Section 12 AAC 16.990 - Definitions(a) In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "appropriate treatment or services" means treatment or services performed, because of a substantiated and properly diagnosed condition, that is consistent with that diagnosis as reviewed by the peer review committee appointed under 12 AAC 16.400;(2) "board" means the Board of Chiropractic Examiners;(3) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;(4) "licensee" means a chiropractic physician licensed under AS 08.20;(5) "reasonable and appropriate cost of treatment" means that charges submitted for services performed are necessary and reasonable charges in the judgment of the peer review committee appointed under 12 AAC 16.400;(6) "criminal history record information" has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900.(7) "general supervision" means the directing of the authorized activities by a licensed chiropractic physician and does not require the physical presence of the supervisor when directing those activities;(8) "personal supervision" means that the licensed chiropractic physician is physically present at the same office location where the services are being furnished.(b) In AS 08.20.900, (1) "prescription drug" means a drug that (A) under federal law, before being dispensed or delivered, is required to be labeled with either of the following statements: (i) "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription";(ii) "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by, or on the order of, a licensed veterinarian"; or(B) is required by an applicable federal or state law or regulation to be dispensed only under a prescription drug order or is restricted to use by practitioners only;(2) "surgery" (A) means the use of a scalpel, sharp cutting instrument, laser, electrical current, or other device to incise or remove living tissue;(B) does not include venipuncture or the removal of foreign objects from external tissue.Eff. 6/29/84, Register 90; am 8/31/86, Register 99; am 6/3/89, Register 110; am 1/6/2002, Register 161; am 8/14/2010, Register 195; am 3/16/2011, Register 197; am 2/23/2020, Register 233, April 2020 Authority:AS 08.20.055
AS 08.20.900