The short answer for Alaska. An evaluation and order by a practitioner permitted to make it. ⚠️ Alaska’s Division convened a Medical Spa Services Work Group and published a DRAFT interdisciplinary scope matrix — who may perform what is still being mapped.
A good faith exam is a clinical evaluation by a licensed provider, before treatment, establishing that the treatment is appropriate for that patient. What differs between states is who is allowed to perform it, whether it may happen remotely, and what has to be documented. This page sets out what we have verified for Alaska against primary sources, and says so plainly where a question is unsettled.
Who may perform the good faith exam in Alaska
An evaluation and order by a practitioner permitted to make it. ⚠️ Alaska’s Division convened a Medical Spa Services Work Group and published a DRAFT interdisciplinary scope matrix — who may perform what is still being mapped.
Medical director. An Alaska-licensed MD or DO.
Delegation and supervision. Conservative delegation only, to practitioners whose own licence clearly supports the task, under written protocols. Silence in an unsettled state is not permission.
The gate that catches operators in Alaska
AS 10.45 requires a CERTIFICATE FROM THE PROFESSION’S REGULATORY BOARD, certifying every incorporator, director and shareholder is licensed, filed WITH the articles of incorporation. AS 10.45.030 limits a PC to one type of professional service.
“No CPOM statute” is the most misleading summary in this field. There is no prohibition to point at, and there is a filing that puts your shareholder list in front of a licensing board before you open.
What makes the exam defensible
Nobody is ever asked to produce a good faith exam on a good day. The request arrives after a complication, a board complaint, an insurance audit or a buyer’s diligence. Five things decide whether what you hand over helps you:
- A qualified practitioner, permitted in that state, actually performed it.
- A real evaluation happened — history, indications, contraindications, and a decision.
- The treatment plan and the order are specific: drug or device, site, dose or settings.
- Informed consent was taken and recorded before treatment, not after.
- The record still exists, unaltered and retrievable, two years later when somebody asks.
Only the first of those is state-specific. The other four fail in exactly the same way in Alaska as everywhere else, and they are where most exam processes actually break — not on the licence question, but on documentation nobody kept.
How Alaska sits on structure
Corporate practice of medicine. No express statute. AS 10.45, the Professional Corporation Act, does the same work through licensure and a board filing.
The exam and the structure are separate questions and they fail separately. A perfectly documented exam performed inside an entity that may not lawfully deliver the service is still a problem, and a clean entity does not save a rubber-stamped exam. See medical direction in Alaska for the structure side.
What MDside provides in Alaska
- Alaska-licensed physicians performing the exam themselves — not a queue of signatures.
- A written evaluation, treatment plan and order per patient, in a record you keep and can export.
- Protocols and delegation written to Alaska, matched to the services actually on your menu.
- A named Alaska medical director doing the work, where your structure needs one.
- 503A and 503B pharmacy relationships and in-house lab draws where the treatment calls for them.
Book a call and we will read your current exam process against the five tests above, in Alaska and any other state you operate in. The review is free and you are not obliged to use us for the fix.
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Frequently asked questions
Who can perform a good faith exam in Alaska?
An evaluation and order by a practitioner permitted to make it. ⚠️ Alaska’s Division convened a Medical Spa Services Work Group and published a DRAFT interdisciplinary scope matrix — who may perform what is still being mapped.
Can the exam be done by telehealth in Alaska?
That depends on the state rule above and on the treatment. Where we have verified a restriction it is stated on this page; where the position is unsettled we say so rather than guess, and we confirm it with the board before you build a remote funnel.
Does Alaska require a physician medical director?
An Alaska-licensed MD or DO.
What happens if the exam is not documented?
The exam effectively did not happen. In a complaint, an audit or a sale, an undocumented evaluation is treated as no evaluation — which is why the record, not the call, is the thing you are actually buying.
Primary sources for Alaska: AS 10.45.020; AS 10.45.030; AS 08.64 (State Medical Board); Alaska Div. of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Medical Spa Services Work Group. Last reviewed 2026-09-03. Corrections are welcome and get made: contact us.
General information about good faith exams and practice structure in Alaska, not legal advice. Requirements differ by state and change often. Confirm your obligations with healthcare counsel licensed in Alaska.