00                             SENATE BILL NO. 243                                                                         
01 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners; and                                      
02 relating to chiropractors."                                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(5) is amended to read:                                                               
05                 (5)  Board of Chiropractic Examiners (AS 08.20.010) - June 30, 2006                                 
06       [2002];                                                                                                           
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
08            Sec. 08.20.141.  Licensure by credentials.  The board may issue a license by                               
09       credentials to an applicant who pays the appropriate fee and presents satisfactory proof                          
10       that                                                                                                              
11                 (1)  the applicant possesses a license or certificate of registration issued                            
12       by another jurisdiction;                                                                                          
13                 (2)  the applicant has either                                                                           
14                      (A)  successfully passed all sections of the examination of the                                    
01            National Board of Chiropractic Examiners that are required by the board at the                               
02            time of application; or                                                                                      
03                      (B)  been in the active clinical practice of chiropractic in the                                   
04            other jurisdiction for the five years immediately preceding application for a                                
05            license under this chapter; and                                                                              
06                 (3)  the license or certificate from the other jurisdiction is in good                                  
07       standing, including that                                                                                          
08                      (A)  no action has been reported in the national licensee                                          
09            database of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards;                                                 
10                      (B)  the applicant has not, within the five years preceding the                                    
11            date of application, been the subject of an unresolved review or an adverse                                  
12            decision based on a complaint, investigation, review procedure, or disciplinary                              
13            proceeding undertaken by a foreign, state, territorial, local, or federal                                    
14            chiropractic licensing jurisdiction, chiropractic society, or law enforcement                                
15            agency that relates to criminal or fraudulent activity, chiropractic malpractice,                            
16            or negligent chiropractic care and that adversely reflects on the applicant's                                
17            ability or competence to engage in the practice of chiropractic or on the safety                             
18            or well-being of patients; and                                                                               
19                      (C)  the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the                                   
20            five years preceding the date of application.                                                                
21    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.20.180(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
22            (a)  An applicant for an examination, reexamination, issuance of a temporary                                 
23       permit under AS 08.20.160, issuance of a locum tenens permit under AS 08.20.163,                                  
24       issuance of a license by credentials under AS 08.20.141, one-time issuance of a                               
25       retired status license, or initial issuance or renewal of an active or inactive license shall                     
26       pay a fee established under AS 08.01.065.