US EditionAlaska medical board approves draft to discipline providers of gender-affirming care for youth
The Alaska State Medical Board classified gender-affirming care for minors as unprofessional conduct, risking sanctions for providers despite opposition from 500 medical professionals.
- The Alaska State Medical Board unanimously approved draft language classifying gender-affirming medical or surgical care for minors as unprofessional conduct, with review set for Aug. 22, 2025.
- After lawmakers failed to act on a March request, the Alaska State Medical Board sent a letter urging limits on gender-affirming care for minors and moved to draft regulations led by Matt Heilala, Anchorage podiatrist and board member.
- The draft language expands unprofessional conduct to include puberty blockers and surgeries for minors, exempts congenital sex development disorder treatments, and will go to the State Department of Law before a 30-day public comment period.
- If adopted, practitioners may face sanctions including license revocation, and medical students and physicians warned this could deter clinicians and harm Alaska's physician workforce and access to care.
- The board's move reflects a broader trend in other states, where more than half have limited gender-affirming care, and the rulemaking process can take months including further meetings and oral comments.
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Alaska Doctors Could Be Disciplined for Providing Transgender Care for Minors
(MedPage Today) -- Alaska medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care for children could risk disciplinary action under proposed changes to state regulations approved by the state medical board on Friday. The board unanimously approved...
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Alaska medical board approves draft to discipline providers of gender-affirming care for youth
The Alaska State Medical Board has approved preliminary language that could result in disciplinary action against medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
Proposal could lead to sanctions against Alaska medical professionals for gender-affirming care
The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct
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