Alaska Stat. § 08.72.060
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Miscellaneous powers and duties of board.
Official statutory text
(a) The board or a member designated by the board may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and take testimony concerning any matter within the board's jurisdiction.
(b) The board may (1) adopt a seal;
(2) define professional conduct and adopt rules of professional conduct.
(c) The board shall (1) elect a chair and secretary from among its members;
(2) order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical examination if the licensee's physical capacity to practice safely is at issue;
(3) require that a licensee who has a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance prescription database under AS 17.30.200 (n);
(4) publish advisory opinions regarding whether optometry practice procedures or policies comply with acceptable standards of the practice of optometry, as provided under this chapter.
(d) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.] (e) [Repealed by § 23 ch 75 SLA 1980.] (f) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]
(b) The board may (1) adopt a seal;
(2) define professional conduct and adopt rules of professional conduct.
(c) The board shall (1) elect a chair and secretary from among its members;
(2) order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical examination if the licensee's physical capacity to practice safely is at issue;
(3) require that a licensee who has a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance prescription database under AS 17.30.200 (n);
(4) publish advisory opinions regarding whether optometry practice procedures or policies comply with acceptable standards of the practice of optometry, as provided under this chapter.
(d) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.] (e) [Repealed by § 23 ch 75 SLA 1980.] (f) [Repealed by § 3 ch 59 SLA 1966.]
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