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HALTER v. STATE, DEPT. OF COMMERCE

No. S-8245.

990 P.2d 1035 (1999)

Loren D. HALTER, D.O., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Winegarden, Winegarden & Whitaker, Kenai, for Appellant.

Maurice McClure, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alaska Statute 08.64.326(a)(8)(A) authorizes the Alaska State Medical Board (Board) to sanction a physician when the Board finds that the physician has demonstrated professional incompetence. Professional incompetence is defined by regulation as "lacking sufficient knowledge, skills, or professional judgment ... to a degree likely to endanger the health of his or her patients."

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