Brief Description:  The Board of Nursing proposes to update regulation changes made by emergency regulation regarding courtesy license.

On April 6, 2020, the Alaska Board of Nursing adopted, as an emergency regulation, changes in 12 AAC 44.318 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with courtesy license, including the following:

12 AAC 44.318. Courtesy license, is proposed to be amended to allow successful LPN, RN, and APRN applicants that meet the specific requirements for emergency courtesy licensure during this public health emergency caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

The emergency regulation took effect on April 10, 2020, and will expire August 7, 2020.  The Alaska Board of Nursing does not intend to make the emergency regulation permanent.

A copy of the emergency regulation is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/NUR-EmergencyRegs-0420.pdf.

Statutory Authority:  AS 08.01.062; AS 08.68.100; AS 08.68.170; AS 08.68.270; AS 08.68.275
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific:  AS 08.01.062; AS 08.68.100; AS 08.68.170; AS 08.68.270; AS 08.68.275

Fiscal Information: The regulations are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

DATE: 4/10/2020
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist                                                                                                      
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation.  The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code.  If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))

1.   Adopting agency:  Alaska Board of Nursing – Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. 

2.   General subject of regulation:  Courtesy license.

3.     Citation of regulation:12 AAC 44.318.

4.   Department of Law file number:  2020200324

5.   Reason for the proposed action:  Emergency regulations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

6.   Appropriation/Allocation:  Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.

7.   Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
       A private person:  None known.  
        Another state agency:  None known.
        A municipality:  None known.

8.   Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): 
        No costs are expected in FY 2020 or in subsequent years.

9.   The name of the contact person for the regulation:
     Marianne Murray, Executive Administrator
         Alaska Board of Nursing
         Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
         Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
         Telephone: (907) 269-8160
         E-mail: marianne.murray@alaska.gov

10.   The origin of the emergency regulation action:  Alaska Board of Nursing.

11.   Date: 4/10/2020
     Prepared by: Jun Maiquis
                              Regulations Specialist