Section 12.48.026. Retired status license.

	(a)  If the licensee holds an optometry license that is not restricted, the licensee may apply for a retired status license by submitting  
		(1) a completed application on a form provided by the department;  
		(2) the applicable fee established in 12 AAC 02.300.  
	(b)  The board will issue an active license to practice optometry, with prescriptive authority as described in AS 08.72.272, as appropriate, to a person holding a retired status license under AS 08.72.185, for five years or less in this state if the applicant meets the requirements of AS 08.72  and this chapter and submits a completed and notarized application on a form provided by the department. The completed application must include  
		(1) documentation of satisfying AS 08.72.140(2) and (3) and 08.72.181(d) and (e);  
		(2) the applicable fees established in 12 AAC 02.300; and  
		(3) documentation of satisfying the continuing education requirements under AS 08.72  and 12 AAC 48.200 - 12 AAC 48.230 that would have been required to maintain an active license during the period the person held the retired status license.  
	(c)  The board will issue an active license to practice optometry, with the prescriptive authority as described in AS 08.72.272, to a person holding a retired status license that has been retired for more than five years, but less than 10 years, if the applicant meets the requirements of AS 08.72  and this chapter and submits the following:  
		(1) a completed and notarized application on a form provided by the department;  
		(2) the applicable fees established in 12 AAC 02.300;  
		(3) documentation showing the applicant has engaged in 400 hours of clinical practice per year in another state or territory of the United States or in a province of Canada under an active license to practice optometry in that jurisdiction and the practice was not earlier than the two years immediately before the date of application;  
		(4) the completed Alaska State Optometry Law examination required under 12 AAC 48.015(a)(3);  
		(5) a statement of the dates and places of employment involving the clinical practice of optometry after the license was retired under AS 08.72;  
		(6) verification from all licensing jurisdictions in which the applicant holds or has ever held a license to practice optometry in another state or a territory of the United States or in a province of Canada, if any, for the entire period the license has been retired under AS 08.72,  showing that the applicant's license has not been the subject of any disciplinary action and that there are no pending or unresolved actions against the applicant; to be considered under this paragraph, the verification must be sent directly to the department from the licensing jurisdiction;  
		(7) if the applicant is, or has ever been, employed as an optometrist with a federal agency, after the license was retired under AS 08.72,  verification of the applicant's current employment status and disciplinary history from each federal agency where the applicant is, or has been, employed as an optometrist;  
		(8) a license that has been retired for 10 years or more may not be converted under AS 08.72.185 to an active or inactive license, and the former licensee must apply for a new license under 08.72 and this chapter.  

Authorities

08.72.050;08.72.110;08.72.150;08.72.170;08.72.181;08.72.185;08.72.272

Notes

Authority

AS 08.72.050 AS 08.72.110 AS 08.72.150 AS 08.72.170 AS 08.72.181 AS 08.72.185 AS 08.72.272

History

Eff. 10/16/2011, Register 200; am 12/2/2012, Register 204