this section unless the physician complies with AS 18.16.010 ; and
(2) a physician or physician assistant may not prescribe, dispense, or administer a prescription drug in response to an Internet questionnaire or electronic mail message to a person with whom the physician or physician assistant does not have a prior physician-patient relationship.
(d) In this section, (1) controlled substance has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900 ;
(2) prescription drug has the meaning given in AS 08.80.480 ;
(3) primary care provider has the meaning given in AS 21.07.250 .
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