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SB 21: "An Act increasing the maximum civil fine that may be imposed by the State Medical Board as a disciplinary sanction." 

00                            SENATE BILL NO. 21                                                                          
01 "An Act increasing the maximum civil fine that may be imposed by the State Medical                                      
02 Board as a disciplinary sanction."                                                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.64.331(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  If the board finds that a licensee has committed an act set out in                                      
06       AS 08.64.326(a), the board may                                                                                    
07                 (1)  permanently revoke a license to practice;                                                          
08                 (2)  suspend a license for a determinate period of time;                                                
09                 (3)  censure a licensee;                                                                                
10                 (4)  issue a letter of reprimand;                                                                       
11                 (5)  place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to                                
12                      (A)  report regularly to the board on matters involving the basis                                  
13            of probation;                                                                                                
14                      (B)  limit practice to those areas prescribed;                                                     



01                      (C)  continue professional education until a satisfactory degree                                   
02            of skill has been attained in those areas determined by the board to need                                    
03            improvement;                                                                                                 
04                 (6)  impose limitations or conditions on the practice of a licensee;                                    
05                 (7)  impose a civil fine of not more than $25,000 [$10,000]; or                                     
06                 (8)  impose one or more of the sanctions set out in (1) - (7) of this                                   
07       subsection.