Alaska Statutes Title 8. Business and Professions § 08.68.850. Definitions

(1) “advanced practice registered nurse” means a registered nurse licensed to practice in the state who, because of specialized education and experience, is certified to perform acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription and dispensing of medical, therapeutic, or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board;

(2) “board” means the Board of Nursing;

(3) “certified nurse aide” is a person who is certified as a nurse aide by the board;

(4) “incompetent” means that a nurse does not possess the skills, knowledge, and awareness of the nurse's limitations and abilities to safely practice nursing;

(5) “licensed practical nurse” is equivalent to the title “licensed vocational nurse” and to the name suffix abbreviations L.P.N. and L.V.N.;

(6) “licensed registered nurse” is equivalent to the common title “registered nurse” and the name suffix abbreviation R.N.;

(7) Repealed by SLA 2016, ch. 33, § 60, eff. July 1, 2016.

(8) “opioid” includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140 and 11.71.160;

(9) “practice of advanced practice registered nursing” includes, in addition to the practice of registered nursing, the performance of acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription and dispensing of medical, therapeutic, or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board;

(10) “practice of practical nursing” means the performance for compensation or personal profit of nursing functions that do not require the substantial specialized skill, judgment, and knowledge of a registered nurse;

(11) “practice of registered nursing” means the performance for compensation or personal profit of acts of professional service that requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based on the principles of biological, physiological, behavioral, and sociological sciences in assessing and responding to the health needs of individuals, families, or communities through services that include

(12) “unlicensed assistive personnel” means persons, such as orderlies, assistants, attendants, technicians, members of a nursing client's immediate family, or the guardian of a nursing client, who are not licensed to practice practical nursing, registered nursing, medicine, or any other health occupation that requires a license in this state.