00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 270                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the licensure of pharmacists; and providing for an effective date."                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 08.80.261(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  The board may deny a license to an applicant or, after a hearing, impose                            
05       a disciplinary sanction authorized under AS 08.01.075 on a person licensed under this                             
06       chapter when the board finds that the applicant or licensee, as applicable,                               
07                 (1)  secured or attempted to secure a license through deceit, fraud, or                             
08       intentional misrepresentation;                                                                                    
09                 (2)  engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the                                  
10       course of providing professional services or engaging in professional activities;                                 
11                 (3)  advertised professional services in a false or misleading manner;                                  
12                 (4)  has been convicted of a felony or has been convicted of another                                    
13       crime that affects the applicant's or licensee's ability to [CONTINUE TO] practice                            
14       competently and safely;                                                                                           
15                 (5)  intentionally or negligently engaged in or permitted the                                           

01       performance of patient care by persons under the applicant's or licensee's supervision                        
02       that does not conform to minimum professional standards regardless of whether actual                              
03       injury to the patient occurred;                                                                                   
04                 (6)  failed to comply with this chapter, with a regulation adopted under                                
05       this chapter, or with an order of the board;                                                                      
06                 (7)  is incapable of engaging in the practice of pharmacy with                                          
07       reasonable skill, competence, and safety for the public because of                                                
08                      (A)  professional incompetence;                                                                    
09                      (B)  failure to keep informed of or use current professional                                       
10            theories or practices;                                                                                       
11                      (C)  addiction or severe dependency on alcohol or a drug that                                      
12            impairs the applicant's or licensee's ability to practice safely;                                        
13                      (D)  physical or mental disability; or                                                             
14                      (E)  other factors determined by the board;                                                        
15                 (8)  engaged in conduct involving moral turpitude or gross immorality;                                  
16                 (9)  made a controlled substance available to a person except upon                                      
17       prescription issued by a person licensed to prescribe controlled substances;                                      
18                 (10)  was convicted of selling federal legend drugs without the                                         
19       prescription of a person licensed to prescribe federal legend drugs;                                              
20                 (11)  violated state or federal laws or regulations pertaining to drugs or                              
21       pharmacies;                                                                                                       
22                 (12)  failed to report relevant information to the board about a                                        
23       pharmacist or pharmacy intern that the applicant or licensee knew or suspected was                            
24       incapable of engaging in the practice of pharmacy with reasonable skill, competence,                              
25       and safety to the public;                                                                                         
26                 (13)  aided another person to engage in the practice of pharmacy or to                                  
27       use the title of "pharmacist" or "pharmacy intern" without a license; or                                          
28                 (14)  engaged in unprofessional conduct, as defined in regulations of                                   
29       the board.                                                                                                        
30    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).