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Alaska Statutes Title 8. Business and Professions § 08.72.050. Regulations

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The board shall adopt regulations

(1) necessary for the proper performance of its duties;

(2) governing the applicants and applications for licensing;

(3) for the licensing of optometrists;

(4) necessary to govern the practice of optometry, including the prescription and use of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of eye disease;

(5) prescribing requirements that a person licensed under this chapter must meet to demonstrate continued professional competency;

(6) developing uniform standards for the practice of optometry;

(7) authorizing an optometrist licensed under this chapter to delegate routine services of optometry to an agent of the optometrist; the regulations must

(A) require that an agent who is not licensed under this chapter may perform duties delegated under this paragraph only if the agent meets applicable standards established by the board;

(B) prohibit an optometrist from delegating duties related to pain management and opioid use and addiction; and

(C) define the phrase “routine services of optometry.”

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