(a) When it finds that a person holding a certificate or permit is guilty of an offense under Alaska Stat. § 08.65.110, the board, in addition to the powers provided in Alaska Stat. § 08.01.075, may impose the following sanctions singly or in combination:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.65.120

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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 certificate or permit to practice;
(2) suspend a certificate or permit for a determinate period of time;
(3) censure a person holding a certificate or permit;
(4) issue a letter of reprimand;
(5) place a person holding a certificate or permit on probationary status and require the person to

(A) report regularly to the board upon 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 board to need improvement;
(6) impose limitations or conditions on the practice of a person holding a certificate or permit.
(b) The board may withdraw probationary status if it finds that the deficiencies that required the sanction have been remedied.
(c) The board may summarily suspend a license before final hearing or during the appeals process if the board finds that the licensee poses a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if the licensee continues to practice. A person whose license is suspended under this section 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, and the person may appeal the suspension after a hearing to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) The board may reinstate a certificate or permit that has been suspended or revoked if the board finds after a hearing that the applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill and safety.
(e) The board shall seek consistency in the application of disciplinary sanctions, and significant departure from prior decisions involving similar situations shall be explained in findings of fact or orders.
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