Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 08.15.060 - Disciplinary sanctions(a) When the department finds that a licensee is guilty of an offense under AS 08.15.050, the department may impose the following sanctions singly or in combination: (1) permanently revoke the license to practice;(2) suspend the license for a determinate period of time;(3) censure the licensee;(4) issue a letter of reprimand to the licensee;(5) place the licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to (A) report regularly to the department on matters involving the basis of probation;(B) limit practice to those areas prescribed;(C) continue professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been reached in areas determined by the department to need improvement;(6) impose limitations or conditions on the practice of the licensee.(b) The department may withdraw probationary status of a licensee if it finds that the deficiencies that required the sanction have been remedied.(c) The department may summarily suspend a license before final hearing or during the appeals process if the department finds that the licensee poses a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if the licensee continues to practice. A licensee whose license is suspended under this section is entitled to a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings not later than seven days after the effective date of the order. The licensee may appeal the suspension after a hearing to a court of competent jurisdiction.Added by SLA 2014, ch. 41,sec. 3, eff. 9/16/2014.