Alaska scope of practice for med spas

RN / NP scope for injectables in Alaska

The Alaska Nursing statutes let a registered, advanced practice registered or practical nurse delegate nursing duties to other persons INCLUDING UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL, under board regulations, and a delegate may perform those duties without any nursing license of their own provided they meet the board’s requirements. AS 08.68.850 defines an advanced practice registered nurse as one certified to perform acts of medical diagnosis and to prescribe and dispense medical, therapeutic or corrective measures under board regulations. ⛔ AND THE REGULATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE PHYSICIAN COLLABORATION IS NO LONGER THERE. In the board’s advanced-practice article the collaboration slot reads “12 AAC 44.410. Collaborative relationship. Repealed 12/1/84.”, as does the remote-location rule beside it; prescriptive authority runs from the board to the nurse on the nurse’s own application; and scope is set by the national certifying bodies the board recognizes. These claims survey AS 08.68 and 12 AAC 44.400 through 44.480; they do not survey the rest of Title 12, and the PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT rules on this page are a different article with a different answer — 12 AAC 40.410 requires a collaborative plan.

• A registered, advanced practice registered, or practical nurse licensed under this chapter may delegate nursing duties to other persons, including unlicensed assistive personnel, under regulations adopted by the board.

  AS 08.68.805 (Delegation of nursing functions) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• A person to whom the nursing duties are delegated may perform the delegated duties without a license or certificate under this chapter if the person meets the applicable requirements established by the board.

  AS 08.68.805 (Delegate may act without a nursing license) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• means a registered nurse licensed to practice in the state who, because of specialized education and experience, is certified to perform acts of medical diagnosis and the prescription and dispensing of medical, therapeutic, or corrective measures under regulations adopted by the board;

  AS 08.68.850(1) (Definition of advanced practice registered nurse) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• A licensed physician assistant may not practice without at least one collaborative relationship established under this chapter.

  12 AAC 40.410(a) (A physician assistant may not practice without a collaborative relationship) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• prescriptive authority being granted to the physician assistant by the collaborating physician under the collaborative plan.

  12 AAC 40.410(a)(5) (Prescriptive authority flows through the collaborative plan) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• The collaborative plan must be filed with the division within 14 days after the effective date of

  12 AAC 40.410(b) (The collaborative plan must be filed) · verified Sep 5, 2026

• ⛔ ALASKA ANSWERS THIS BY WHAT ITS RULE BOOK NO LONGER CONTAINS. The slot in the advanced-practice article that would carry a physician-collaboration requirement reads, in full, “12 AAC 44.410. Collaborative relationship. Repealed 12/1/84.” — as does “12 AAC 44.435. Advanced nurse practitioner in remote location. Repealed 12/1/84.” Prescribing runs between the board and the nurse with no physician in the chain: “The board may authorize an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to prescribe and dispense legend drugs in accordance with applicable state and federal laws”, on the nurse’s own application, current APRN designation and 15 contact hours of advanced pharmacology. Scope is set the same way — the board “recognizes advanced and specialized acts of nursing practice as those described in the scope of practice statements published by national professional nursing associations recognized by the board”. These claims survey 12 AAC 44.400 through 44.480, the APRN article; they do not survey the rest of Title 12.

  12 AAC 44.410, 44.430, 44.435, 44.440 (APRN article — collaboration rule repealed; scope and prescriptive authority) · verified Sep 8, 2026