(a) When it finds that a licensee has committed an act listed in Alaska Stat. § 08.55.130, the department may impose the following sanctions singly or in combination:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.55.140

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(1) permanently revoke a license to practice;
(2) suspend a license for a determinate period of time;
(3) censure a licensee;
(4) issue a letter of reprimand;
(5) place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to

(A) report regularly to the department on matters involving the basis of probation;
(B) limit practice to those areas prescribed;
(C) continue professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas determined by the department to need improvement;
(6) impose limitations or conditions on the practice of a licensee.
(b) The department may withdraw a limitation, condition, or probationary status if it finds that the deficiency that required the sanction has been remedied.
(c) The department may summarily suspend a license before final hearing or during the appeals process if the department finds that the licensee poses a clear and immediate danger to the public welfare and safety if the licensee continues to practice. A person whose license is suspended under this subsection is entitled to a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (Alaska Stat. § 44.64.010) not later than seven days after the effective date of the order. The person may appeal the suspension after the hearing to the superior court.
(d) The department may reinstate a license that has been suspended or revoked if the department finds after a hearing that the applicant is able to deal in hearing aids with reasonable skill and safety.