Alaska § 08.68.710 - Prescription of drugs without physical examination.

§ 08.68.710. Prescription of drugs without physical examination.

 (a) The board may not impose disciplinary sanctions on an advanced practice registered nurse for rendering a diagnosis, providing treatment, or prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug that is not a controlled substance to a person without conducting a physical examination if        (1) the advanced practice registered nurse or another licensed health care provider in the medical practice is available to provide follow-up care; and

 (2) the advanced practice registered nurse requests that the person consent to sending a copy of all records of the encounter to the person's primary care provider if the prescribing advanced practice registered nurse is not the person's primary care provider and, if the person consents, the advanced practice registered nurse sends the records to the person's primary care provider.

 (b) The board may not impose disciplinary sanctions on an advanced practice registered nurse for prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription drug that is a controlled substance if the requirements under (a) of this section and AS 08.68.705 are met and the advanced practice registered nurse prescribes, dispenses, or administers the controlled substance.

 (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, an advanced practice registered nurse may not prescribe, dispense, or administer a prescription drug in response to an Internet questionnaire or electronic mail message to a person with whom the advanced practice registered nurse does not have a prior provider-patient relationship.

 (d) In this section,        (1) “controlled substance” has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900 ;

 (2) “prescription drug” has the meaning given in AS 08.80.480 ;

 (3) “primary care provider” has the meaning given in AS 21.07.250 .

Article 7. General Provisions.