NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO TELEMEDICINE BUISNESS REGISTRY PROVISIONS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING FUNCTIONS AND UPDATES TO APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR[...]

NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO TELEMEDICINE BUISNESS REGISTRY PROVISIONS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING FUNCTIONS AND UPDATES TO APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS LICENSING IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development proposes to change centralized and business licensing regulations relating to the telemedicine business registry, application and registration requirements for business licenses, and updates to definitions, implementing amendments to AS 08.02 enacted under Chapter 13, SLA 2024 (SB 91).

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (Department) proposes to adopt regulation changes to the centralized and business licensing regulations in Title 12, Chapters 02 and 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code, to implement the amendments to AS 08.02 as enacted under Chapter 13, SLA 2024 (SB 91), dealing with updates to the telemedicine business registry, application and registration requirements for business licenses, and updates to definitions, including the following:

1. 12 AAC 02.106 and 12 AAC 02.600, are proposed to be repealed, transferring all provisions relating to the telemedicine business registry from centralized professional licensing regulations. These changes will consolidate the information from these sections into new sections of the business licensing regulations.

2. 12 AAC 12.025, 12 AAC 12.035, 12 AAC 12.040, 12 AAC 12.990, are proposed as new sections and updates to existing sections to incorporate the telemedicine business registry provisions currently found under 12 AAC 02.106 and 12 AAC 02.600; to combine the application process, registration requirements, registry maintenance and oversight within the regulations for business licensing; to update wording to simplify and streamline the provisions throughout; and to update the definitions section to include the terms "business name" and "telemedicine services".

3. 12 AAC 12.030, 12 AAC 12.040, and 12 AAC 12.050, are proposed to be changed to update the application, renewal, and change request requirements to clarify that all documents relating to business licenses under these sections must be signed by an authorized person.

You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Department will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at [email protected]. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at https://http://notice.alaska.gov/221704, using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on December 18, 2025.

You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 and by e-mail at [email protected]. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Department will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Department's webpages athttps://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/BusinessLicensing.aspx, andhttps://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing.aspx.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Stefanie Davis at (907) 465-2537 or [email protected] not later than December 11, 2025 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.

A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Stefanie Davis at (907) 465-2537, [email protected], or at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/Regulations/BL-1024.pdf.

After the public comment period ends, the Department will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected.

Statutory Authority: AS 08.01.050, AS 08.01.060, AS 08.01.080, AS 08.01.100, AS 43.70.020, AS 43.70.030, AS 43.70.075, AS 43.70.090, AS 43.70.105, AS 43.70.110, AS 44.33.020, AS 44.33.381.
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.01.050, AS 08.01.060, AS 08.01.100, AS 43.70.020, AS 43.70.030, AS 43.70.110, AS 44.33.020, AS 44.33.381.

Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

For each profession regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that profession. Those on the list will automatically be sent a copy of all the Division notices of proposed regulation changes for that profession. To be added to or removed from the list, send a request to the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing at P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806, giving your name, the profession for which you would like to receive notices, and either your e-mail address or mailing address as you prefer for receiving notices.

DATE: 11/16/2025
Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))

1. Adopting agency: Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development - Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

2. General subject of regulation: Changes to centralized and business licensing regulations relating to the telemedicine business registry, application and registration requirements for business licenses, and updates to definitions, implementing amendments to AS 08.02 enacted under Chapter 13, SLA 2024 (SB 91).

3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 02.106, 12 AAC 02.600, 12 AAC 12.025, 12 AAC 12.030, 12 AAC 12.035, 12 AAC 12.040, 12 AAC 12.050, 12 AAC 12.990.

4. Department of Law file number: 2024200498.

5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations; compliance with state statute.

6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing - #2360.

7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: $100 per license biennially for the telemedicine business registry.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.

8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):
No costs are expected in FY 2026 or in subsequent years.

9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:Jessica Fowler, Licensing ExaminerDivision of Corporations, Business and Professional LicensingDepartment of Commerce, Community, and Economic DevelopmentTelephone: (907) 465-2426E-mail: [email protected]

10. The origin of the proposed action: Staff of state agency.

11. Date: 11/16/2025
Prepared by: Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist

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