1. (a) The board will accept professional activities toward fulfillment of the continuing competency requirements set out in 12 AAC 44.600 if the applicant documents

   1. (1) repealed 8/19/2022;
   2. (2) repealed 8/19/2022;
   3. (3) for a practical nurse license, on or before September 30, 2020, completion of at least 60 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the applicant seeks renewal;
   4. (4) for a registered nurse license, on or before November 30, 2020, completion of at least 60 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the applicant seeks renewal;
   5. (5) for a practical nurse license, on or after October 1, 2020, completion of at least 30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the applicant seeks renewal;
   6. (6) for a registered nurse license, on or after December 1, 2020, completion of at least 30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the applicant seeks renewal; and

   7. (7) that the hours of participation in professional activities were earned in at least one of the following ways,

      1. (A) work with a professional nursing or health-related organization;
      2. (B) authoring or contributing to an article, book, or publication related to health care;
      3. (C) development and oral presentation of a paper before a professional or lay group on a subject that explores new or current areas of nursing theory, technique, or philosophy;
      4. (D) the design and conduct of a research study relating to nursing and health care;
      5. (E) other professional activities approved by the board and included on a list that the board maintains; the board will approve only those activities that meet the definition of "professional activities" in (b) of this section.
2. (b) In this section, "professional activities" means activities, performed without compensation, that use nursing knowledge and contribute to the health of individuals or the community.
3. (c) Providing nursing care to the nurse's immediate family members does not qualify to meet professional activities requirements. In this subsection, "immediate family member" means a parent, sibling, spouse, child, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepchild, or same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partner.

(Eff. 1/1/87, Register 97; am 7/28/95, Register 135; am 11/2/2001, Register 160; am 10/15/2004, Register 172; am 8/10/2016, Register 219; am 5/16/2018, Register 226; am 8/8/2018, Register 227; am 8/19/2022, Register 243)

Authority: AS 08.68.100, AS 08.68.276, AS 08.68.330