Alaska Stat. § 18.09.210 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.09 / Section 18.09.210
State Vaccine Assessment Council; members; duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Vaccine Assessment Council is established in the department for the purpose of determining the amount of vaccine assessments made by the commissioner to be paid by assessable entities and other program participants in the state under procedures established by the council.

(b) The council consists of eight members appointed by the commissioner as follows: (1) the department's chief medical officer for public health or the chief medical officer's designee, who shall serve as chair;

(2) two health care providers licensed in the state, one of whom must be a pediatrician;

(3) three members representing health care insurers licensed in the state under AS 21.54 , one of whom must be a plan administrator; each insurer must represent a different organization in the state;

(4) a representative of a tribal or public health insurance plan;

(5) the director of the division of insurance or the director's designee.

(c) A member appointed to the council under (b)(2)  (4) of this section serves without compensation and reimbursement of expenses for a term of three years or until a successor is appointed. A member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

(d) The council shall meet at the call of the chair and conduct business by majority vote.

(e) The department shall provide staff and other assistance to the council.

(f) The council shall (1) establish and implement a plan of operation to (A) determine the amount of the annual vaccine assessment, subject to review by the commissioner, for each included vaccine for each covered individual following the initial vaccine assessment amounts determined by the commissioner;

(B) use a method for determining the vaccine assessment amount that attributes to each assessable entity and other program participant the proportionate costs of included vaccines for covered individuals;

(C) establish procedures for the collection and deposit of the vaccine assessment;

(D) establish procedures for collecting and updating data from assessable entities and other program participants as necessary for the operation of the program and the determination of the annual vaccine assessment; the data collected must include the number of covered individuals by each assessable entity and other program participant and the annual vaccine program usage by each covered individual;

(E) devise a system for reducing surplus payments made by an assessable entity and other program participant by crediting past overpayments to current year vaccine assessments;

(2) submit to the commissioner and to the legislature, not later than July 1 of each year, an annual financial report, including assessment determinations and overall costs of the program, in a form acceptable to the commissioner and the legislature;

(3) monitor compliance with the program requirements and vaccine assessments and submit a periodic noncompliance report to the commissioner and the director of insurance that lists assessable entities and other program participants that failed to (A) remit vaccine assessments as determined by the council and approved by the commissioner; or

(B) comply with a reporting or auditing requirement under the program after notice from the council.
Alaska Stat. § 18.57.010 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.57 / Section 18.57.010
Finding and purpose.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that an acute shortage of adequate, safe, reliable electrical facilities exists in the rural areas of the state and that adequate electrical systems cannot be provided by the private sector due to inadequate projected system revenues and economic depression in certain areas or by local governments of the state since the boundaries required for boroughs under art. X, § 3, of the Alaska Constitution and the boundaries of cities necessary to effectively operate as cities would, in many cases, not be adequate to provide economic, adequate, safe, and reliable electrical service. The legislature further finds that adequate housing, public facilities, and economic development are heavily dependent upon adequate, safe, and reliable electrical facilities. These conditions are inimical to the safety, health, welfare, and prosperity of the residents of the state and to the sound growth of rural communities. The legislature further finds that a reasonable means of accomplishing the purpose of providing adequate, safe, and reliable systems is the creation of regional electrical authorities that are not local governments. It is the purpose and intent of the legislature to provide a means whereby public corporations to serve as regional electrical authorities may be formed.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.248 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.248
Employment of correctional, probation, and parole officers.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be appointed as a municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer unless the person has a valid certificate issued by the council under AS 18.65.242 .

(b) The provisions of (a) of this section do not apply to a person employed on a probationary basis, except that employment on a probationary basis may not exceed the period authorized for probationary employment determined by the council.
Alaska Stat. § 18.85.150 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.85 / Section 18.85.150
Recovery from defendant.
Status: reserved

(a) A person who has received assistance under this chapter shall pay the state for the assistance if the person was not entitled to it at the time indigency was determined.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover payment from a person described in (a) of this section who refuses to make the payment. The action shall be brought within six years after the conclusion of the proceeding for which the assistance was provided.

(c) [Repealed, § 5 ch 16 SLA 1974.] (d) Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid into the state general fund.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.650 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.650
Civil penalty.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety, or a person designated by the commissioner of public safety, may file a civil complaint in the district court to enforce AS 18.65.640 . A person who fails to comply with AS 18.65.640 is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.
Alaska Stat. § 18.63.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.63 / Section 18.63.070
Penalty.
Status: in_force

The department may impose a civil fine of not more than $200 for a first violation, and not more than $1,000 for a subsequent violation, of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.270 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.270
Report of inspection; fee.
Status: in_force

(a) Each company employing a special inspector shall, within 15 days following each inspection for certification as required by AS 18.60.390 for a boiler or unfired pressure vessel, file a report of the inspection with the department.

(b) In addition, a special inspector shall file with the department a report of an inspection that discloses a condition dangerous to life or property in a boiler or unfired pressure vessel. The special inspector shall file the report within 15 days following the inspection.

(c) A company or special inspector who files a report under this section shall enter the report directly into the department's electronic inspection report system or submit the report to the department on a form provided by the department. The department shall charge a company or special inspector a fee of $10 for filing a report if the company or special inspector does not file the report by entering the report directly into the department's electronic inspection report system.

(d) The department shall deposit the fees collected under (c) of this section in the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025 .

(e) In this section, department means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Alaska Stat. § 18.45.060 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.45 / Section 18.45.060
Injunction proceedings.
Status: in_force

When, in the opinion of the governor, a person is violating or is about to violate AS 18.45.020 or 18.45.025, the governor shall direct the attorney general to apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity and upon a showing that the person has engaged, or is about to engage in the activity, the court may grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.220 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.220
Duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Status: in_force

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall (1) have all violators of AS 18.60.180  18.60.390 prosecuted;

(2) issue, suspend, or revoke for cause, inspection certificates provided for in AS 18.60.390 ;

(3) take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws and regulations governing the use of boilers and unfired pressure vessels;

(4) keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum allowable working pressure, age, condition, location, and date of the last recorded internal inspection of boilers and unfired pressure vessels to which AS 18.60.180  18.60.390 apply;

(5) adopt regulations establishing reasonable fees for administering special inspector examinations and for processing applications for special inspector commissions; and

(6) do acts necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 18.60.180  18.60.390.
Alaska Stat. § 18.23.320 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.23 / Section 18.23.320
Contract conditions.
Status: in_force

A contract entered into to carry out the purposes of AS 18.23.300 must require that the contractor meet applicable federal and state requirements for protecting health information privacy and security and nationally recognized standards for interoperability of health information technology.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.060 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.060
Powers and duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other powers and duties prescribed by this chapter, the commission shall (1) appoint an executive director approved by the governor;

(2) hire other administrative staff as may be necessary to the commission's function;

(3) exercise general supervision and direct the activities of the executive director and other administrative staff;

(4) accept complaints under AS 18.80.100 ;

(5) study the problems of discrimination in all or specific fields of human relationships, foster through community effort or goodwill, cooperation and conciliation among the groups and elements of the population of the state, and publish results of investigations and research as in its judgment will tend to eliminate discrimination because of race, religion, color, national ancestry, physical or mental disability, age, sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, or parenthood;

(6) make an overall assessment, at least once every three years, of the progress made toward equal employment opportunity by every department of state government; results of the assessment shall be included in the annual report made under AS 18.80.150 .

(b) In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by this chapter, the commission may (1) delegate to the executive director all powers and duties given it by this chapter except the duties and powers given it by AS 18.80.120 and 18.80.130;

(2) call upon the departments and agencies of the state, with the approval of the governor, for cooperation and assistance in carrying out this chapter;

(3) hold hearings under AS 18.80.120 ;

(4) establish the amount and manner of payment of fees for educational services, information, and materials that the commission provides to public and private organizations and other persons.

(c) A commissioner or an employee authorized by the commission may administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, and other process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of testimony, records, papers, accounts, and documents in any inquiry, investigation, hearing, or proceeding before the commission in the state. The commission, a commissioner, or an employee authorized by the commission may petition a court of this state to enforce its subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, and other process.
Alaska Stat. § 18.08.025 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.08 / Section 18.08.025
Statewide emergency medical services system.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall advise the governor with regard to the planning and implementation of a statewide emergency medical services system.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.800 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.800
Possession of firearms in motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state, a municipality, or a person may not adopt or enforce a law, ordinance, policy, or rule that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting an individual from possessing a firearm while that individual is within a motor vehicle or prohibiting an individual from storing a firearm that is locked in the individual's motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is otherwise legally parked in or on state or municipal property or another person's property. This section applies only to possession of a firearm by an individual who may legally possess a firearm under state and federal law.

(b) This section does not limit a person's rights or remedies under any other law.

(c) The state, a municipality, or a person is not liable for any injury or damage resulting from the storage of a firearm in the vehicle of another individual in accordance with this section.

(d) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an employer or its agent may prohibit the possession of firearms within a secured restricted access area, as defined in AS 29.35.145 (e)(2), in a vehicle owned, leased, or rented by the employer or its agent or in a parking lot owned or controlled by the employer within 300 feet of the secured restricted access area that does not include common areas of ingress and egress open to the general public. The employer or its agent shall post conspicuous notice of the prohibition against possession of firearms at each entrance to the restricted access area and affected parking area.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.162 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.162
Notification about hearing screening.
Status: in_force

When the bureau receives a certificate of live birth under AS 18.50.160 for a newborn who was delivered outside of a hospital, the bureau shall forward the names and addresses of the parents to the department employees who administer the screening program set out in AS 47.20.310  47.20.390. Those department employees shall notify the child's parents of the merits of having the child screened for hearing ability.
Alaska Stat. § 18.67.110 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.67 / Section 18.67.110
Nature of the compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order the payment of compensation under this chapter for (1) expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim;

(2) loss of earning power as a result of total or partial incapacity of the victim, and reasonable expenses of job retraining of or similar employment-oriented rehabilitative services for the victim;

(3) pecuniary loss to the dependents of the deceased victim; and

(4) any other loss resulting from the personal injury or death of the victim that the board determines to be reasonable.

(b) The board may order that compensation under (a) of this section for a service provided as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim be paid directly to the provider of the service.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.081 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.081
Temporary variance.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who is affected by AS 18.60.010  18.60.105 may apply to the commissioner for a temporary variance from a provision of the safety and health standards adopted by the department. A temporary variance shall be issued only if the employer files an application fulfilling the requirements of (b) of this section and the employer establishes that the employer (1) is unable to comply with a standard by its effective date because of unavailability of the professional or technical personnel or of the materials and equipment needed to come into compliance or because necessary construction or alteration of facilities cannot be completed by the effective date;

(2) is taking all available steps to safeguard employees against the hazards covered by the standard;

(3) has an effective program for coming into compliance with the standards as quickly as practicable.

(b) An application for a temporary variance must contain (1) a specification of the standard from which the employer seeks a temporary variance;

(2) a representation by the employer, supported by representations from qualified persons having firsthand knowledge of the facts represented, that the employer is unable to comply and a detailed statement of the reasons for this inability;

(3) a statement of the steps the employer has taken and will take, including specific dates, to protect employees against the hazard covered by the standard;

(4) a statement of when the employer expects to be able to comply with the standard and what steps the employer has taken and what steps the employer will take, including specific dates, to come into compliance;

(5) a certification that the employer has informed employees of the application for temporary variance and of their right to request a hearing by giving a copy of the application and a written statement of the right to a hearing to the employees' authorized representative, by posting a statement giving a summary of the application and stating the employees' right to a hearing and specifying where a copy of the application and notice of right to a hearing may be examined at the place or places where notices to employees are normally posted, and by other appropriate means.

(c) A temporary variance issued under this section must prescribe the practices, means, methods, operations, and processes that the employer shall adopt and use while the variance is in effect and state in detail the employer's program for coming into compliance with the standard. A temporary variance may be granted only after notice to affected employees and an opportunity for hearing. However, the commissioner may issue one interim order to be effective until a decision is made on the basis of a hearing. A temporary variance may not be in effect for longer than the period needed by the employer to achieve compliance with the standard or one year, whichever is shorter, except that a temporary variance may be renewed no more than twice if the requirements of (a) and (b) of this section are met and the application for renewal is filed at least 90 days before the expiration date of the variance. An interim renewal of an order may not remain in effect for longer than 180 days.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.070
Compensation.
Status: in_force

The members of the commission are authorized per diem and travel allowances allowable to members of other boards and commissions.
Alaska Stat. § 18.09.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.09 / Section 18.09.070
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall serve as the state health planning and coordinating body. Consistent with state and federal law, the commission shall provide recommendations for and foster the development of a statewide health plan containing the following: (1) a comprehensive statewide health care policy;

(2) a strategy for improving the health of all residents of the state that (A) encourages personal responsibility for disease prevention, healthy living, and acquisition of health insurance;

(B) reduces health care costs by using savings from (i) enhanced market forces;

(ii) fraud reduction;

(iii) health information technology;

(iv) management efficiency;

(v) preventative medicine;

(vi) successful innovations identified by other states; and

(vii) other cost-saving measures;

(C) eliminates known health risks, including unsafe water and wastewater systems;

(D) develops a sustainable health care workforce;

(E) improves access to quality health care; and

(F) increases the number of insurance options for health care services.

(b) The commission may hold public hearings to gather information and opinions from health care consumers on matters before the commission. Hearings shall be conducted under AS 44.62.210 , except that the commission shall provide public notice of hearings not less than 15 days before the conduct of the hearing and include not fewer than three notices published in the statewide news media.

(c) The commission shall submit to the governor and the legislature by January 15 of each year an annual report regarding the commission's recommendations and activities. The report shall include voting records, copies of financial disclosures, and conflicts of interest statements.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.305 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.305
Nursing facility regulations.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt necessary regulations to implement AS 18.20.300  18.20.390 in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). The department shall, by regulation, specify criteria as to when and how the sanctions specified in AS 18.20.310 will be applied. The criteria must provide for the imposition of incrementally more severe penalties for deficiencies that are uncorrected or pervasive, or that present a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of nursing facility residents.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.990 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.990
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Vital Statistics Act.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.620 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.620
Inspection fees.
Status: in_force

A person, corporation, electric utility firm, public utility district, rural electrification association, or municipal utility district authorized under AS 18.60.610 to provide inspection services may charge a fee for these services. After notice and hearing, the department shall set a schedule of maximum fees for inspection services rendered under AS 18.60.580  18.60.660. The department may review the schedule every two years after giving notice and hearing.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.901 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.901
Operational requirements for unmanned aircraft systems.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement agency shall adopt procedures for the use of unmanned aircraft systems. The procedures adopted under this section must require, at a minimum, that the law enforcement agency (1) obtain any authorization, permit, or certificate required by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate the unmanned aircraft system;

(2) allow the unmanned aircraft system to be operated only by unmanned aircraft system pilots and crew members who have been trained and certified in the operation of the unmanned aircraft system and only under the supervision of officials trained in the policies and procedures governing the use of the unmanned aircraft system;

(3) provide that the flight of an unmanned aircraft system be approved by the commissioner or deputy commissioner of public safety or the chief administrative officer of the law enforcement agency or the officer's designee;

(4) ensure that the flight of an unmanned aircraft system be for a public purpose;

(5) maintain a record of each flight, including the time, date, and purpose of the flight, and the identity of the authorizing official;

(6) establish an auditable flight record system, including the documentation of a change in a flight time record;

(7) establish a method for notifying the public of the operation of an unmanned aircraft system, unless notifying the public would endanger the safety of a person;

(8) provide for community involvement in the development of the policies required in this section, including the consideration of public comment.

(b) In this section, chief administrative officer has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.230 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.230
Commercial use in a multi-unit residential housing development owned or financed by the corporation; limitations.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may authorize commercial use in a multi-unit residential housing development it owns or finances if (1) the use is not prohibited under (b) of this section; and

(2) the total of all commercial uses does not occupy more than a percentage of the space in the multi-unit residential housing development that the corporation has determined is consistent with the corporation's goal of increasing available affordable housing.

(b) The corporation may not authorize the commercial use of space in a multi-unit residential housing development owned or financed by the corporation for (1) a business that offers adult entertainment;

(2) the sale of alcoholic beverages, unless the sale is in premises (A) licensed under a restaurant or eating place license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under AS 04.09.210 or seasonal restaurant or eating place tourism license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under AS 04.09.360 ; or

(B) covered by a restaurant endorsement issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under AS 04.09.450 ;

(3) substance abuse treatment; or

(4) a business that primarily sells, transfers, or stores cigarettes or tobacco-related products.

(c) This section does not require the corporation to authorize commercial use in a multi-unit residential housing development owned or financed by the corporation.

(d) In this section, (1) business that offers adult entertainment has the meaning given in AS 23.10.350 (f);

(2) cigarette has the meaning given in AS 18.74.290 ;

(3) commercial use includes a business or nonprofit activity conducted by a sole proprietorship, cooperative, corporation, firm, partnership, or other association of persons organized in any manner.
Alaska Stat. § 18.35.090 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.35 / Section 18.35.090
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.35.010  18.35.090, (1) department means the Department of Environmental Conservation;

(2) tourist accommodations means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of abode, whether occupied by transient or permanent guests, whether equipped with tents, tent houses, cottages, automobile trailers, coaches, motor courts, or motels, and regardless of whether benefit accrues to the owner or operator.

Article 2. Public Restrooms.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.686 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.686
Powers and duties of village public safety officers.
Status: in_force

A village public safety officer who is certified under AS 18.65.682 has the power of a peace officer of the state or a municipality and is charged with (1) the protection of life and property in the state, including through (A) fire prevention and suppression;

(B) provision of emergency medical services; and

(C) participation in and coordination of search and rescue efforts for missing or injured persons;

(2) providing pretrial, probation, and parole supervision to persons under supervision by communicating with and monitoring the activities and progress of these persons at the direction of pretrial services, probation, and parole officers;

(3) conducting investigations;

(4) enforcing (A) the criminal laws of the state or a municipality;

(B) statutes or ordinances of the state or municipality punishable as a violation if the certified village public safety officer has completed training in that field of violation enforcement;

(5) providing local training programs on public safety; and

(6) the powers usually and customarily exercised by a peace officer.
Alaska Stat. § 18.23.020 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.23 / Section 18.23.020
Limitation on liability for members of review organizations.
Status: in_force

A person who is a member or employee of, or who acts in an advisory capacity to, or who furnishes counsel or services to a review organization is not liable for damages or other relief in an action brought by another whose activities have been or are being scrutinized or reviewed by a review organization, by reason of the performance of a duty, function, or activity of the review organization, unless the performance of the duty, function, or activity was motivated by malice toward the affected person. A person is not liable for damages or other relief in an action by reason of performance of a duty, function, or activity as a member of a review organization or by reason of a recommendation or action of the review organization when the person acts in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by facts known to the person or to the review organization after reasonable efforts to ascertain the facts upon which the review organization's action or recommendation is made.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.030 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.030
Duties of Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Status: in_force

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall (1) study ways and means for prevention of accidents to persons on the streets and highways, in and on the water, in aircraft usage, in homes, on the farms, at schools, in industrial and commercial plants, and in public places;

(2) plan and execute safety programs, including educational campaigns, designed to reduce accidents in every field of activity;

(3) work in cooperation with official and unofficial organizations and instrumentalities in the state that are interested in the promotion of safety so that possible resources can be marshalled and utilized to reduce the menace of accidental death and injury;

(4) work toward obtaining better observance and enforcement of laws governing street and highway traffic, and assist in bringing about, wherever feasible, the application of modern engineering measures for the prevention of traffic accidents;

(5) confer with and make recommendations to the public agencies responsible for safeguarding the people against accidents, and especially with and to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Education and Early Development, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Health, and the heads or representatives of federal departments and agencies operating in the state particularly concerned with safety programs and accident prevention;

(6) establish and enforce occupational safety and health standards that prescribe requirements for safe and healthful working conditions for all employment, including state and local government employment, and the requirements are to be at least as effective as those requirements adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor under 29 U.S.C. 655 (§ 6 of P.L. 91-596);

(7) require an employer to maintain records and submit reports to the department which records and reports are necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of AS 18.60.010  18.60.105 and to maintain records and submit reports to th United States Secretary of Labor in the same manner and to the same extent as set out in federal law and regulations;

(8) require an employer to maintain records and submit reports appropriate for use in developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational accidents and illnesses;

(9) require an employer to make periodic inspections when necessary to carry out the record and reporting requirements of (7) and (8) of this section;

(10) participate in occupational safety and health programs if it finds they are necessary to meet the occupational health and safety needs of the state;

(11) execute on behalf of the state agreements or contracts necessary or desirable to enable the state to participate in occupational safety and health programs, and to receive and expend funds made available for programs of the state;

(12) annually publish a list of toxic and hazardous substances and physical agents;

(13) maintain a current set of OSHA form 20's or equivalent information for toxic and hazardous substances and for physical agents, and other information relevant to toxic and hazardous substances and physical agents;

(14) assist employers, upon request, to develop employee safety education programs and to identify and obtain information on toxic and hazardous substances and physical agents;

(15) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature on the achievement of a coordinated state policy and program for the safety and health of residents of the state;

(16) organize and hold an annual governor's safety conference to bring together citizens interested in safety and health matters; the department may charge a fee to attend the safety conference based on the estimated cost to organize and hold the conference.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.080 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.080
Bonds of the authority; court jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may borrow money and may issue bonds for it, payable from the revenue derived by it from its interest in any one or more medical facilities or from its income and receipts or other assets generally, or a designated part of them. The issuance of revenue bonds is governed by the provisions of this chapter and is not subject to the prior approval of the voters of the state. Revenue bonds, whether coupon or fully registered, are negotiable instruments for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b) The authority shall issue revenue bonds only by resolution adopted by its board after finding that (1) the lessee or operator of the medical facility is financially responsible and competent to operate the facility, and the lease or operation contract has been approved by the authority and the lessee or operator;

(2) financing the medical facility will be advantageous to the public welfare of the state and the community in which the medical facility is or is to be located; and

(3) the medical facility to be constructed will comply with all applicable ordinances of the municipality.

(c) The resolution adopted in (b) of this section shall also specify the public purpose for which the proceeds of the revenue bonds must be expended and declare the projected cost of carrying out that purpose.

(d) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds, as term bonds, or bonds of both types. The authorizing bond resolution shall state the maturity date which may not exceed 40 years from the bond's date of issue, the rate of interest, the time of payment, the denomination, whether coupon or fully registered, whether transferable, exchangeable, or interchangeable, the registration and conversion privileges, if any, the covenant that payments are to be only in lawful money of the United States of America at the place the board authorizes, and the terms of redemption, if any. The bonds, notes, or attached interest coupons must be executed by manual or facsimile signatures of the officers of the authority designated by the board. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for the definitive bonds.

(e) The bond resolution shall provide for the establishment of one or more special funds, and those funds may be under the control of the board or one or more trustees. The bond resolution shall obligate the authority to deposit and expend the proceeds of the revenue bonds only into and from those funds. The authority may issue and sell revenue bonds payable as to interest and principal only out of those funds.

(f) All bonds may be sold at public or private sale in the manner, at the time, and for the price determined by the authority.

(g) Before the issuance of any bonds, the authority shall verify that the lease or operator agreement for the medical facility being financed by that issue is at least sufficient, in the judgment of the authority, (1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due;

(2) to create and maintain the reserves for them as the authority considers necessary or desirable; and

(3) to meet all obligations in connection with the lease or operator agreement, including all costs necessary to service the bonds.

(h) Bonds of the authority may be secured by a pooling of leases by which the authority may assign its rights and pledge rents under two or more leases of medical facilities, upon terms that may be provided for in bond resolutions of the authority.

(i) Any bond resolution may contain provisions, which constitute a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, as to (1) the rentals, fees, and other amounts to be charged, and the sums to be raised in each year by them, and the use, investment, and disposition of those sums;

(2) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation, investment, and disposition of them;

(3) limitations on the use of the medical facility;

(4) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, the terms upon which additional bonds may rank on a parity with, or be subordinate or superior to, other bonds;

(5) the refunding of outstanding bonds;

(6) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated;

(7) any matters relating to the bonds that the authority considers desirable.

(j) The authority may contract for the future sale of revenue bonds by which contract purchasers shall be committed to the prices, terms, and conditions stated in each contract. The authority may pay the consideration it considers proper for those commitments.

(k) The superior court has jurisdiction to hear and determine actions or proceedings relating to the authority, including actions or proceedings brought to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage, pledge, assignment, or security interest or brought by or for the benefit or security of a holder of its bonds or by a trustee for or other representative of the holders.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.410 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.410
Alaska energy efficient home grant fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the corporation the Alaska energy efficient home grant fund consisting of money appropriated to it by the legislature and deposited in it by the corporation. The corporation shall administer the Alaska energy efficient home grant fund under the provisions of this section.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the corporation may grant funds from the Alaska energy efficient home grant fund to agencies of the state or federal government, individuals, or businesses that retrofit existing single family dwellings or build new single family dwellings that meet criteria adopted by the corporation.

(c) The corporation shall adopt guidelines and procedures for the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.880 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.880
Injunction to prevent corporation from proceeding.
Status: in_force

A person affected by an order issued by the corporation may, within 60 days from the date the order is posted and served, petition the superior court for an injunction restraining the corporation from carrying out the provisions of the order, and the court may, upon the petition, issue a temporary injunction restraining the corporation from proceeding until it disposes of the matter. The court shall hear the petition within 20 days from the date it is filed, or as soon after filing as possible. A petition for an injunction under this section shall be given preference over other matters on the court calendar. The court shall hear and determine the issues raised and shall enter a final order or decree in the proceeding. The findings of fact by the corporation, if supported by evidence, are conclusive. Costs shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.115 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.115
Independent financial advisor.
Status: in_force

In negotiating the private sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes to an underwriter, the corporation may retain a financial advisor. A financial advisor retained under this section must be independent from the underwriter.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.480 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.480
Penalty.
Status: in_force

A violation of a provision of AS 18.65.400  18.65.490 or a regulation adopted under AS 18.65.450 is a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.300 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.300
Construction standards for housing eligible for purchase of loans.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may not make or purchase a housing loan for residential housing the construction of which begins after June 30, 1992, unless the seller of the mortgage loan complies with the provisions of this section and unless (1) the unit is in compliance with the construction codes of the municipality, if the unit is located within a municipality that has adopted and enforces construction codes and each of those codes meets or exceeds the comparable standards for similar housing established by the state building code; or

(2) the unit is in compliance with the comparable standards for similar housing established by the state building code (A) if the unit is located (i) within a municipality whose construction codes do not meet the standards for similar housing established by the state building code;

(ii) within a municipality that does not enforce construction codes; or

(iii) outside a municipality; or

(B) as to each specific code within the construction codes of the municipality that has adopted and enforces construction codes if the specific code does not meet or exceed the comparable standard for similar housing established by the state building code.

(b) As a condition of a commitment to purchase or approve a loan under this section for residential housing the construction of which begins after June 30, 1992, the corporation shall require inspection of the unit of residential housing that is the subject of the loan. The inspection must be performed by a municipal building inspector, by an individual who is registered under AS 08.18 to perform home inspections for new construction, by an architect registered under AS 08.48 , by an engineer registered under AS 08.48 , or by another person approved by the corporation. When the unit of residential housing is located in a rural area, the person who makes the inspection may use methods other than a personal physical inspection to make the inspection if the method is approved by the corporation, and variations from the applicable code may be accepted at the corporation's discretion, if the person authorized to inspect the unit under this subsection satisfies the corporation that the variation does not adversely affect the structural integrity of the unit or the health and safety of the residents. The person who makes the inspection shall determine whether the construction conforms to relevant provisions of the construction codes of the municipality or of the state building code, as applicable, at each of the following stages of construction: (1) plan approval;

(2) completion of footings and foundations;

(3) completion of electrical installation, plumbing, and framing;

(4) completion of installation of insulation;

(5) final approval.

(c) A person may not bring an action for damages based on a duty imposed by (b) of this section to inspect a residential unit unless the action is for damages caused by gross negligence or intentional misconduct.

(d) This section does not apply to a nonconforming housing loan made or purchased by the corporation.

(e) In this section, (1) construction codes means, with reference to a municipality, the building, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical codes, or any of them that have been adopted and are enforced by the municipality;

(2) rural area means a community with a population of 5,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks;

(3) state building code means (A) for building standards, the standards set out in the version of the Uniform Building Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety under AS 18.70.080 , including the provisions of that code applicable to buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080 (a)(2);

(B) for mechanical standards, the standards set out in the version of the Uniform Mechanical Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety under AS 18.70.080 , including the provisions of that code applicable to buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080 (a)(2);

(C) for plumbing standards, the minimum plumbing code adopted for the state under AS 18.60.705 ; and

(D) for electrical standards, the minimum electrical standards prescribed by AS 18.60.580 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.74.040 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.74 / Section 18.74.040
Alternative test methods.
Status: in_force

(a) If the state fire marshal determines that cigarettes cannot be tested by a test method established in AS 18.74.030 (a), a manufacturer of the cigarettes shall propose an alternative test method and performance standard for the cigarettes to the state fire marshal. On approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the state fire marshal that the performance standard proposed by the manufacturer is equivalent to the performance standard prescribed by AS 18.74.030 (d), the manufacturer may employ the proposed alternative test method and performance standard to certify the cigarette under AS 18.74.080 .

(b) Unless the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis why the alternative test method should not be accepted under this chapter, the state fire marshal shall authorize a manufacturer to use an alternative test method and performance standard to certify cigarettes for sale in this state if the state fire marshal (1) determines that another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those contained in this chapter; and

(2) finds that the officials responsible for implementing those requirements have approved a proposed alternative test method and performance standard for particular cigarettes proposed by a manufacturer as meeting the fire safety standards of that state's law under a legal provision comparable to this section.

(c) All other applicable requirements of this chapter apply to the manufacturer of the cigarettes tested under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 18.08.095 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.08 / Section 18.08.095
Air ambulance service.
Status: in_force

An air ambulance service provider that provides air ambulance services to an individual covered under an air ambulance membership agreement with the provider may not deny emergency medical services to any person on the basis that the person is not covered under an air ambulance membership agreement. In this section, air ambulance membership agreement and air ambulance service provider have the meanings given in AS 21.61.110 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.130 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.130
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.20.075  18.20.130, (1) department means the Department of Health;

(2) hospital means an institution or establishment, public or private, devoted primarily to providing diagnosis, treatment, or care over a continuous period of 24 hours each day for two or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, physical or mental disease, injury or deformity, or any other condition for which medical or surgical services would be appropriate.

Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.470 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.470
Firearms training.
Status: in_force

Security guards licensed under AS 18.65.400  18.65.490 may not be armed with a firearm for the purpose of protecting property until they have completed firearms training acceptable to the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.900 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.900
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) board means the board of directors of the corporation;

(2) corporation means the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation created by this chapter;

(3) sustainable energy development means (A) renewable energy generation from sources that are continually replenished by nature, such as the sun, wind, water, or biological processes;

(B) building energy efficiency, including switching to renewable fuels and electrification;

(C) electrical infrastructure incorporating (i) energy storage to support clean energy distribution, including remote and non-remote microgrids and smart grid applications; or

(ii) sustainable technologies, including distributed generation, advanced battery, and combined heat and power;

(D) clean transportation, including (i) electric vehicles powered by batteries, hydrogen vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and other zero-emissions vehicles for consumers, businesses, government, and public transit; and

(ii) electric vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure; or

(E) any greenhouse gas emissions reduction, energy efficiency, or zero-emission technology approved by the corporation.
Alaska Stat. § 18.66.100 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.66 / Section 18.66.100
Protective orders: eligible petitioners; relief.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is or has been a victim of a crime involving domestic violence may file a petition in the district or superior court for a protective order against a household member. A parent, guardian, or other representative appointed by the court under this section may file a petition for a protective order on behalf of a minor. The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or attorney to represent the minor. Notwithstanding AS 25.24.310 or this section, the office of public advocacy may not be appointed as a guardian ad litem or attorney for a minor in a petition filed under this section unless the petition has been filed on behalf of the minor.

(b) When a petition for a protective order is filed, the court shall schedule a hearing and provide at least 10 days' notice to the respondent of the hearing and of the respondent's right to appear and be heard, either in person or by an attorney. If the court finds by a preponderance of evidence that the respondent has committed a crime involving domestic violence against the petitioner, regardless of whether the respondent appears at the hearing, the court may order any relief available under (c) of this section. The provisions of a protective order issued under (1) (c)(1) of this section are effective until further order of the court;

(2) (c)(2)  (16) of this section are effective for one year unless earlier dissolved by court order.

(c) A protective order under this section may (1) prohibit the respondent from threatening to commit or committing domestic violence, stalking, or harassment;

(2) prohibit the respondent from telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating directly or indirectly with the petitioner;

(3) remove and exclude the respondent from the residence of the petitioner, regardless of ownership of the residence;

(4) direct the respondent to stay away from the residence, school, or place of employment of the petitioner or any specified place frequented by the petitioner or any designated household member;

(5) prohibit the respondent from entering a propelled vehicle in the possession of or occupied by the petitioner;

(6) prohibit the respondent from using or possessing a deadly weapon if the court finds the respondent was in the actual possession of or used a weapon during the commission of domestic violence;

(7) direct the respondent to surrender any firearm owned or possessed by the respondent if the court finds that the respondent was in the actual possession of or used a firearm during the commission of the domestic violence;

(8) request a peace officer to accompany the petitioner to the petitioner's residence to ensure that the petitioner (A) safely obtains possession of the petitioner's residence, vehicle, or personal items; and

(B) is able to safely remove a vehicle or personal items from the petitioner's residence;

(9) award temporary custody of a minor child to the petitioner and may arrange for visitation with a minor child if the safety of the child and the petitioner can be protected; if visitation is allowed, the court may order visitation under the conditions provided in AS 25.20.061 ;

(10) give the petitioner possession and use of a vehicle and other essential personal items, including a pet, regardless of ownership of the items;

(11) prohibit the respondent from consuming controlled substances;

(12) require the respondent to pay support for the petitioner, a minor child in the care of the petitioner, or a pet in the care of the petitioner if there is an independent legal obligation of the respondent to support the petitioner, child, or pet;

(13) require the respondent to reimburse the petitioner or other person for expenses associated with the domestic violence, including medical expenses, counseling, shelter, and repair or replacement of damaged property;

(14) require the respondent to pay costs and fees incurred by the petitioner in bringing the action under this chapter;

(15) order the respondent, at the respondent's expense, to participate in (A) a program for the rehabilitation of perpetrators of domestic violence that meets the standards set by, and that is approved by, the Department of Corrections under AS 44.28.020 (b), or (B) treatment for the abuse of alcohol or controlled substances, or both; a protective order under this section may not require a respondent to participate in a program for the rehabilitation of perpetrators of domestic violence unless the program meets the standards set by, and that is approved by, the Department of Corrections under AS 44.28.020 (b);

(16) order other relief the court determines necessary to protect the petitioner or any household member.

(d) If the court issues a protective order under this section, it shall (1) make reasonable efforts to ensure that the order is understood by the petitioner and by the respondent, if present; and

(2) have the order delivered to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for expedited service and for entry into the central registry of protective orders under AS 18.65.540 .

(e) A court may not deny a petition for a protective order under this section solely because (1) there is a lapse of time between an act of domestic violence and the filing of the petition;

(2) the act of domestic violence was the basis for a previous protective order; or

(3) a court previously found that the incident was a crime of domestic violence committed against the petitioner but declined to order relief under this section, if the petition alleges a change in circumstances since the court's previous finding.

(f) Within 30 days before, or within 60 days after, the expiration of a protective order issued or extended under (b)(2) of this section, a petitioner may petition the court for an extension of the protective order. The court shall schedule a hearing and provide at least 10 days' notice to the respondent of the hearing and of the respondent's right to appear and be heard, either in person or through an attorney. If the court finds that an extension of the provisions of the order is necessary to protect the petitioner from domestic violence, regardless of whether the respondent appears at the hearing, the court may extend the provisions of the order. An extension granted under this subsection is effective for one year unless earlier dissolved by court order. If the court grants an extension before the protective order expires, the extension takes effect on the day the protective order would have expired.
Alaska Stat. § 18.74.210 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.74 / Section 18.74.210
Fire prevention and public safety fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The fire prevention and public safety fund is established. The fund consists of appropriations made to the fund.

(b) The purpose of the fund is to pay the expenses of the state fire marshal and the department for implementing and enforcing this chapter.

(c) Money appropriated to the fund may be spent for the purposes of the fund without further appropriation. Money appropriated to the fund does not lapse.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.060 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.060
Cooperation by other state agencies.
Status: in_force

The agencies of the state shall cooperate with the department in its program of safety activities and shall make available information needed by the department relative to the accident problems and methods employed or recommended for accident prevention. The agencies may lend the personnel who may be spared from their regular duties for short periods to assist in safety programs.
Alaska Stat. § 18.08.015 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.08 / Section 18.08.015
Patient information system.
Status: reserved

(a) The department may establish an emergency medical services patient care information system. If the department collects information on emergency medical services patient care, the department shall establish a format for the data collection. The purpose of the system is to (1) collect data on the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma injuries;

(2) integrate this data on trauma injuries with information available from other public and private sources on trauma injuries; and

(3) improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency medical services.

(b) A person, organization, or government agency that provides a prehospital emergency medical service through a certificate issued under this chapter shall participate in the system by making available to the department the minimum data requested in a format that is compatible with the format developed by the department to implement (a) of this section. The minimum data must include the (1) type of medical emergency or nature of the call;

(2) response time; and

(3) prehospital treatment provided.

(c) A hospital that provides emergency medical services shall make available to the department an abstract of the records of all patients admitted to the hospital's trauma and general surgery services for trauma care. The abstracts must be in a format that is compatible with the format developed by the department under (a) of this section.

(d) [Repealed, E.O. No. 125, § 5 (2024).] (e) The department may delegate the responsibility for collecting data under this section to other public agencies or to private persons on contract to the department.

(f) In this section, system means the emergency medical services patient care information system established under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.089 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.089
Prohibition against retribution.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has filed a complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding related to the enforcement of occupational safety and health standards, or has testified or is expected to testify in a proceeding relating to occupational safety and health or because an employee has exercised personally or on behalf of others a right afforded under AS 18.60.010  18.60.105.

(b) An employee who has been discharged or discriminated against by a person in violation of this section may, within 30 days after the violation occurs, file a complaint with the commissioner alleging the discrimination. Upon receipt of the complaint, the commissioner shall investigate the matter as the commissioner considers appropriate. If, upon investigation, the commissioner determines that this section has been violated, the commissioner shall request the attorney general to bring an action in the superior court against the violator. The superior court has jurisdiction to restrain violations of (a) of this section and to order all appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement of the employee to the employee's former position with back pay.

(c) Within 90 days of the receipt of a complaint filed under this section, the commissioner shall notify the complainant of the determination under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 18.40.010 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.40 / Section 18.40.010
Shelter cabins and comfort stations on airports.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may erect and maintain shelter cabins and comfort stations for the accommodation of travelers on the airports throughout the state where the facilities are required and necessary out of funds appropriated for the construction and maintenance of roads and aviation fields. Each shelter cabin or comfort station shall contain a suitable stove and other facilities considered necessary by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
Alaska Stat. § 18.07.061 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.07 / Section 18.07.061
Modification and termination of activities.
Status: in_force

The certificate holder shall apply to the department for a modification of the certificate before terminating part of the activities authorized by the terms of issuance, but the certificate holder is not required to obtain the acquiescence of the department before terminating all the activities authorized by the certificate. If a certificate holder terminates all of the activities authorized by a certificate, the certificate holder is required to notify the department 60 days before termination and to surrender the certificate to the department within 30 days of termination.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.180 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.180
Officers not liable.
Status: in_force

A member or other officer of the corporation is not subject to personal liability or accountability by reason of having executed or issued any obligations.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.070
Expenses of authority.
Status: in_force

All expenses of the authority incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter are payable solely from funds provided under this chapter, and liability may not be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which money has been provided under this chapter. However, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the authority for the period commencing on July 9, 1978, and continuing until the authority derives money from funds provided to it under this chapter, the authority may borrow the money it requires and may repay it, with appropriate interest, over a reasonable period of time. A liability incurred under this section is a liability of the authority only, and not a liability of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 18.13.020 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.13 / Section 18.13.020
Private right of action.
Status: in_force

A person may bring a civil action against a person who collects a DNA sample from the person, performs a DNA analysis on a sample, retains a DNA sample or the results of a DNA analysis, or discloses the results of a DNA analysis in violation of this chapter. In addition to the actual damages suffered by the person, a person violating this chapter shall be liable to the person for damages in the amount of $5,000 or, if the violation resulted in profit or monetary gain to the violator, $100,000.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.620 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.620
Duty of law enforcement agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) A local or state law enforcement agency shall submit to the clearinghouse all missing person reports received by the law enforcement agency that relate to a person who is not located within 48 hours after the first report concerning that person was filed.

(b) For a person under 21 years of age, a local or state law enforcement agency shall (1) transmit a missing person report for entry into the Alaska Public Safety Information Network and the National Crime Information Center computer system as soon as practicable, but not later than two hours after receiving the report; and

(2) as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours after the agency learns that the person has been located, request that the information provided under (1) of this subsection be removed from the Alaska Public Safety Information Network and the National Crime Information Center computer system.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.650 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.650
Low cost and low income multiple family housing development fund and grants.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created in the corporation a low cost and low income multiple family housing development fund. Subject to appropriation the corporation shall make grants to municipalities or public or private nonprofit corporations designated as tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and (4) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954) for the purpose of developing low cost, low income multiple family housing.

(b) Application for a grant under (a) of this section shall be in the form prescribed by the corporation. The application (1) shall demonstrate the need for low cost, low income multiple family housing in the area to be served, the feasibility of the proposed project; and

(2) must include an adequate management plan that shall demonstrate the ability of the eligible recipient to sustain the proposed project.

(c) A low cost and low income multiple family housing project developed under this section (1) shall be prepared in accordance with facility procurement policies developed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 35.10.160  35.10.200; and

(2) is a public facility under AS 35.10.160  35.10.200.

(d) The corporation shall adopt regulations under AS 18.56.088 to carry out the purposes of this section.

(e) In this section, low cost and low income multiple family housing (1) means a specific work or improvement undertaken primarily to provide multiple family dwelling accommodations for low income persons;

(2) includes the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, improvements, and other nonhousing facilities that are incidental or appurtenant to the housing.

Article 4. Senior Housing Office.
Alaska Stat. § 18.07.071 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.07 / Section 18.07.071
Temporary and emergency certificates.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall grant a sponsor an emergency certificate for the construction of a health care facility for which a certificate is required under AS 18.07.031 if the sponsor shows, by affidavit or formal hearing, that the act of construction consists of effecting emergency repairs.

(b) The department may grant a sponsor a temporary certificate for the temporary operation of a category of health service if the sponsor shows by affidavit or formal hearing (1) the necessity for early, immediate, or temporary relief; and

(2) adverse effect to the public interest by reason of delay occasioned by compliance with the requirements of AS 18.07.041 , 18.07.043, and application procedures prescribed by regulations under this chapter.

(c) A temporary certificate granted under (b) of this section does not confer vested rights on behalf of the applicant. The department shall impose those special limitations and restrictions concerning duration and right of extension that the department considers appropriate. A temporary certificate may not be granted for a period longer than necessary for the sponsor to obtain review of the action certified by the temporary certificate under AS 18.07.051 . Application for a certificate of need under AS 18.07.041 or 18.07.043 must commence within 60 days of the date of issuance of the temporary certificate.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.311 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.311
Anatomical gift.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall provide a method, at the time that an identification card is issued, by which the card holder may make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52 . The method must provide a means by which the card holder may cancel the gift.

(b) An employee of the department who processes an identification card application, other than an application received by mail, shall ask the applicant orally whether the applicant wishes to execute an anatomical gift. The department shall, by placement of posters and brochures in the office where the application is taken, and by oral advice, if requested, make known to the applicant the method by which the cardholder may make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52 . The department shall inform each applicant for an identification card in writing that, if the applicant executes a gift under AS 13.52 and if the gift is made with the registration, the department will transmit the information on the identification card to a donor registry created under AS 13.50.110 . The department shall also direct the applicant to notify a procurement organization or the department under AS 13.50.140 if the identification card is destroyed or mutilated or the gift is revoked under AS 13.52.183 . The department shall carry out the requirements of AS 13.50.100  13.50.190.
Alaska Stat. § 18.10.040 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.10 / Section 18.10.040
Health districts.
Status: in_force

Two or more contiguous health units of two or more local boards of health for contiguous incorporated cities may be constituted a health district by the department. Members of the board of health for this type of health district shall be appointed by the department from residents of each health unit or incorporated city represented in the health district in the numbers and for the periods of time determined by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.250 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.250
Compensation for special inspectors prohibited.
Status: in_force

A special inspector is not entitled to any compensation or expenses from the state. A special inspector's commission is conditioned upon continuing in the employ of a boiler insurance company or a company operating unfired pressure vessels in this state and upon maintaining the standards imposed by AS 18.60.180  18.60.390.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.030 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.030
Corporation governing body.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of (1) the commissioner of revenue;

(2) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;

(3) the commissioner of health; and

(4) four public members appointed by the governor, as follows: (A) one member with expertise or experience in finances or real estate;

(B) one member who is a rural resident of the state or who has expertise or experience with a regional housing authority;

(C) one member who has expertise or experience in residential energy efficient home-building or weatherization; and

(D) one person who has expertise or experience in the provision of senior or low-income housing.

(b) If a member described in (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is unable to attend a meeting of the board the member may by an instrument in writing filed with the board, designate a deputy or assistant to act in the member's place at the meeting. For all purposes of this chapter, the designee is a member of the board at the meeting.

(c) The board members described in (a)(4) of this section serve two-year terms.

(d) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the governor shall make an appointment, effective immediately, for the unexpired portion of the term.

(e) The members of the board described in (a)(4) of this section receive $100 compensation for each day spent on official business of the corporation and may be reimbursed by the corporation for actual and necessary expenses at the same rate paid to members of state boards under AS 39.20.180 .

(f) The governor shall appoint the members under (a)(4) of this section to give the board of directors a reasonable geographic balance among regions of the state. The members of the board appointed under (a)(4) of this section shall have recognized competence and wide experience in housing, finance, or other business management-related fields.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.280 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.280
Court reports of divorce, dissolution, and annulment.
Status: in_force

(a) For each dissolution, divorce, and annulment of marriage granted by a court in the state, the clerk of the court shall prepare and file a certificate of dissolution, divorce, or annulment with the bureau, on forms prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The forms must require the reporting of the social security numbers of the petitioner or plaintiff and, if ascertainable, the other party to the dissolution, divorce, or annulment of marriage. The petitioner or plaintiff shall furnish the court with the information necessary to complete the certificate, and the furnishing of this information is prerequisite to the issuance of a decree.

(b) Before the 11th day of each month the clerk of the court shall forward to the bureau the certificate of each dissolution, divorce, and annulment granted during the preceding calendar month and the related reports required by regulation adopted under this chapter.

(c) Upon request, the bureau shall provide a social security number supplied under (a) of this section to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 , or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.

Article 4. Records.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.300 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.300
State policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state to ensure that the quality of care in nursing facilities in this state is maintained at a high standard in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations and to ensure the health, safety, and quality of life of nursing facility residents in Alaska is maintained or enhanced.
Alaska Stat. § 18.29.105 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.29 / Section 18.29.105
Program established; administration; advisory council.
Status: in_force

(a) The health care professionals workforce enhancement program is established in the department for the purpose of addressing the increasing shortage of certain health care professionals in the state by expanding the distribution of health care professionals.

(b) The program established under this section must include (1) employer payments, as described in AS 18.29.110 ;

(2) direct incentives, as described in AS 18.29.120 ;

(3) student loan repayments, as described in AS 18.29.125 ;

(4) procedures for the commissioner's designation and prioritization of sites eligible for participation in the program;

(5) an application process for participation in the program as (A) an eligible site; or

(B) a tier I, tier II, or tier III health care professional;

(6) provision of public information and notices relating to the program;

(7) a 12-year lifetime maximum for participation in the program by a tier I, tier II, or tier III health care professional.

(c) The commissioner shall appoint an advisory council to advise the department on the program. The advisory council consists of members with health care expertise, including expertise in economic issues affecting the hiring and retention of health care professionals in the state. An employee of the department may serve only as a nonvoting member. Members of the advisory council serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel allowances authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 . The advisory council shall provide oversight and evaluation of the program and make recommendations, including recommendations relating to (1) identification and monitoring of underserved and health care professional shortage areas;

(2) eligible sites;

(3) an employer's ability to pay;

(4) prioritization of sites and health care professionals eligible for participation in the program;

(5) contract award priorities;

(6) program capacities;

(7) strategic plans; and

(8) program data management.

(d) The commissioner shall, in consultation with the advisory council established under (c) of this section, (1) administer and implement the program;

(2) classify each eligible site as having either regular or very hard-to-fill positions, or both;

(3) establish (A) procedures for allowable leaves of absence;

(B) a civil penalty, not to exceed $1,000, for each violation by a health care professional or employer of a provision of this chapter, a regulation made under authority of this chapter, or a provision of a contract entered into under this chapter; and

(C) a priority for participation in the program based on the availability of funding.

(e) The department shall, on or before July 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the advisory council a report that describes the participation rates, costs, and effect of the program on the availability of health care services to underserved individuals or in health care professional shortage or rural areas for the previous calendar year.

(f) The department may (1) contract for payments under the program and for the services of a consultant, expert, financial advisor, or other person the department considers necessary for the exercise of its powers and functions and to perform its duties under this chapter;

(2) adopt regulations necessary to implement the program.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.245 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.245
Denial or revocation of certificate of municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer.
Status: in_force

The council may (1) deny a certificate to an applicant for a municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer certificate if the applicant does not meet the standards adopted by the council under AS 18.65.242 (a);

(2) revoke the certificate of a municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer who, having been issued a certificate, fails to meet the standards adopted by the council under AS 18.65.242 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.150 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.150
Report of mysterious disappearance or separation from companions.
Status: in_force

If a person (1) mysteriously disappears in the state, or (2) leaves one locality to go to another in the state and fails within a reasonable time to reach the person's destination, or (3) traveling in company with another is separated from the other, or (4) traveling alone mysteriously disappears, a traveling companion or any other person having knowledge of the mysterious disappearance or separation shall notify the commissioner of public safety or a designee in the district in which the disappearance or separation took place of the fact, in writing, stating all the circumstances.
Alaska Stat. § 18.05.061 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.05 / Section 18.05.061
Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of AS 18.05.040 or 18.05.042 or a regulation adopted under AS 18.05.040 or 18.05.042 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Each day that a person continues a violation is a separate offense.
Alaska Stat. § 18.85.010 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.85 / Section 18.85.010
Public defender agency established.
Status: in_force

There is created in the Department of Administration a Public Defender Agency to serve the needs of indigent defendants.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.460 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.460
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

Federal, state, and municipal law enforcement officers may enforce AS 18.60.400  18.60.460.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.110 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.110
Investigation and conciliation.
Status: in_force

The executive director or a member of the commission's staff designated by the executive director shall informally investigate the matters set out in a filed complaint, promptly and impartially. If the investigator determines that there is substantial evidence of an unlawful discriminatory practice under this chapter, the investigator shall immediately try to eliminate or remedy the discriminatory practice through an agreement reached by conference, conciliation, and persuasion. If an agreement is reached, it must be reduced to writing and signed by the complainant, executive director, and respondent. The agreement is binding and enforceable under this chapter as an order of the commission. An agreement reached under this section may include the compromise of damages authorized under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 18.74.120 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.74 / Section 18.74.120
Packaging marking approval.
Status: in_force

(a) Before submitting a certification of a cigarette under AS 18.74.080 , a manufacturer shall present its proposed packaging marking to the state fire marshal for approval. The state fire marshal shall approve or disapprove the proposed packaging marking. Proposed packaging marking shall be considered approved if the state fire marshal fails to act within 10 business days after receiving a request for approval.

(b) Notwithstanding AS 18.74.130 , the state fire marshal shall give a preference to proposed packaging marking for a cigarette that is in use and approved for the cigarette under the fire safety standards for cigarettes established by the law of the state of New York, unless the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis why the proposed packaging marking should not be approved under this chapter.

(c) Notwithstanding AS 18.74.130 , the state fire marshal shall approve the use of the letters FSC for fire standards compliant on proposed packaging marking to indicate that the cigarettes comply with the performance standard in AS 18.74.030 (d) or an alternative performance standard under AS 18.74.040 .

(d) A manufacturer may not change its approved packaging marking unless the state fire marshal has approved the modification under this section.

(e) A wholesale dealer, an agent, and a retail dealer shall permit the state fire marshal, the department, the attorney general, and the employees of those persons to inspect packaging markings of cigarettes.
Alaska Stat. § 18.67.030 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.67 / Section 18.67.030
Application for compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who may be eligible for compensation under this chapter may make application to the board. In a case in which the person entitled to make application is a minor, the application may be made on the person's behalf by a parent or guardian. In a case in which the person entitled to make application is mentally incompetent, the application may be made on the person's behalf by a parent, guardian, or other individual authorized to administer the person's estate.

(b) In order to be eligible for compensation under this chapter, the applicant shall, before a hearing on an application under this chapter, submit reports, if reasonably available, from all physicians or surgeons who have treated or examined the victim in relation to the injury for which compensation is claimed at the time of or subsequent to the victim's injury or death. If, in the opinion of the board, reports on the previous medical history of the victim, a report on the examination of the injured victim, or a report on the cause of death of the victim by an impartial medical expert would be of material aid to its determination, the board shall order the reports and examination.

(c) An application for compensation and personally identifying information relating to an applicant for compensation are confidential records and may not be released by the board.
Alaska Stat. § 18.95.020 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.95 / Section 18.95.020
Peer support counseling.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, and the department may establish a peer support counseling program to provide emotional and moral support and peer support counseling to peace officers and emergency service personnel who have experienced emotionally traumatic incidents in the course of employment.

(b) A law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or the department may designate an employee of the agency, provider, or department to serve as a peer support counselor for the peer support counseling program of the agency, provider, or department if the employee has received training in peer support counseling and providing emotional and moral support to peace officers and emergency service personnel who have experienced emotionally traumatic incidents in the course of employment.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.235 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.235
Approved inspectors.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the deputy inspectors employed under AS 18.60.230 and the special inspectors commissioned under AS 18.60.240 , the commissioner of labor and workforce development may appoint an employee of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development as an approved inspector if the employee has completed training by the chief inspector and has passed an examination that has been approved by the director of the division of labor standards and safety to perform inspections under AS 18.60.180  18.60.395 of cast iron boilers and domestic hot water heaters. An employee does not have to pass the examination described in AS 18.60.290 in order to be appointed an approved inspector under this subsection.

(b) The inspection authority of an approved inspector appointed under (a) of this section is limited to performing the inspections described in (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.750 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.750
Loan origination and servicing.
Status: in_force

(a) Before purchasing or participating in the purchase of a senior housing loan, the corporation shall enter into a loan servicing agreement with the private financial institution from which the loan is to be purchased.

(b) The corporation may execute service agreements with private lending institutions or with regional Native housing authorities established under AS 18.55.996 to service loans originated by the office.

(c) Under the servicing agreement, the private financial institution or the regional Native housing authority shall administer the loan and may charge the corporation a negotiated origination or servicing fee on the office's share of the loan. When appropriate, the private financial institution or the regional Native housing authority may also charge the borrower a reasonable origination fee not to exceed one percent.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.045 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.045
Minutes of meetings.
Status: in_force

The board shall keep minutes of each meeting and send a certified copy to the governor and to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.430 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.430
Enforcement, offenses, and penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall administer AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 and adopt regulations for implementing and enforcing AS 18.20.400  18.20.499.

(b) A complaint alleging a violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 must be filed with the commissioner within 30 days after the date of the alleged violation. The commissioner shall provide a copy of the complaint to the health care facility named in the filing within three business days after receiving the complaint.

(c) If the commissioner finds that a health care facility has knowingly violated an overtime provision of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499, the following civil penalties shall apply: (1) for a first violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499, the commissioner shall reprimand the health care facility;

(2) for a second violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 within 12 months, the commissioner shall reprimand the health care facility and assess a penalty of $500;

(3) for a third violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 within 12 months, the commissioner shall reprimand the health care facility and assess a penalty of not less than $2,500 but not more than $5,000;

(4) for each violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 after a third violation of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 within 12 months, the commissioner shall reprimand the health care facility and assess a penalty of not less than $5,000 but not more than $25,000.

(d) As an employer, a health care facility violates an overtime provision of AS 18.20.400  18.20.499 knowingly when the facility is either aware that its conduct is of a nature prohibited by the overtime provision or aware that the circumstances described in the overtime prohibition exist; however, when knowledge of the existence of a particular fact is required to establish that the violation was knowing, that knowledge exists when the facility is aware of a substantial probability of its existence, unless the facility reasonably believes it does not exist.
Alaska Stat. § 18.57.030 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.57 / Section 18.57.030
Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(a) A regional electrical authority is exempt from payment of taxes or assessments, other than assessments that may be levied under AS 29.46.010 , on property owned by the authority that is used for generation and transportation of electricity.

(b) All obligations issued under this chapter are issued by a body corporate and public that is a political subdivision of the state and for an essential public and governmental purpose, and the obligations, and the interest and income on and from the obligations, and all fees, charges, funds, revenues, income, and other money pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the obligations or interest are exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.

(c) All obligations or liabilities of a regional electrical authority remain its own and are not obligations or liabilities of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 18.35.301 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.35 / Section 18.35.301
Prohibition of smoking.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may not smoke in an enclosed area in a public place, including an enclosed area (1) at an entertainment venue or a sports arena;

(2) on a bus, in a taxicab, on a ferry, or in another vehicle used for public transportation;

(3) at a public transit depot, bus shelter, airport terminal, or other public transportation facility;

(4) at a retail store or shopping center;

(5) at a place of government or public assembly located on property that is owned or operated by the state, a municipality, or a regional educational attendance area, or by an agent of the state, a municipality, or a regional educational attendance area.

(b) An individual may not smoke in an enclosed area (1) in an office building, office, hotel, motel, restaurant, bar, retail store, or shopping center;

(2) in a common area in an apartment building or multiple-family dwelling;

(3) in a place of employment, including a vehicle;

(4) at a public or private educational facility;

(5) at a health care facility, including residential units in the health care facility;

(6) in a building or residence that is used to provide paid child care, whether or not children are present in the building or residence, or care for adults on a fee-for-service basis; however, nothing in this paragraph is intended to prohibit an individual from smoking in a private residence that is in a building where another residence provides paid child care or care for adults;

(7) on a vessel operating as a shore-based fisheries business under AS 43.75 .

(c) An individual may not smoke outdoors (1) within 10 feet of playground equipment located at a public or private school or a state or municipal park while children are present;

(2) in a seating area for an outdoor arena, stadium, or amphitheater;

(3) at a place of employment or health care facility that has declared the entire campus or outside grounds or property to be smoke-free;

(4) within (A) 10 feet of an entrance to a bar or restaurant that serves alcoholic beverages;

(B) 20 feet of an entrance, open window, or heating or ventilation system air intake vent at an enclosed area at a place where smoking is prohibited under this section; or

(C) a reasonable distance, as determined by the owner or operator, of an entrance, open window, or heating or ventilation system air intake vent of (i) a vessel covered by this section; or

(ii) a long term care facility as defined in AS 44.25.390 .

(d) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, unless the owner or operator prohibits it, an individual may smoke at a retail tobacco or e-cigarette store that (1) is in a building that (A) is freestanding; or

(B) if it is attached to another business or building, (i) has a separate entrance;

(ii) is separated from the other business or building in a manner that does not allow e-cigarette vapor or aerosol to travel into the other business or building;

(iii) the other business or building does not serve as a residence, child care facility, facility providing care for adults on a fee-for-service basis, school, or health care facility; and

(iv) smoking is limited to the use of an e-cigarette;

(2) is not (A) a business that is licensed under AS 04.11 to serve alcoholic beverages at an outdoor location;

(B) a business that is licensed under AS 05.15 to sell pull-tabs; or

(C) a retail store that is within an indoor public place or workplace.

(e) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, smoking may be permitted in a separate enclosed smoking area located in a terminal for international passengers who are in transit in a state-owned and state-operated international airport and who are restricted by federal law from leaving the airport, if the smoking area is vented directly to an outdoor area that is not an area where smoking is prohibited under (c) of this section.

(f) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, unless the owner or operator prohibits it, an individual may smoke (1) in a vehicle that is a place of employment when the vehicle is used exclusively by one person;

(2) on a vessel when the vessel is engaged in commercial fishing or sport charter fishing.

(g) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, an individual may smoke at (1) a private club if the private club (A) has been in continuous operation at the same location since January 1, 2017;

(B) is not licensed to serve alcoholic beverages; and

(C) is not a place of employment;

(2) an e-cigarette store if the e-cigarette store has been in continuous operation at the same location since January 1, 2017.

(h) Nothing in this section prohibits an individual from smoking (1) at a private residence, except a private residence described in (b) of this section or while a health care provider is present;

(2) in a stand-alone shelter if the stand-alone shelter meets the following requirements: (A) food or drink may not be sold or served in the stand-alone shelter; and

(B) the stand-alone shelter meets the minimum distance requirements of (c) of this section; or

(3) in an establishment licensed under AS 17.38 that is freestanding if the smoking is in accordance with regulations adopted by the Marijuana Control Board created under AS 17.38.080 .

(i) In this section, (1) freestanding means a building that is not supported by another structure and does not share ventilation or internal air space with an adjoining structure and smoke from the building cannot travel into the adjoining structure;

(2) health care provider has the meaning given in AS 09.65.300 ;

(3) private club means an organization, legal entity, or informal association of persons that (A) is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building or portion of a building used exclusively for club purposes at all times;

(B) is operated solely for a recreational, fraternal, social, patriotic, political, benevolent, or athletic purpose; and

(C) has been granted exemption from the payment of federal income tax as a club under 26 U.S.C. 501;

(4) retail tobacco or e-cigarette store (A) means a store (i) that primarily sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, tobacco and products containing tobacco, and pipes and other smoking or e-cigarette accessories;

(ii) in which the sale of other products is incidental; and

(iii) that derives at least 90 percent of its gross revenue from the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, tobacco and products containing tobacco, and pipes and other smoking or e-cigarette accessories;

(B) does not include (i) a tobacco or e-cigarette department or section of a business that does not meet the criteria in (A) of this paragraph; or

(ii) a business that is also a restaurant or grocery store.
Alaska Stat. § 18.72.035 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.72 / Section 18.72.035
Pyrotechnic licenses and permits.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may purchase or possess display fireworks in the state if the person holds a pyrotechnic license from the state fire marshal. A person may apply for a license under this section on a form provided by the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall issue a pyrotechnic license to a person if the person pays an endorsement fee in an amount set by regulation. A pyrotechnic license issued under this section is valid for two years.

(b) A license holder under this section may use display fireworks for public display purposes, unless prohibited from doing so under federal law. Before conducting a fireworks display or testing a display firework, the license holder shall apply for and obtain a permit from the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall issue a permit to a license holder who submits to the state fire marshal proof of a policy of public liability and products liability insurance in the name of the license holder that includes both accident and occurrence coverage in amounts set by regulation.

(c) A license holder shall submit an application for a permit under this section not later than (1) 14 days before a fireworks display or nonroutine testing is scheduled to occur; or

(2) seven days before routine testing occurs.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.890 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.890
Remedies provided are exclusive.
Status: in_force

The remedies provided in AS 18.55.880 are exclusive and a person affected by an order of the corporation may not recover damages for an action taken under an order of the corporation, or because the person complies with an order of the corporation.
Alaska Stat. § 18.67.060 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.67 / Section 18.67.060
Regulations.
Status: in_force

In the performance of its functions, the board is authorized to make, rescind, and amend regulations prescribing the procedures to be followed in the filing of applications and in proceedings under this chapter, and relating to other matters the board considers appropriate.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.680 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.680
Placement of barriers for temporary work.
Status: in_force

Before a person is going to temporarily engage in work or other activity in closer proximity to a high voltage line or conductor than is permitted by AS 18.60.670 , the person shall immediately notify the operator or owner of the high voltage line or conductor of the work to be performed and make appropriate arrangements, with payment satisfactory to the operator, for the installation of temporary mechanical barriers, temporary deenergization and grounding of the conductors, or a temporary raising of the conductors. Costs incurred by an operator or owner of a high voltage line or conductor in providing barriers, deenergization, and grounding as specified in this section shall be paid by the person engaging in the work that requires these protective measures.
Alaska Stat. § 18.16.040 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.16 / Section 18.16.040
Reports.
Status: in_force

For each month in which an abortion is performed on a minor by a physician, the physician shall file a report with the Department of Health indicating the number of abortions performed on a minor for that month, the age of each minor, the number of previous abortions performed on each minor, if any, and the number of pregnancies of each minor, if any, and the number of consents provided under each of the exceptions enumerated under AS 18.16.020 (a)(1)  (4). A report filed under this section may not include identifying information of the minor other than the minor's age.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.320 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.320
Copies of data from vital records.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided and in accordance with the regulations adopted under AS 18.50.310 , (1) the bureau and the custodian of permanent local records shall, upon request, issue a certified copy of a certificate or record in their custody, or a part of it; each copy issued must show the date of registration or recording, and copies issued from records marked delayed, amended, or court order shall be similarly marked and must show the effective date;

(2) a certified copy of a certificate or a part of it issued in accordance with (1) of this section is considered the original for all purposes and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated; however, the evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed more than one year after the event, or a record that has been amended, or a presumptive death certificate, shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence;

(3) the National Office of Vital Statistics may be furnished the copies or data it requires for national statistics if the bureau is reimbursed for the cost of furnishing the data; the National Office of Vital Statistics may not use the data for purposes other than statistical purposes unless authorized by the state registrar;

(4) federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies, upon request, may be furnished copies or data for statistical purposes on the terms or conditions prescribed by the bureau;

(5) a person or agency may not prepare or issue a certificate or part of a certificate that purports to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth, death, fetal death, or marriage, except as authorized in this chapter or the regulations adopted under it;

(6) upon request, the bureau shall furnish a copy of a certificate or record registered by the bureau to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 , or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law; such a certificate or record that is prepared or maintained in an electronic data base may be supplied by providing the requesting agency with a copy of the electronic certificate or record and a statement certifying its contents;

(7) the bureau shall issue up to four certified copies of the death certificate of a veteran without charge; under this paragraph, certified copies of a veteran's death certificate are available without charge only to a qualified person; in this paragraph, (A) qualified person means an individual who is (i) a personal representative of the veteran's estate;

(ii) a trustee of a revocable trust of which the veteran was the settlor; or

(iii) a person who needs a certified copy of the veteran's death certificate for the purpose of satisfying an eligibility requirement for a benefit related to the death of the veteran;

(B) veteran means an individual who was (i) on active duty at the time of the veteran's death or had received an honorable or general discharge from a branch of the armed services of the United States, the National Guard, a reserve unit of the United States armed services, the Alaska Scouts, the Alaska Territorial Guard, or the Alaska Naval Militia; and

(ii) a resident of the state at the time of the individual's death.
Alaska Stat. § 18.15.440 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.15 / Section 18.15.440
Confidentiality; penalties for unauthorized disclosure; immunity.
Status: in_force

(a) Bloodborne pathogens test results of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner are confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in AS 18.15.400  18.15.450 and as needed for the treatment or medical care of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner specific to a bloodborne pathogen-related illness.

(b) An adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner may bring a civil action against a person who knowingly, in violation of AS 18.15.400  18.15.450, releases the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's name or other uniquely identifying information with the test results or otherwise releases the test results.

(c) The employing agency, a physician, and designated health care personnel are immune from liability in any civil, administrative, or criminal action relating to the disclosure of test results of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner to a public safety officer and the testing of a blood sample from an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner for bloodborne pathogens if a good faith effort has been made to comply with AS 18.15.400  18.15.450.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.260 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.260
Issuance and guarantee of Alaska Medical Facility Authority bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a separate account in the authority the medical facilities special bond guarantee account. The medical facilities special bond guarantee account consists of money disbursed to it by the commissioner of revenue. The assets of the medical facilities special bond guarantee account may be pledged to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes of the authority issued under (b) of this section.

(b) If the commissioner of revenue and the board jointly determine that a medical facility is unable to use traditional private or public financial institutions to refinance mortgage loans and that it is in the public interest to make refinancing available, (1) the authority may provide financial assistance and purchase mortgage loans made to the medical facility and may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes under this chapter to provide money for the purchase of the mortgage loans or to provide the financial assistance; and

(2) the commissioner of revenue may disburse to the medical facilities special bond guarantee account money appropriated to the commissioner for the account which the commissioner determines to be necessary to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes issued under (1) of this subsection.

(c) Before entering into an agreement under (a) of this section to provide guarantees for bonds or bond anticipation notes issued or to be issued under (b) of this section, the commissioner of revenue shall determine that arrangements have been made to protect the interests of the state in the medical facilities special bond guarantee account.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.705 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.705
Qualifications to obtain a permit.
Status: in_force

A person is qualified to receive and hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older;

(2) is eligible to own or possess a handgun under the laws of this state and under federal law;

(3) is a resident of the state and has been for the 90 days immediately preceding the application for a permit;

(4) has not been convicted of two or more class A misdemeanors of this state or similar laws of another jurisdiction within the six years immediately preceding the application;

(5) is not now in and has not in the three years immediately preceding the application been ordered by a court to complete an alcohol or substance abuse treatment program; and

(6) has successfully completed a handgun course as provided in AS 18.65.715 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.74.130 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.74 / Section 18.74.130
Marking of cigarette packaging.
Status: in_force

(a) The packaging containing a brand and style of cigarette that a manufacturer certifies under AS 18.74.080 must be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The packaging marking must be in eight-point type or larger and consist of (1) a modification of the universal product code to include a visible mark printed at or around the area of the code; the mark may consist of alphanumeric or symbolic characters and must be permanently stamped, engraved, embossed, or printed in conjunction with the universal product code;

(2) any visible combination of alphanumeric or symbolic characters permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed on the package or wrapping; or

(3) printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed text on the cigarette package that indicates that the cigarettes satisfy the requirements of this chapter.

(b) A manufacturer shall use only one packaging marking and apply that packaging marking uniformly to all packaging and to all brands marketed by the manufacturer for sale in this state.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.590 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.590
Code amendments; local safety codes.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may by regulation adopt amendments to the National Electrical Code as approved and issued by the American National Standards Institute.

(b) AS 18.60.580  18.60.660 do not affect the authority of any municipality or rural electrification association to prescribe by ordinance, rule, or order standards for their respective areas of jurisdiction not less stringent than the standards prescribed by the department or those established under AS 18.60.580 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.15.160 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.15 / Section 18.15.160
Test for syphilis.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of AS 18.15.150  18.15.180 a standard serological test is a test for syphilis approved by the department and shall be performed in a laboratory or clinic approved by the department. On request the laboratory test required by AS 18.15.150  18.15.180 shall be performed without charge at the laboratories of the department.
Alaska Stat. § 18.67.150 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.67 / Section 18.67.150
False claim.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly makes a false claim under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, and shall forfeit any benefit received and shall repay the state for payment of compensation made under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 18.85.060 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.85 / Section 18.85.060
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible to be the public defender or an assistant public defender unless admitted to the practice of law in this state no later than 10 months following the commencement of the person's employment by the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.435 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.435
Exemption.
Status: in_force

Equipment of less than 1.5 cubic feet in capacity is exempt from the provisions of AS 18.60.400  18.60.460.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.180 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.180
Approval of applications.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department shall give every applicant an opportunity for a fair hearing. If, after giving reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, the commissioner of the department finds that a project application complies with the requirements of AS 18.20.170 and conforms with the state plan, the commissioner shall approve and recommend the application and forward it to the surgeon general.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.080 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.080
Appointment of local registrars.
Status: in_force

(a) Where feasible, the state registrar shall use the services of a local recording official located within a registration district as local registrar of vital statistics.

(b) Where utilization under (a) of this section is not feasible, the state registrar shall appoint a local registrar and may appoint one or more deputy local registrars of vital statistics for each registration district, to be compensated on a fee basis as specified in AS 18.50.120 .

(c) The state registrar may remove a local registrar or a deputy local registrar appointed under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.100 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.100
Nonabrogation of powers of Department of Health.
Status: in_force

AS 18.60.010  18.60.105 are not intended to abrogate the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Department of Health in carrying out the provisions of this title and AS 17 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.057 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.057
Occupational Safety and Health Review Board.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Occupational Safety and Health Review Board within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, referred to in this chapter as the OSHA Review Board. The board shall consist of three members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. One member of the board shall represent labor, one member shall represent industry, and the other shall represent the public. Each appointee must have adequate experience in the area of appointment. A member of the board may not be an employee of the state in another capacity nor may a member of the OSHA Review Board be a member or officer of another board or commission for which compensation other than per diem and travel expenses is paid.

(b) The members of the board serve staggered terms of four years. A vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of a member before the expiration of the term for which the member was appointed shall be filled only for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member of the board may be removed by the governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

(c) The governor shall designate one member of the board as chairman. This member shall serve as chairman for a term of one year, but may be appointed for successive terms.

(d) Members of the board are entitled to compensation in the amount of $50 a day for each day or portion of each day spent in actual meeting or on authorized official business incident to their duties and, in addition, they are entitled to all other transportation and per diem as provided by law for members of other state boards and commissions.

(e) The board may employ persons, subject to legislative appropriation, it considers necessary for the purpose of performing its duties under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 18.15.180 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.15 / Section 18.15.180
Penalty.
Status: in_force

A licensed physician or licensed nurse attending a pregnant woman during the period of gestation or at delivery, or a representative of a laboratory or clinic who violates AS 18.15.150  18.15.180 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. However, a person attending a pregnant woman during the period of gestation or at delivery, who requests the specimen in accordance with AS 18.15.150 , and whose request is refused, is not guilty of a misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.410 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.410
Applications.
Status: in_force

(a) Application for a license as a security guard must be made on forms provided by the commissioner. The application must require the furnishing of information reasonably required by the commissioner to carry out the provisions of AS 18.65.400  18.65.490, including classifiable fingerprints and the fees required under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400 to determine if the applicant has a criminal record. The application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $50 for a security guard and $200 for a security guard agency.

(b) Upon request, the commissioner shall provide a social security number provided under (a) of this section to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 , or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.730 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.730
Conditions on loans.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall adopt regulations under AS 18.56.088 (a) and (b) establishing acceptable security for loans originated or purchased in whole or in part under AS 18.56.700  18.56.799.

(b) The corporation (1) may condition a loan under AS 18.56.700  18.56.799 on an agreement by the borrower to maintain the financed project as senior housing for a time period specified by the corporation; and

(2) shall establish by regulation the criteria it will use for specifying time periods under (1) of this subsection and for determining under what circumstances the time periods can be decreased after the loan is made.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.220 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.220
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 18.20.140  18.20.220 may be cited as the Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.170 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.170
Credit of state not pledged.
Status: in_force

(a) Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter other than state guaranteed bonds do not constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of a political subdivision but are payable solely from the revenue or assets of the corporation. Each obligation issued under this chapter other than a state guaranteed bond shall contain on its face a statement that the corporation is not obligated to pay it nor the interest on it except from the revenue or assets of the corporation and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision of the state is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligation.

(b) Expenses incurred by the corporation in carrying out the provisions of this chapter are payable from funds provided under this chapter and liability may not be incurred by the corporation in excess of these funds.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.400 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.400
Powers of corporation related to housing assistance.
Status: in_force

The board may (1) adopt regulations in accordance with AS 18.56.088 to implement AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(2) make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions granted under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(3) purchase or participate in the purchase of small community housing mortgage loans under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(4) purchase or participate in the purchase of loans for building materials for small community housing under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(5) procure insurance against loss in connection with the corporation's functions under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(6) acquire real or personal property, or an interest in real or personal property, by purchase, transfer, or foreclosure, when the acquisition is necessary or appropriate to protect a loan in which the corporation has an interest; sell, transfer and convey that property to a buyer; and, if the sale, transfer or conveyance cannot be effected with reasonable promptness or at a reasonable price, rent or lease the property to a tenant pending the sale, transfer or conveyance;

(7) do all acts necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied in AS 18.56.400  18.56.600;

(8) originate and service direct loans made to qualified buyers under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600.
Alaska Stat. § 18.16.020 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.16 / Section 18.16.020
Notice or consent required before minor's abortion.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a minor who is known to the person to be pregnant, unmarried, under 18 years of age, and unemancipated unless, before the abortion, at least one of the following applies: (1) either (A) one of the minor's parents, the minor's legal guardian, or the minor's custodian has been given notice of the planned abortion not less than 48 hours before the abortion is performed, or

(B) the parent, legal guardian, or custodian has consented in writing to the performance or inducement of the abortion; if a parent has consented to the abortion the 48 hour waiting period referenced in (A) of this paragraph does not apply;

(2) a court issues an order under AS 18.16.030 authorizing the minor to consent to the abortion without notice or consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian, and the minor consents to the abortion;

(3) a court, by its inaction under AS 18.16.030 , constructively has authorized the minor to consent to the abortion without notice and consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian, and the minor consents to the abortion; or

(4) the minor is the victim of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or a pattern of emotional abuse committed by one or both of the minor's parents or by a legal guardian or custodian of the minor and the abuse is documented by a declaration of the abuse in a signed and notarized statement by (A) the minor; and

(B) another person who has personal knowledge of the abuse who is (i) the sibling of the minor who is 21 years of age or older;

(ii) a law enforcement officer;

(iii) a representative of the Department of Family and Community Services who has investigated the abuse;

(iv) a grandparent of the minor; or

(v) a stepparent of the minor.

(b) In (a)(1) of this section, actual notice must be given or attempted to be given in person or by telephone by either the physician who has referred the minor for an abortion or by the physician who intends to perform the abortion. An individual designated by the physician may initiate the notification process, but the actual notice shall be given by the physician. The physician giving notice of the abortion must document the notice or attempted notice in the minor's medical record and take reasonable steps to verify that the person to whom the notice is provided is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the minor seeking an abortion. Reasonable steps to provide notice must include (1) if in person, requiring the person to show government-issued identification along with additional documentation of the person's relationship to the minor; additional documentation may include the minor's birth certificate or a court order of adoption, guardianship, or custodianship;

(2) if by telephone, initiating the call, attempting to verify through a review of published telephone directories that the number to be dialed is that of the minor's parent, legal guardian, or custodian, and asking questions of the person to verify that the person's relationship to the minor is that of parent, legal guardian, or custodian; when notice is attempted by telephone but the physician or physician's designee is unsuccessful in reaching the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, the physician's designee shall continue to initiate the call, in not less than two-hour increments, for not less than five attempts, in a 24-hour period.

(c) If actual notice is attempted unsuccessfully after reasonable steps have been taken as described under (b) of this section, the referring physician or the physician intending to perform an abortion on a minor may provide constructive notice to the minor's parent, legal guardian, or custodian. Constructive notice is considered to have been given 48 hours after the certified notice is mailed. In this subsection, constructive notice means that notice of the abortion was provided in writing and mailed by certified mail, delivery restricted to addressee only, to the last known address of the parent, legal guardian, or custodian after taking reasonable steps to verify the mailing address.

(d) A physician who suspects or receives a report of abuse under this section shall report the abuse as provided under AS 47.17.020 .

(e) A physician who is informed that the pregnancy of a minor resulted from criminal sexual assault of the minor must retain, and take reasonable steps to preserve, the products of conception and evidence following the abortion for use by law enforcement officials in prosecuting the crime.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.180 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.180
Delayed registration of birth.
Status: in_force

(a) When the birth of a person born in the state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter. The certificate shall be registered subject to the evidentiary requirements the department prescribes by regulation to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.

(b) When the birth occurred more than seven days but less than one year before the application for registration, the birth may be filed with the proper local registrar in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter.

(c) When the birth occurred one year or more before the application for registration, the birth shall be filed on a form prescribed by the bureau, and shall be submitted to the bureau for registration. The state registrar may accept the certificate for registration when the evidence required by regulation is submitted to substantiate the facts of birth. A certificate registered under this subsection shall be marked delayed.

(d) When the birth occurred 12 years or more before the application for registration, the certificate of birth shall be prepared on a form entitled delayed certificate of birth. The information provided on this form shall be subscribed and sworn to by the person whose birth is to be registered before an official authorized to administer oaths. When a person is not competent to swear to this information it shall be subscribed and sworn to by a parent, legal guardian, or the person's representative. The form must provide for the name and sex of the person whose birth is to be registered; the place and date of birth; and other information required by the bureau. When the certificate is submitted, the state registrar shall add a description and an abstract of each document submitted in support of the delayed registration. The original delayed certificate of birth shall be filed with the bureau.

(e) The state registrar shall accept the registration if the applicant was born in the state and if the applicant's sworn statements are established to the satisfaction of the state registrar by the necessary evidence established by regulation. The items necessary to be substantiated, the type of documents acceptable as evidence, the number of necessary documents, and the form and content of the description and abstract of each document to be added to the certificate shall be prescribed by regulation. In general they shall follow the national standards recommended by the agencies responsible for national vital statistics and for the use of records in the interest of national security. The state registrar may make exceptions when necessary by reducing the number of documents required for delayed filings by Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts, natives of the state, if the state registrar is otherwise satisfied with the validity of the application.

(f) When the applicant does not submit documentation required in support of the applicant's statements or when the state registrar finds reason to question the validity or adequacy of the certificate or the supporting evidence, the state registrar may not accept the delayed certificate of birth and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action, and of the applicant's right of appeal to the superior court. The bureau may provide for the dismissal of an application that is not actively prosecuted.
Alaska Stat. § 18.09.240 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.09 / Section 18.09.240
Penalties.
Status: in_force

An assessable entity or other program participant that fails to pay a required annual vaccine assessment after notification of the assessment or fails to comply with a request for information necessary for determination of the assessment may be assessed an additional noncompliance fee as determined by the commissioner under regulations adopted by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.600 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.600
Powers and duties of the department.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may (1) adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of AS 18.60.580  18.60.660;

(2) inspect the electrical wiring of any place of employment or public structure in this state.

(b) The department shall (1) keep a record of all inspection fees collected;

(2) keep a record of all electrical inspections conducted.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.010 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.010
Creation.
Status: in_force

There is created in the office of the governor a State Commission for Human Rights.
Alaska Stat. § 18.66.250 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.66 / Section 18.66.250
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.66.200  18.66.250, (1) confidential communication means information exchanged between a victim and a victim counselor in private or in the presence of a third party who is necessary to facilitate communication or further the counseling process and that is disclosed in the course of victim counseling resulting from a sexual assault or domestic violence;

(2) sexual assault means an offense under AS 11.41.410  11.41.470 or an offense in another jurisdiction whose elements are similar to the elements of an offense under AS 11.41.410  11.41.470;

(3) victim means a person who consults a victim counselor for assistance in overcoming adverse effects of a sexual assault or domestic violence;

(4) victim counseling means support, assistance, advice, or treatment to alleviate the adverse effects of a sexual assault or domestic violence on the victim;

(5) victim counseling center means a private organization, an organization operated by or contracted by a branch of the armed forces of the United States, or a local government agency that (A) has, as one of its primary purposes, the provision of direct services to victims for trauma resulting from a sexual assault or domestic violence;

(B) is not affiliated with a law enforcement agency or a prosecutor's office; and

(C) is not on contract with the state to provide services under AS 47 ;

(6) victim counselor means an employee or supervised volunteer of a victim counseling center that provides counseling to victims (A) who has undergone a minimum of 40 hours of training in domestic violence or sexual assault, crisis intervention, victim support, treatment and related areas; or

(B) whose duties include victim counseling.

Article 4. Procedures and Education.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.280 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.280
Acquittal bars other actions.
Status: in_force

The acquittal of a person by the commission or a court of competent jurisdiction of any alleged violation of this chapter is a bar to any other action, civil or criminal, based on the same act or omission.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.097 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.097
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

(a) A person affected by an order of the OSHA Review Board under AS 18.60.093 (c) or (e) or of the commissioner under AS 18.60.096 may obtain a review of the order by filing a notice of appeal in the superior court as provided in the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(b) The department may obtain review of an order of the OSHA Review Board under AS 18.60.093 (c) or (e) by filing a notice of appeal in the superior court as provided in the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(c) An order of the OSHA Review Board under AS 18.60.093 (c) or (e) or of the commissioner under AS 18.60.096 becomes final and is not subject to review by any court if a notice of appeal is not filed with the superior court within the period provided for by the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(d) An employer seeking judicial review of an order of the OSHA Review Board or of the commissioner must inform the affected employees of the fact that the employer is seeking judicial review.

(e) The court shall review an order of the OSHA Review Board or of the commissioner on a substantial-evidence basis.
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.087 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.087
Central registry of sex offenders.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers and shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and AS 12.63 . A post of the Alaska state troopers or a municipal police department that receives registration or change of address information under AS 12.63.010 shall forward the information within five working days after receipt to the central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers. Unless the sex offender or child kidnapper provides proof satisfactory to the department that the sex offender or child kidnapper is not physically present in the state or that the time limits described in AS 12.63.010 have passed, the Department of Public Safety may enter and maintain in the registry information described in AS 12.63.010 about a sex offender or child kidnapper that the department obtains from (1) the sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 ;

(2) a post of the Alaska state troopers or a municipal police department under this subsection;

(3) a court judgment under AS 12.55.148 , AS 26.05.890 (g), 26.05.893(d), 26.05.900(d), or 26.05.935(d);

(4) the Department of Corrections under AS 33.30.012 or 33.30.035;

(5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation or another sex offender registration agency outside this state if the information indicates that a sex offender or child kidnapper is believed to be residing or planning to reside in the state or cannot be located;

(6) a criminal justice agency in the state or another jurisdiction;

(7) the department's central repository under AS 12.62 ; information entered in the registry from the repository is not subject to the requirements of AS 12.62.160 (c)(3) or (4);

(8) the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; or

(9) another reliable source as defined in regulations adopted by the department.

(b) Information about a sex offender or child kidnapper that is contained in the central registry, including sets of fingerprints, is confidential and not subject to public disclosure except as to the sex offender's or child kidnapper's name, aliases, address, photograph, physical description, description of motor vehicles, license numbers of motor vehicles, and vehicle identification numbers of motor vehicles, place of employment, date of birth, crime for which convicted, date of conviction, place and court of conviction, length and conditions of sentence, and a statement as to whether the offender or kidnapper is in compliance with requirements of AS 12.63 or cannot be located.

(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, if a sex offender has been convicted in this state or another jurisdiction of a sex offense identified as incest, that offense may be disclosed under (b) of this section only as a felony sexual abuse of a minor conviction.

(d) The Department of Public Safety (1) shall adopt regulations to (A) allow a sex offender or child kidnapper to review sex offender or child kidnapper registration information that refers to that sex offender or child kidnapper, and if the sex offender or child kidnapper believes the information is inaccurate or incomplete, to request the department to correct the information; if the department finds the information is inaccurate or incomplete, the department shall correct or supplement the information;

(B) ensure the appropriate circulation to law enforcement agencies of information contained in the central registry;

(C) ensure the anonymity of members of the public who request information under this section;

(2) shall provide to the Department of Corrections and municipal police departments the forms and directions necessary to allow sex offenders and child kidnappers to comply with AS 12.63.010 ;

(3) may adopt regulations to establish fees to be charged for registration under AS 12.63.010 and for information requests; the fee for registration shall be based upon the actual costs of performing the registration and maintaining the central registry but may not be set at a level whereby registration is discouraged; the fee for an information request may not be greater than $10;

(4) shall remove from the central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers under this section information about a sex offender or child kidnapper required to register under AS 12.63.020 (a)(1)(B) at the end of the sex offender's or child kidnapper's duty to register if the offender or kidnapper has not been convicted of another sex offense or child kidnapping and the offender or kidnapper has supplied proof of unconditional discharge acceptable to the department; in this paragraph, sex offense and child kidnapping have the meanings given in AS 12.63.100 .

(e) The name, address, and other identifying information of a member of the public who makes an information request under this section is not a public record under AS 40.25.100  40.25.295.

(f) When a sex offender or child kidnapper registers under AS 12.63 , the Department of Public Safety shall make reasonable attempts to verify that the sex offender or child kidnapper is residing at the registered address. Reasonable attempts at verifying an address include sending certified mail, return receipt requested, to the offender or kidnapper at the registered address. The department shall make reasonable efforts to locate an offender or kidnapper who cannot be located at the registered address.

(g) The department, at least quarterly, shall compile a list of those persons with a duty to register under AS 12.63.010 who have failed to register, whose addresses cannot be verified under (f) of this section, or who otherwise cannot be located. The department shall post this list on the Internet and request the public's assistance in locating these persons.

(h) The Department of Public Safety shall provide on the Internet website that the department maintains for the central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers information as to how members of the public using the website may access or compile the information relating to sex offenders or child kidnappers for a particular geographic area on a map. The information may direct members to mapping programs available on the Internet and to Internet websites where information contained in the registry has already been converted to a map or geographic format.

(i) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the department may provide a method for, or may participate in a federal program that allows, the public to submit an electronic or messaging address or Internet identifier and receive a confirmation of whether the address or identifier has been registered by a registered sex offender or child kidnapper.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.145 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.145
Intervention by State Commission for Human Rights.
Status: in_force

(a) When an action is brought under AS 22.10.020 (i), the plaintiff shall serve a copy of the complaint on the commission. Upon timely application, the commission may intervene as a party to the action as a matter of right. If the commission certifies in writing to the court that it is presently investigating or actively dealing with the act, practice, or policy of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action, the court shall, at the request of the commission, defer proceedings for a period of not more than 45 days or such extended period as the court may allow; except that the court may enter an order or injunction if necessary to prevent irreparable injury to the plaintiff.

(b) If, within the period allowed, a hearing is conducted and a decision is reached under AS 18.80.120 and 18.80.130, the decision of the commission is binding on the parties to the court action as to all issues resolved in the hearing but not as to any issues not resolved in the hearing.

(c) When proceedings in the superior court are deferred for a hearing and decision under this section, the plaintiff may proceed, after the decision of the commission, as an aggrieved party for the purpose of obtaining judicial review under AS 18.80.135 , whether or not the person was a party to, or complainant in, the administrative proceedings.

(d) If the commission does not intervene or file a certificate and conduct a hearing as provided in this section, the court has complete jurisdiction of the case, notwithstanding the provisions of AS 18.80.280 .

Article 3. Commission Reports and Publications.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.510 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.510
Descriptive information regarding biological parents.
Status: in_force

(a) The state registrar shall, at the request of an adoptive parent or of an adopted person 18 years of age or older, release the following information regarding a biological parent named on the original birth certificate of the adopted person if available from the registrar's adoption records: (1) the age of the biological parent on the day the adopted person was born;

(2) the heritage of the biological parent, to include (A) national origin;

(B) ethnic background; and

(C) tribal membership;

(3) the medical history of the biological parent and of blood relatives of the biological parent;

(4) the number of years of school completed by the biological parent by the day the adopted person was born;

(5) a physical description of the biological parent on the day the adopted person was born, including height, weight, and color of hair, eyes, and skin;

(6) the existence of other children of the biological parent;

(7) whether the biological parent was alive at the time of adoption;

(8) the religion of the biological parent; and

(9) other information provided by the biological parent for disclosure to the child, which may include such items as photographs, letters, and a statement explaining the reasons for the adoption.

(b) Information released under (a) of this section shall be on a standard form prepared by the commissioner. The information may not include the name of a biological parent or other information not listed in (a) of this section.

Article 6. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 18.70.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.70 / Section 18.70.070
Abatement of fire hazards.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety may require the owner of a commercial business or public property to abate a fire hazard that exists in violation of law or regulations, and the Department of Public Safety may take appropriate action to assure abatement.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.725 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.725
Enforcement; reinspection.
Status: in_force

(a) A department inspector shall give written notice to the owner of a constructed premise or the contractor of a premise under construction of each violation of the code. The notice of violation must accurately describe the violation and give specific reference to the section and paragraph of the code. In addition, the notice must prescribe the necessary changes so that the work will comply with the code.

(b) In case of complaints by a contractor, builder, or installer charging arbitrary actions or incompetence on the part of an inspector, the commissioner, after reviewing written presentation of the dispute, may require reinspection by a new inspector who has no connection with either disputant.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.140 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.140
Pledge of revenue.
Status: in_force

A pledge of revenue or other money, obligations, or assets by the authority is binding from the time the pledge is made as against any parties having subsequent claims in tort, contract, or otherwise, irrespective of whether those parties have actual notice of the prior pledge. The pledge must be noted in the board's minute book and is constructive notice to all parties. Neither the resolution nor other instrument by which a pledge is created need be otherwise recorded, nor is the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or other law required to perfect the pledge. Revenue, rent, or other money, obligations, or assets so pledged and later received by the authority are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act.
Alaska Stat. § 18.70.369 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.70 / Section 18.70.369
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.70.320  18.70.369, (1) council means the Alaska Fire Standards Council established under AS 18.70.330 ;

(2) fire services means fire prevention services, fire suppression services, fire suppression support services, or training or educational services related to fire prevention or fire suppression that are performed by an employee of or volunteer with an organized fire service;

(3) organized fire service means a group of persons organized and trained for prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire, except that the term does not include groups of persons regulated under AS 18.65 or persons regulated under AS 18.08 who are performing within the scope of their certificates acquired under those chapters.

Article 4. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.540 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.540
Construction of provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 18.20.500  18.20.590 may not be construed to (1) create a right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or a contractor of the hospital, including a person who contracts with the hospital to provide instruction to a designated caregiver, based on an action performed or not performed under AS 18.20.500  18.20.590; or

(2) replace, change, or otherwise affect rights or remedies that are provided under another provision of law, including common law.
Alaska Stat. § 18.40.070 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.40 / Section 18.40.070
Damages for destruction of or injury to shelter cabins.
Status: in_force

A person who violates AS 18.40.050 is liable in damages for injury sustained by another as a result of the wilful destruction of or injury to a shelter cabin or its contents.
Alaska Stat. § 18.25.020 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.25 / Section 18.25.020
Determination of necessity.
Status: in_force

The department shall initiate appropriate action under AS 18.25.010  18.25.030 when it determines which projects are of most immediate necessity, and shall allot money to the municipalities, communities, and associations on a matching basis, or in accordance with their financial ability and urgency of the need.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.093 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.093
Insurance.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the corporation the housing insurance fund, the rural housing hazard insurance fund, and the rural housing title insurance fund. The funds shall be completely segregated from all other funds of the corporation, and are trust funds for the uses and purposes of this section. The corporation may adopt regulations under AS 18.56.088 and enter into agreements with respect to the exercise of any power relating to the funds under this section, including, without limitation, agreements as to the use of the money in the funds, agreements with respect to the terms and conditions upon which payments from the funds must be made to the corporation with respect to mortgage loans insured under this section, agreements as to accounts or subaccounts in the funds for different categories of loans, and agreements regarding the payment of and security for bonds of the corporation. The corporation may pledge, assign, or grant other interests in the funds as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the insurance of mortgage loans and to provide for the payment of and security for bonds of the corporation.

(b) In addition to any other fees and charges that the corporation may charge on mortgage loans, the corporation may collect, or cause to be collected, insurance commitment fees and insurance premiums on mortgage loans insured by a fund under this section.

(c) A mortgage loan purchased by the corporation as part of its special mortgage loan purchase program may be insured by the housing insurance fund, and a mortgage loan on a mobile home or residence located in a remote, underdeveloped, blighted, or rural area of the state may also be insured (1) against hazard loss by the rural housing hazard insurance fund when hazard insurance from other sources satisfactory to private mortgage lenders is not, in the opinion of the corporation, available on reasonable terms, and (2) against title defect by the rural housing title insurance fund when title insurance from other sources satisfactory to private mortgage lenders is not, in the opinion of the corporation, available on reasonable terms. The endorsement of the corporation on the mortgage that it is insured by any fund under this section at the time of purchase or acquisition of the mortgage loan is conclusive evidence that the mortgage loan is insured under the provisions of this section by the fund.

(d) Mortgage loans may be insured by a fund or an account in a fund under this section only when the amount in the fund or in the account as a percentage of the sum of all mortgage loans to be insured and all unpaid principal on mortgage loans to be insured by the fund or the account equals or exceeds the fund requirement. The fund requirement for each fund or account shall be calculated as the percentage that the corporation determines is actuarially sound for operation of the fund or account.

(e) When the corporation determines what is actuarially sound with respect to the operation of each fund or account in a fund, it shall consider means of providing sufficient revenue for the operation of the fund or account, without regard to amounts that may have been or may, after the date of determination of actuarial soundness, be appropriated under (f) of this section and it shall consider factors which must include, without limitation, (1) as to the mortgages insured by the housing insurance fund, or an account of the housing insurance fund, estimates of future defaults and losses on mortgage loans insured under this section based on actual default and loss experience on those mortgage loans or on similar mortgage loans in this state or elsewhere, estimates of recoveries on defaulted or foreclosed mortgage loans based on that experience, the terms and conditions of the mortgage loans insured under this section, estimates of earnings and income of amounts on deposit in the fund, and any other appropriate factors;

(2) as to mortgages insured by the rural housing title insurance fund, estimates of defaults and losses by reason of title defects that are otherwise uninsured, estimates of earnings and income of amounts of deposit in the fund or the account, and any other appropriate factors; and

(3) as to mortgages insured by the rural housing hazard insurance fund, or an account of the rural housing hazard insurance fund, estimates of default by reason of hazard losses which are otherwise uninsured, estimates of earnings and income of amounts on deposit in the fund or the account, and any other appropriate factors.

(f) On December 1 of each year the corporation shall ascertain the amount on deposit in each fund established under this section and in each account of each fund. If the amount in any fund or account is less than the fund requirement for the fund or account, the corporation shall, no later than January 2 of the following year, certify in writing to the governor and to the legislature, the amount, if any, required to restore that fund or account to the fund requirement. The legislature may appropriate the amount and the corporation shall deposit in the fund or account all amounts appropriated during the then current state fiscal year. Nothing in this subsection creates a debt or liability of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.530 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.530
Preparation and approval of redevelopment plans.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in AS 18.55.520 (11), the corporation may not acquire real property for a redevelopment project unless the governing body of the municipality has approved the redevelopment plan, as prescribed in (i) of this section.

(b) The corporation may not prepare a redevelopment plan for a redevelopment project area unless the governing body of the municipality has, by resolution, declared the area to be a slum or blighted area in need of redevelopment.

(c) The corporation may not recommend a redevelopment plan to the governing body of the municipality until a general plan for the physical development of the municipality has been prepared.

(d) The corporation may prepare or have prepared a redevelopment plan or any person or agency, public or private, may submit a redevelopment plan to the corporation. A redevelopment plan must be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements and the proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment project area, and must include (1) the boundaries of the redevelopment project area, with a map showing the existing uses and conditions of the real property within those boundaries;

(2) a land use plan showing proposed uses of the area;

(3) information showing the standards of population densities, land coverage, and building intensities in the area after redevelopment;

(4) a statement of the proposed changes, if any, in zoning ordinances or maps, street layouts, street levels or grades, building codes, and ordinances;

(5) a site plan of the area; and

(6) a statement as to the kind and number of additional public facilities or utilities that will be required to support the new land uses in the area after redevelopment.

(e) Before recommending a redevelopment plan to the governing body for approval, the corporation shall submit the plan to the planning commission, if any, of the area in which the redevelopment project area is located for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the physical development of the area. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed redevelopment plan to the corporation within 30 days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if recommendations are not received within 30 days, then without the recommendations, the corporation may recommend the redevelopment plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval.

(f) Before recommending a redevelopment plan to the governing body for approval, the corporation shall consider whether the proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment project area are designed with the general purpose of accomplishing, in conformance with the general plan, a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs that will, in accordance with present and future needs, promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development and, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, vehicular parking, the promotion of safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the provision of adequate transportation, water, sewerage, and other public utilities, schools, parks, recreational and community facilities, and other public requirements, the promotion of sound design and arrangement, the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, the prevention of the recurrence of unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations, slums, or conditions of blight, and the provision of adequate, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations.

(g) The recommendation of a redevelopment plan by the corporation to the governing body shall be accompanied by (1) the recommendations, if any, of the planning commission concerning the redevelopment plan;

(2) a statement of the proposed method and estimated cost of the acquisition and preparation for redevelopment of the redevelopment project area and the estimated proceeds or revenues from its disposal to redevelopers;

(3) a statement of the proposed method of financing the redevelopment project; and

(4) a statement of a feasible method proposed for the relocation of families to be displaced from the redevelopment project area.

(h) The governing body shall hold a public hearing on the redevelopment plan or substantial modification of the redevelopment plan recommended by the corporation, after public notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality once each week for two consecutive weeks, the last publication to be at least 10 days before the date set for hearing, or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation, by posting the notice in three public places in the municipality at least 10 days before the date set for hearing. The notice must describe the time, place, and purpose of the hearing and must generally identify the area to be redeveloped under the plan. At the public hearing all interested parties shall be given a reasonable opportunity to express their views respecting the proposed redevelopment plan.

(i) Following the hearing required by (h) of this section, the governing body may by ordinance initially approve a redevelopment plan if it finds that the plan is feasible and conforms with the general plan for the physical development of the area. Approval of subsequent modifications of the plan that do not involve substantive changes shall be by resolution. A redevelopment plan that has not been approved by the governing body when recommended by the corporation may again be recommended to it with any modifications considered advisable.

(j) The corporation may modify a redevelopment plan at any time. However, if it is modified after the lease or sale of real property in the redevelopment project area, the redeveloper or the developer's successor in interest affected by the proposed modification must consent to the modification. If the proposed modification will substantially change the redevelopment plan as previously approved by the governing body, the modification must similarly be approved by the governing body.

(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the local governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal law, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal or redevelopment plan and an urban renewal or redevelopment project with respect to the area without regard to the provisions relating to relocation, conformance of the urban renewal or redevelopment plan with the general plan, and the provisions of this chapter requiring a general plan for the municipality and a public hearing on the urban renewal or redevelopment project or plan.
Alaska Stat. § 18.80.120 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.80 / Section 18.80.120
Hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) If no agreement is reached under AS 18.80.110 and the executive director determines to refer the complaint for hearing, the executive director shall issue an accusation based on the investigator's determination of substantial evidence and serve the person charged in the accusation and the complainant with notice of the referral and a copy of the accusation. The executive director's decision to refer the complaint to hearing is not reviewable by the commission under this chapter. The location of the hearing is the commission office unless the commission designates another location. The executive director, or the executive director's designee, shall present the case in support of the accusation before the commission. The person charged in the accusation may file a written answer and may appear at the hearing, with or without counsel, and submit evidence.

(b) The commission shall request the chief administrative law judge to appoint, under AS 44.64.020 , an administrative law judge employed or retained by the office of administrative hearings to preside over a hearing conducted under this section. AS 44.64.040  44.64.055, 44.64.070  44.64.200, and the procedures in AS 44.62.330  44.62.630 (Administrative Procedure Act) apply to the hearing except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(c) An accusation may be reasonably and fairly amended by the commission. An amendment to name a different discriminatory practice must be supported by substantial evidence, and the discriminatory practice must be referred for conference, conciliation, and persuasion as provided in AS 18.80.110 , before a hearing may proceed.

(d) In a hearing on an accusation, each element of an accusation or defense must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.

(e) At any time after the issuance of an accusation, the executive director or the person charged in the accusation may petition for a summary decision on the accusation. The commission shall grant a petition if, after a reasonable opportunity for discovery, the record shows that there is no genuine issue of material fact and the petitioner is entitled to an order under AS 18.80.130 as a matter of law.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.141 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.141
Department functions.
Status: in_force

The department shall be the sole agency for the administration of the plan as required by the federal act. The department shall develop and administer any programs necessary for compliance with the federal act.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.180 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.180
Bonds as securities.
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds of the authority are securities in which the following may legally invest any funds belonging to them or within their control: all public officers and agencies of the state and of municipal corporations, officers, boards of directors and trustees of banks, trust companies, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance companies and associations, all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
Alaska Stat. § 18.15.450 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.15 / Section 18.15.450
Definitions for AS 18.15.400  18.15.450.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.15.400  18.15.450, (1) adult or juvenile offender means a person in custody, arrested, or charged under a criminal complaint or a minor being held or subject to a petition under AS 47.12 ;

(2) bloodborne pathogens means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans; these pathogens include hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

(3) employing agency means the (A) department that employs a state employee who is, or contracts with another person who is or employs, a public safety officer;

(B) municipality that employs a municipal employee who is, or contracts with another person who is or employs, a public safety officer or that contracts with, sponsors, or accepts the services of a public safety officer who volunteers for a volunteer fire department or emergency medical services agency;

(C) Department of Public Safety for a public safety officer who volunteers for a volunteer fire department or emergency medical services agency that provides services in the unorganized borough outside of a municipality;

(4) prisoner has the meaning given in AS 33.30.901 ;

(5) public safety officer means a state or municipal juvenile or adult correctional, probation, or parole officer, a contractor or employee of a contractor in a correctional facility, a juvenile detention or treatment facility staff member, or a peace officer or firefighter, emergency medical technician, or mobile intensive care paramedic employed by or volunteering for the state or a municipality or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services provider;

(6) significant exposure means contact likely to transmit a bloodborne pathogen, in a manner supported by the most current guidelines and recommendations of the United States Public Health Service at the time an evaluation takes place, that includes (A) percutaneous injury, contact of mucous membrane or nonintact skin, or prolonged contact of intact skin; and

(B) contact, in a manner that may transmit a bloodborne pathogen, with blood, tissue, or potentially infectious body fluids.

Article 8. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.680 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.680
Urban renewal projects; definition.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the power given under AS 18.55.480  18.55.960, the corporation may plan and undertake an urban renewal project. In AS 18.55.480  18.55.960 an urban renewal project includes undertaking and activity for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums or blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas. An urban renewal project may involve any work or undertaking for this purpose that constitutes a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of an undertaking or work.

(b) Rehabilitation or conservation work includes (1) carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements;

(2) acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements from it where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities;

(3) installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and

(4) the disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part of property acquired in the area of the project; disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in AS 18.55.480  18.55.960 for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area.
Alaska Stat. § 18.74.220 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.74 / Section 18.74.220
Implementation.
Status: in_force

The substance of the fire safety standards for cigarettes established by the law of the state of New York and the implementation of these standards by the state of New York shall be persuasive authority in the implementation of this chapter by the state fire marshal and the attorney general.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.520 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.520
Notification of discharge.
Status: in_force

A hospital shall notify a patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.580 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.580
Loans for multi-family housing.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may use the housing assistance loan program created in AS 18.56.420 to make loans for the purchase, participation in the purchase, origination, development, or refinancing of multi-family housing in small communities.

(b) In this section, (1) development means the construction of a new residence or the acquisition, repair, remodeling, rehabilitation, or expansion of an existing residence;

(2) multi-family housing means a multi-family residence containing two or more dwelling units that may be nonowner-occupied or owner-occupied.
Alaska Stat. § 18.16.010 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.16 / Section 18.16.010
Abortions.
Status: reserved

(a) An abortion may not be performed in this state unless (1) the abortion is performed by a physician licensed by the State Medical Board under AS 08.64.200 ;

(2) the abortion is performed in a hospital or other facility approved for the purpose by the Department of Health or a hospital operated by the federal government or an agency of the federal government;

(3) before an abortion is knowingly performed or induced on a pregnant, unmarried, unemancipated woman under 18 years of age, notice or consent have been given as required under AS 18.16.020 or a court has authorized the minor to proceed with the abortion without parental involvement under AS 18.16.030 and the minor consents; for purposes of enforcing this paragraph, there is a rebuttable presumption that a woman who is unmarried and under 18 years of age is unemancipated;

(4) the woman is domiciled or physically present in the state for 30 days before the abortion; and

(5) the applicable requirements of AS 18.16.060 have been satisfied.

(b) Nothing in this section requires a hospital or person to participate in an abortion, nor is a hospital or person liable for refusing to participate in an abortion under this section.

(c) A person who knowingly violates a provision of this section, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by both.

(d) [Repealed, § 6 ch 14 SLA 1997.] (e) A person who performs or induces an abortion in violation of (a)(3) of this section is civilly liable to the pregnant minor and the minor's parents, guardian, or custodian for compensatory and punitive damages.

(f) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution or claim for a violation of (a)(3) of this section that the pregnant minor provided the person who performed or induced the abortion with false, misleading, or incorrect information about the minor's age, marital status, or emancipation, and the person who performed or induced the abortion did not otherwise have reasonable cause to believe that the pregnant minor was under 17 years of age, unmarried, or unemancipated.

(g) It is a defense to a prosecution or claim for violation of (a)(3) of this section that, in the clinical judgment of the physician or surgeon, compliance with the requirements of (a)(3) of this section was not possible because, in the clinical judgment of the physician or surgeon, an immediate threat of serious risk to the life or physical health of the pregnant minor from the continuation of the pregnancy created a medical emergency necessitating the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion. In this subsection, (1) clinical judgment means a physician's or surgeon's subjective professional medical judgment exercised in good faith;

(2) defense has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (b);

(3) medical emergency means a condition that, on the basis of the physician's or surgeon's good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant minor that (A) an immediate abortion of the minor's pregnancy is necessary to avert the minor's death; or

(B) a delay in providing an abortion will create serious risk of medical instability caused by a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant minor.

(h) A physician or other health care provider is liable for failure to obtain the informed consent of a person as required under AS 18.16.060 if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the provider has failed to inform the person of the common risks and reasonable alternatives to the proposed abortion procedure and that, but for that failure, the person would not have consented to the abortion procedure.

(i) It is a defense to any action for the alleged failure to obtain the informed consent of a person under (h) of this section that (1) the risk not disclosed is too commonly known or is too remote to require disclosure; or

(2) the person who is the subject of the alleged failure to obtain the informed consent stated to the physician or other health care provider that the person would or would not undergo the abortion procedure regardless of the risk involved or that the person did not want to be informed of the matters to which the person would be entitled to be informed.

(j) In an action under (h) of this section, there is a rebuttable presumption that an abortion was performed with the pregnant woman's informed consent if the person who performed the abortion submits into evidence a copy of the woman's written certification required under AS 18.16.060 (b).
Alaska Stat. § 18.65.220 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.65 / Section 18.65.220
Powers.
Status: in_force

The council has the power to (1) adopt regulations for the administration of AS 18.65.130  18.65.290;

(2) establish minimum standards for employment as a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, and correctional officer in a permanent or probationary position and certify persons to be qualified as police officers, probation officers, parole officers, municipal correctional officers, and correctional officers under AS 18.65.130  18.65.290;

(3) establish minimum criminal justice curriculum requirements for basic, specialized, and in-service courses and programs for schools operated by or for the state or a political subdivision of the state for the specific purpose of training police recruits, police officers, probation officers, parole officers, municipal correctional officers, and correctional officers; the curriculum requirements established under this paragraph must include training in (A) recognizing persons with disabilities;

(B) appropriate interactions with persons with disabilities;

(C) resources available to persons with disabilities and to those interacting with persons with disabilities; and

(D) the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 12131  12165 (Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990);

(4) consult and cooperate with municipalities, agencies of the state, other governmental agencies, universities, colleges, and other institutions concerning the development of police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, and correctional officer training schools and programs of criminal justice instruction;

(5) employ an administrator and other persons necessary to carry out its duties under AS 18.65.130  18.65.290;

(6) investigate when there is reason to believe that a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer does not meet the minimum standards for employment; in connection with the investigation the council may subpoena persons, books, records, or documents related to the investigation and require answers in writing under oath to questions asked by the council or the administrator;

(7) charge and collect a fee of $50 for processing applications for certification of police, probation, parole, municipal correctional, and correctional officers;

(8) require a state and national criminal history record check for an applicant to a training program established in AS 18.65.230 and for a person to be certified as a police officer under AS 18.65.240 if that person's prospective employer does not have access to a criminal justice information system.
Alaska Stat. § 18.23.315 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.23 / Section 18.23.315
Health information exchange system report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide to the legislature, on or before December 31 of each year, an annual report on the progress of the health information exchange system in the state, including a specific set of recommendations for long-term participation and financial support by the state.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.065 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.065
Importation of toxic and hazardous substances.
Status: in_force

Toxic and hazardous substances imported into the state shall be accompanied by a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) form 20 or equivalent information. This requirement does not apply to a substance for which the in-state purchaser has already received the most current information.
Alaska Stat. § 18.60.077 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.60 / Section 18.60.077
Variance from a standard.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who is affected by AS 18.60.010  18.60.105 may apply to the commissioner for a variance from a provision of the safety and health standards adopted by the department. Employees who are affected by an application for variance shall be given notice of the application for variance and an opportunity to participate in the hearing. The commissioner shall issue the variance if the commissioner determines on the basis of the hearing record, after opportunity for an inspection where appropriate, that the proponent of the variance has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that the conditions, practices, means, methods, operations, or processes used or proposed to be used by an employer will provide employment and places of employment to employees that are as safe and as healthful as those that would prevail if the employer complied with the provisions of the safety and health standards adopted by the department. The variance shall prescribe the conditions the employer must maintain and the practices, means, methods, operations, and processes that the employer must adopt and utilize to the extent they differ from the standard in question. The variance may be modified or revoked upon application by an employer, by employees, or by motion of the commissioner, in the manner prescribed for its issuance under this subsection at any time after six months from its issuance.

(b) When the commissioner grants a variance, the commissioner shall include in this grant a statement of the reasons for the action, and the statement shall be published in a newspaper of statewide circulation and in a newspaper of local circulation in the area where the variance will be implemented. A copy of the statement shall be sent to the OSHA Review Board.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.096 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.096
Limitation on power to make or purchase mortgage loans.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may not make, participate in the making of, purchase, or participate in the purchase of (1) a first mortgage loan under this chapter for a duplex, triplex, or four-plex that exceeds the limitations on first mortgage loans for similar housing purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association as to principal amount and loan-to-value ratio;

(2) a second mortgage loan for a duplex, triplex, or four-plex the amount of which, when combined with the principal balance of a first mortgage loan on the property, exceeds the limitation on the amount set out in (1) of this subsection or that has a loan-to-value ratio, when considered with the principal balance of the first mortgage loan, that exceeds 90 percent;

(3) a mortgage loan to finance the purchase of new housing or for the improvement or rehabilitation of existing housing, unless the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation work has been performed by a contractor who is registered to work as a contractor under AS 08.18 ; this paragraph does not apply if the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation work (A) has been totally or substantially performed by the borrower;

(B) has been performed by a borrower who acts as the contractor for the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation work; or

(C) has been performed in an area designated by the corporation as exempt from the requirements of this paragraph because of the unavailability of registered contractors in that area;

(4) a first mortgage loan for a single-family residence that exceeds the limitations on first mortgage loans for similar housing purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association as to principal amount by more than 10 percent or a second mortgage loan for a single-family residence, the amount of which, when combined with the principal balance of a first mortgage loan on the property, has a loan-to-value ratio that exceeds 90 percent;

(5) a first or second mortgage loan for rental housing unless the borrower agrees not to discriminate against tenants or prospective tenants because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, race, religion, color, national origin, or status as a student;

(6) a first mortgage loan if the borrower has an outstanding first mortgage housing loan under this chapter or an outstanding first mortgage loan for owner-occupied housing under former provisions of AS 44.47 ; or

(7) a loan to a person who has a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160  25.27.220 at the time of application.

(b) The loan-to-value limitation established in (a)(4) of this section does not apply to a mortgage loan that is federally insured or guaranteed. The loan-to-value limitations established in (a)(1) and (4) of this section do not apply to a mortgage loan that is a refinancing mortgage loan under AS 18.56.108 .

(c) The corporation may not make, participate in the making of, purchase, or participate in the purchase of a loan for a residential building if construction of the building began after December 31, 1991, unless the building complies with the thermal and lighting energy standards required by AS 46.11.040 . The corporation (1) may adopt regulations to implement this subsection; and

(2) shall, by regulation, establish (A) procedures by which the person responsible for the construction of the building may demonstrate that the building complies with the thermal and lighting energy standards, including (i) self-certification, if the contractor responsible for the building construction provides satisfactory evidence that the contractor has completed a training program that is satisfactory to the corporation;

(ii) submission of the certificate of a registered architect, registered engineer, or a building inspector, and the architect, engineer, or building inspector has completed a training program that is satisfactory to the corporation;

(iii) submission of the certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality in which the building is located, if the certificate is issued by a municipality in which the municipal building code meets or exceeds the thermal and lighting energy standards, as determined by the corporation;

(iv) another method approved by the corporation in regulations adopted by the corporation; and

(B) criteria by which the energy conservation standards may be met; for purposes of this subparagraph, the residential building complies with the energy standards if the residence has received a rating under a home energy rating system adopted by the corporation that, in the judgment of the corporation, meets or exceeds the thermal energy standards required by AS 46.11.040 .
Alaska Stat. § 18.68.030 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.68 / Section 18.68.030
Training in protocols and sexual examination kits.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law shall develop and implement training in the use of the protocols and the sexual assault examination kits for peace officers, district attorneys, and appropriate law enforcement agencies, health care providers, and sexual assault program personnel.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.800 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.800
Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

There exists in the state a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary residential housing available at low or moderate prices or rentals to older individuals. There also exists in the state organizations whose purposes are to provide the kinds of housing needed to alleviate this shortage. Development work to provide such housing involves substantial expense that is often beyond the resources of the organizations.
Alaska Stat. § 18.56.430 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.56 / Section 18.56.430
Home ownership assistance fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created in the corporation the home ownership assistance fund consisting of money appropriated to it by the legislature and deposited in it by the corporation. Money in the fund shall be used solely to assist persons of lower and moderate income to purchase or construct single-family homes financed under AS 18.56.400  18.56.600 by providing a subsidy to those persons.

(b) The subsidy provided by this section may not exceed the amount that is necessary to reduce the annual interest rate paid on the mortgage loan to six percent.

(c) A mortgage loan that is subsidized from the home ownership assistance fund may not exceed $120,000.

(d) The corporation shall adopt regulations that establish maximum income-to-loan payment ratios for persons who apply for a subsidy under this section.

(e) In this section, persons of lower and moderate income means individuals considered by the corporation to require assistance under this section because of inadequate income or other limited personal financial resources, taking into consideration (1) the amount of total income available for housing needs;

(2) the size of the family;

(3) the cost and condition of available housing;

(4) standards established in various federal programs for determining eligibility based on income;

(5) the ability to enter the private housing market and to pay market amounts for decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and

(6) other factors considered relevant by the corporation.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.120 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.120
Housing for low-income households.
Status: in_force

For purposes of AS 18.55.100  18.55.290, the corporation shall manage and operate housing for low-income households with rentals fixed at the lowest rates consistent with decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings.
Alaska Stat. § 18.55.950 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.55 / Section 18.55.950
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 18.55.480  18.55.960, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) area of operation means the State of Alaska;

(2) blighted area means an area, other than a slum area, that by reason of the predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or improvements, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, improper subdivision or obsolete platting, or the existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of these factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its condition and use;

(3) bond means any bond, note, interim certificate, debenture, or other obligation issued by the corporation under AS 18.55.570 ;

(4) corporation means the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;

(5) dwelling means a building or structure or part of a building or structure used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used, and includes an appurtenance belonging to the building or structure or usually enjoyed with it;

(6) federal government includes the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America;

(7) governing body means the legislative body of a municipality;

(8) obligee includes a bondholder, agent or trustee for a bondholder, or lessor demising to the corporation property used in connection with a redevelopment project, or an assignee of the lessor's interest or a part of the interest, and the federal government when it is a party to a contract with the corporation;

(9) public body means the state or a municipality;

(10) real property includes all land, including improvements and fixtures on it, and property of any nature appurtenant to it, or used in connection with it, and every estate, interest, and right, legal or equitable, in it, including a term for years, a lien, and indebtedness secured by a lien;

(11) redeveloper means a person, partnership, or public or private corporation or agency that enters or proposes to enter into a redevelopment contract;

(12) redevelopment contract means a contract between the corporation and a redeveloper for the redevelopment of an area in accordance with a redevelopment plan;

(13) redevelopment plan means a plan, other than a preliminary or tentative plan, for the acquisition, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or future use of a redevelopment project area;

(14) redevelopment project includes the preparation of a redevelopment plan, the planning, survey, and other work incident to a redevelopment project and the preparation of all plans and arrangements for carrying out a redevelopment project, and means a work or undertaking (A) to acquire all or a portion of a slum area or a blighted area, including lands, structures, or improvements that are necessary or incidental to the clearance or redevelopment of the area or to the prevention of the spread or recurrence of slum conditions or conditions of blight;

(B) to clear a slum or blight area by demolishing or removing buildings, structures, streets, utilities, or other improvements and to install, construct, or reconstruct streets, utilities, and site improvements necessary to prepare sites for use in accordance with a redevelopment plan;

(C) to sell, lease, or otherwise make available land in a slum or blight area for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other use or for public use or to retain the land for public use, in accordance with a redevelopment plan;

(15) slum area means an area where buildings predominate that, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or overcrowding, lack of ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or the existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes, or a combination of these factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, and crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or welfare.
Alaska Stat. § 18.50.260 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.50 / Section 18.50.260
Extension of time.
Status: in_force

(a) By regulation and upon the conditions it prescribes to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter, the department may provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in AS 18.50.160 and 18.50.230  18.50.250 for the filing of birth certificates, death certificates, fetal death certificates, medical certifications or causes of death, and for the obtaining of permits, in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship.

(b) Regulations may provide for the issuance of a burial-transit permit under AS 18.50.250 before the filing of a certificate of death or fetal death upon conditions designed to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter in a case in which compliance with the requirement that the certificate be filed before the issuance of the permit would result in undue hardship.
Alaska Stat. § 18.20.095 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.20 / Section 18.20.095
Mental health patient's right to select staff; duties of hospital staff.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, a patient 18 years of age or older who is receiving mental health treatment and being provided intimate care at a hospital shall have a right to have care provided by a staff member who is the gender that the patient requests.

(b) A supervisor or manager employed by a hospital shall (1) post a notice of the right provided under (a) of this section in a conspicuous place; and

(2) if, after reasonable and good faith efforts to comply, the hospital is unable to comply with the requirement under (a) of this section, (A) document in the patient record that intimate care was provided by a licensed staff member of the gender opposite to the gender requested by the patient under (a) of this section; or

(B) if a licensed staff member is not on duty at the time of the patient's request under (a) of this section, document in the patient record that the care was provided by an unlicensed staff member of the gender opposite to that requested under (a) of this section.

(c) Staff members employed by a hospital shall, in regard to patients receiving mental health treatment, (1) provide privacy for each patient, especially for patients who are the opposite gender and especially when patient care involves intimate bodily functions, unavoidable intimate touching, or nudity;

(2) except when necessitated by a medical emergency that is documented in the patient's record, avoid entering patient care areas for a person of the opposite gender and areas specified for persons of the opposite gender; and

(3) conduct routine safety checks and rounds of bedrooms, bathrooms, and shower areas only of patients who are the same gender as the staff member.

(d) A hospital is exempt from the requirements of (a) of this section if the treating psychiatrist for the patient at the hospital determines that compliance would adversely affect patient treatment and the psychiatrist documents the determination in the patient's record.

(e) In this section, (1) intimate care means hygienic care, including bathing, dressing, changing, and toileting, that involves a patient's perineal area and, for a female patient, the patient's breasts; intimate care does not include activities done in preparation for medical procedures;

(2) licensed staff member means a person who is employed by the hospital to provide direct patient care and who is licensed or certified in the state as a physician or physician assistant under AS 08.64 , direct-entry midwife under AS 08.65 , nurse or nurse aide under AS 08.68 , or physical therapist or occupational therapist under AS 08.84 ;

(3) mental health treatment means admission to a hospital primarily for electroconvulsive treatment or treatment with psychotropic medication, or admission to and retention in a health care institution for other mental health treatment;

(4) staff member means a person employed by a hospital to provide direct patient care.
Alaska Stat. § 18.26.210 — AK Code / Title 18 / Chapter 18.26 / Section 18.26.210
State requirements.
Status: in_force

A medical facility that has been monetarily supported, in any manner whatsoever, by the authority is subject to any state requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements, any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts, or the lease, sale, or other disposition of property of the authority.