BIG GAME COMM. SVS BD/BD DENTAL EXAMINERS, the official text

Enrolled SB 29 
 Establishing an executive administrator position for the Board of Dental Examiners; and 
 relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services Board. 
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 * Section 1. AS 08.36.070 is amended to read: 
 Sec. 08.36.070. Duties and [GENERAL] powers of board. (a) The board 
 shall 
 (1) provide for the examination of applicants and the credentialing, 
 registration, and licensure of those applicants it finds qualified; 
 (2) maintain a registry of licensed dentists, licensed dental hygienists, 
 and registered dental assistants who are in good standing; 
 (3) affiliate with the American Association of Dental Boards and pay 
 annual dues to the association; 
 (4) hold hearings and order the disciplinary sanction of a person who

violates this chapter, AS 08.32, or a regulation of the board; 
 (5) supply forms for applications, licenses, permits, certificates, 
 registration documents, and other papers and records; 
 (6) enforce the provisions of this chapter and AS 08.32 and adopt or 
 amend the regulations necessary to make the provisions of this chapter and AS 08.32 
 effective; 
 (7) adopt regulations ensuring that renewal of a license, registration, or 
 certificate under this chapter or a license, certificate, or endorsement under AS 08.32 
 is contingent on proof of continued professional competence; the regulations must 
 require that a licensee receive not less than two hours of education in pain 
 management and opioid use and addiction in the two years preceding an application 
 for renewal of a license, unless the licensee has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the 
 board that the licensee does not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement 
 Administration registration number; 
 (8) at least annually, cause to be published on the Internet and in a 
 newspaper of general circulation in each major city in the state a summary of 
 disciplinary actions the board has taken during the preceding calendar year; 
 (9) issue permits or certificates to licensed dentists, licensed dental 
 hygienists, and dental assistants who meet standards determined by the board for 
 specific procedures that require specific education and training; 
 (10) require that a licensed dentist who has a federal Drug 
 Enforcement Administration registration number register with the controlled substance 
 prescription database under AS 17.30.200(n); 
 (11) establish the qualifications and duties of the executive 
 administrator. 
 (b) The board may 
 (1) order a licensed dentist or licensed dental hygienist to submit to a 
 reasonable physical or mental examination if the dentist's or the dental hygienist's 
 physical or mental capacity to practice safely is at issue; 
 (2) authorize a designee of the board or the board's investigator to 
 inspect the practice facilities or patient or professional records of a dentist at

reasonable times and in a reasonable manner to monitor compliance with this chapter 
 and with AS 08.32; [AND] 
 (3) delegate the board's powers to act, hear, and decide matters as 
 authorized by AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act); and 
 (4) delegate authority to the executive administrator as necessary 
 to conduct board business. 
 * Sec. 2. AS 08.36 is amended by adding a new section to read: 
 Sec. 08.36.072. Executive administrator of the board. (a) The department, in 
 consultation with the board, shall employ an executive administrator. The executive 
 administrator is the principal executive officer of the board, in the partially exempt 
 service under AS 39.25.120, and entitled to receive a monthly salary equal to a step in 
 Range 23 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a). 
 (b) The executive administrator shall perform duties as prescribed by the 
 board. 
 * Sec. 3. AS 08.54.591 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
 (c) The department, in consultation with the board, shall employ an executive 
 administrator to perform duties as prescribed by the board. The executive 
 administrator is the principal executive officer of the board. The executive 
 administrator is in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 and is entitled to 
 receive a monthly salary equal to a step in Range 23 on the salary schedule set out in 
 AS 39.27.011(a). 
 * Sec. 4. AS 08.54.600(a) is amended to read: 
 (a) The board shall 
 (1) prepare and grade 
 (A) a qualification examination for a registered guide-outfitter 
 license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to 
 provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of 
 fishing, hunting, and guiding laws and regulations; and 
 (B) a certification examination for each game management unit 
 in which the registered guide-outfitter intends to provide big game hunting 
 services; the examination must require demonstration that the registered guide-

outfitter is qualified to provide guided and outfitted hunts in the game 
 management unit for which the registered guide-outfitter seeks to be certified 
 and, in particular, must require demonstration that the registered guide-outfitter 
 possesses knowledge of the terrain, transportation problems, game, and other 
 characteristics of the game management unit; 
 (2) authorize the issuance of registered guide-outfitter, master guide- 
 outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, and transporter licenses after the 
 applicant for the license satisfies the requirements for the license; 
 (3) impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions on a licensee under 
 AS 08.54.600 - 08.54.790; 
 (4) require an applicant for issuance or renewal of any class of guide 
 license or of a transporter license to state in a written and signed document whether 
 the applicant's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, 
 outfitting, or transportation services license is revoked or suspended in this state or 
 another state or in Canada; 
 (5) regularly disseminate information regarding examinations and 
 other qualifications for all classes of guide licenses to residents of the rural areas of the 
 state; 
 (6) adopt procedural and substantive regulations required by this 
 chapter; 
 (7) provide for administration of examinations for registered guide- 
 outfitters at least twice a year; 
 (8) meet at least twice annually; 
 (9) [REPEALED] 
 (10) coordinate and consult with the Board of Game and the 
 Department of Natural Resources to fulfill the duties of each under AS 16.05.263 and 
 AS 38.05.021; and 
 (11) establish the qualifications and duties of the board's executive 
 administrator employed by the department under AS 08.54.591(c) and delegate 
 authority to the executive administrator as necessary to conduct board business. 
 * Sec. 5. AS 39.25.120(c) is amended to read:

(c) The following positions in the state service constitute the partially exempt 
 service: 
 (1) deputy and assistant commissioners of the principal departments of 
 the executive branch, including the assistant adjutant general of the Department of 
 Military and Veterans' Affairs; 
 (2) the directors of the major divisions of the principal departments of 
 the executive branch and the regional directors of the Department of Transportation 
 and Public Facilities; 
 (3) attorney members of the staff of the Department of Law, of the 
 public defender agency, and of the office of public advocacy in the Department of 
 Administration; 
 (4) one private secretary for each head of a principal department in the 
 executive branch; 
 (5) employees of councils, boards, or commissions established by 
 statute in the Office of the Governor or the office of the lieutenant governor, unless a 
 different classification is provided by statute; 
 (6) not more than two special assistants to the commissioner of each of 
 the principal departments of the executive branch, but the number may be increased if 
 the partially exempt service is extended under AS 39.25.130 to include the additional 
 special assistants; 
 (7) the principal executive officer of the following boards, councils, or 
 commissions: 
 (A) Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission; 
 (B) Professional Teaching Practices Commission; 
 (C) Parole Board; 
 (D) Board of Nursing; 
 (E) Real Estate Commission; 
 (F) Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board; 
 (G) Alaska State Council on the Arts; 
 (H) Alaska Police Standards Council; 
 (I) Alaska Commission on Aging;

(J) Alaska Mental Health Board; 
 (K) State Medical Board; 
 (L) Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education; 
 (M) Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; 
 (N) Statewide Suicide Prevention Council; 
 (O) State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and 
 Land Surveyors; 
 (P) Alaska Health Care Commission; 
 (Q) Board of Pharmacy; 
 (R) Big Game Commercial Services Board; 
 (S) Board of Dental Examiners; 
 (8) Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home managers; 
 (9) hearing examiners in the Department of Revenue; 
 (10) the comptroller in the division of treasury, Department of 
 Revenue; 
 (11) airport managers in the Department of Transportation and Public 
 Facilities employed at the Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports; 
 (12) the deputy director of the division of insurance in the Department 
 of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; 
 (13) the executive director and staff of the Alaska Public Offices 
 Commission; 
 (14) the rehabilitation administrator of the division of workers' 
 compensation; 
 (15) guards employed by the Department of Public Safety for 
 emergencies; 
 (16) marine pilot coordinator of the Board of Marine Pilots; 
 (17) guards employed by the Department of Corrections, other than in 
 state correctional facilities, to carry out the responsibility of the commissioner of 
 corrections under AS 33.30.071(b); 
 (18) hearing officers and administrative law judges of the Regulatory 
 Commission of Alaska;

(19) the compact administrator appointed under AS 33.36.130; 
 (20) the chief administrative law judge and administrative law judges 
 of the office of administrative hearings; 
 (21) the executive secretary of the Board of Public Accountancy.