Alaska Statutes.
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 72. Optometrists
Section 60. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Board.
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AS 08.72.060. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Board.

(a) The board or a member designated by the board may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and take testimony concerning any matter within the board's jurisdiction.

(b) The board may

(1) adopt a seal;

(2) define professional conduct and adopt rules of professional conduct.

(c) The board shall

(1) elect a chair and secretary from among its members;

(2) order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical examination if the licensee's physical capacity to practice safely is at issue;

(3) require that a licensee who has a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance prescription database under AS 17.30.200(n);

(4) publish advisory opinions regarding whether optometry practice procedures or policies comply with acceptable standards of the practice of optometry, as provided under this chapter.

(d) [Repealed by Sec. 3 ch 59 SLA 1966].

(e) [Repealed by Sec. 23 ch 75 SLA 1980].

(f) [Repealed by Sec. 3 ch 59 SLA 1966].

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