00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 191                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the practice of medicine and osteopathy."                                                           
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 08.64 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04 Sec. 08.64.372. Maintenance of certification and osteopathic continuous                                               
05 certification. (a) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require a physician to                                 
06 secure a maintenance of certification as a condition of licensure, reimbursement,                                       
07 employment, or admitting privileges at a hospital in this state. In this subsection,                                    
08 "maintenance of certification" means a proprietary program that requires an individual                                  
09 to engage in periodic testing, self-assessment, peer evaluation, or other activities to                                 
10       obtain and maintain a specialty medical certification.                                                            
11 (b)  Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require an osteopath to secure                                         
12 an osteopathic continuous certification as a condition of licensure, reimbursement,                                     
13 employment, or admitting privileges at a hospital in this state. In this subsection,                                    
14 "osteopathic continuous certification" means a proprietary program that requires an                                     
15 individual to engage in periodic testing, self-assessment, peer evaluation, or other                                    

01       activities to obtain and maintain a specialty osteopathic certification.                                          
02    * Sec. 2. AS 18.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
03 Sec. 18.20.105. Limitations on maintenance of certification and                                                       
04 osteopathic continuous certification. (a) A hospital may not revoke, suspend,                                         
05 condition, restrict, or refuse to grant hospital privileges to a person licensed under                                  
06       AS 08.64 to practice as                                                                                           
07                 (1)  a physician because of the physician's failure to participate in or                                
08       secure a maintenance of certification; or                                                                         
09                 (2)  an osteopath because of the osteopath's failure to participate in or                               
10       secure an osteopathic continuous certification.                                                                   
11            (b)  In this section,                                                                                        
12                 (1)  "maintenance of certification" means a proprietary program that                                    
13       requires an individual to engage in periodic testing, self-assessment, peer evaluation,                           
14       or other activities to obtain and maintain a specialty medical certification;                                     
15 (2)  "osteopathic continuous certification" means a proprietary program                                                 
16 that requires an individual to engage in periodic testing, self-assessment, peer                                        
17 evaluation, or other activities to obtain and maintain a specialty osteopathic                                          
18       certification.