BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The State Medical Board adopted emergency regulations regarding courtesy licenses.
On April 9, 2020, the State Medical Board adopted, as emergency regulations, changes in 12 AAC 40
of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with notarized signatures, courtesy licenses, and document stale dates, including the following:
1. 12 AAC 40.010. Application for license by credentials, is proposed to be changed as follows:
removal of the requirement of a notarized application for license by credentials.
2. 12 AAC 40.015. Application for license by examination, is proposed to be changed as follows: removal of the requirement of a notarized application for a license by examination.
3. 12 AAC 40.035. Temporary permit application requirements, is proposed to be changed a follows: removal of the requirement of a notarized application for a temporary permit.
4. 12 AAC 40.045. Courtesy license, is proposed to be changed to allow for an emergency courtesy license for physicians, osteopaths, physician assistants, and mobile intensive care paramedics, specific
to the public health disaster emergency issued by the governor under AS 26.23.020, March 11, 2020.
5. 12 AAC 40.963. Application form and verifications for licensure, is proposed to be changed by amending the date of a stale document.
The emergency regulation took effect April 21, 2020, and will expire August 18, 2020. The State
Medical Board does not intend to make the emergency regulations permanent.
A copy of the emergency regulation is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Sher Zinn at (907) 465-1049 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/MEDEmergencyRegs0420.pdf.
Statutory authority: AS 08.01.062; AS 08.64.100; AS 08.64.180; AS 08.64.190; AS 08.64.200;
AS 08.64.205; AS 08.64.209; AS 08.64.210; AS 08.64.225; AS 08.64.240; AS 08.64.250;
AS 08.64.255; AS 08.64.270; AS 08.64.279.
Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 08.01.062; AS 08.64.100;
AS 08.64.180; AS 08.64.190; AS 08.64.200; AS 08.64.205; AS 08.64.209; AS 08.64.225;
AS 08.64.240; AS 08.64.250; AS 08.64.270.
Fiscal information: The regulation is not expected to require an increased appropriation.
Date: 4/21/2020
Sher Zinn, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: State Medical Board - Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic
Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
2. General subject of regulation: Emergency courtesy license.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 40.010; 12 AAC 40.015; 12 AAC 40.045; 12 AAC 40.963.
4. Department of Law file number:
5. Reason for the proposed action: Emergency regulations dealing with the declared public health
emergency for the COVID 19 pandemic.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing - #2360.
7. Estimate annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None known.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):
No costs are expected in FY 2020 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Alysia Jones, Executive Administrator
State Medical Board
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Telephone: (907) 465-6243
E-mail: alysia.jones@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: State Medical Board.
11. Date: 4/21/2020
Prepared by: Sher Zinn, Regulations Specialist