On November 2, 2017, the Board of Nursing adopted regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 44 of the Alaska Administrative Code.  The regulations are a general update, including updates to application, licensure, and practice requirements for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and certified nurse aides.  The regulations also replace the outdated term “advanced nurse practitioner” with the current term “advanced practice registered nurse” and repealed provisions that treated certified registered nurse anesthetists as separate from other advanced practice nurse practitioners.

The regulation changes were reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, signed and filed by the Lieutenant Governor on April 16, 2018, and will go into effect on May 16, 2018.  See attached copy of the filed version of the regulations.

The new regulation changes will be printed in Register 226, July 2018 of the Alaska Administrative Code.