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AK Stat § 18.35.341 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.341. Citations; penalty.

(a) A peace officer may issue a citation for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 committed in the officer's presence or for a violation of AS 18.35.306. The provisions of AS 12.25.175 - 12.25.230 apply to the issuance of a citation under this subsection.  (b) An employee of the department designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may issue a citation for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 regardless of whether the violation was committed in the employee's presence. A citation issued under this subsection shall be in the same form and shall be processed in the same manner as a citation issued by a peace officer under (a) of this section. An employee of the department may not arrest a person for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.  (c) A person who violates AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900(b) and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of $50 for a violation of AS 18.35.301, by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 for a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311, and by a fine of not more than $500 for a violation of AS 18.35.326. Each day a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 continues after a citation for the violation has been issued constitutes a separate violation.  (d) The supreme court shall establish a schedule of bail amounts for violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, and 18.35.326, but in no event may the bail amount exceed the maximum fine that may be imposed for the violation under (c) of this section. The bail amount for a violation must appear on the citation.  (e) If a person cited for a violation under this section does not contest the citation, the person may, on or before the 30th day after the date of the citation, mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court in which the citation is filed (1) the amount of bail indicated on the citation for that violation; and (2) a copy of the citation indicating that the right to an appearance is waived, a plea of no contest is entered, and the bail is forfeited. (f) When bail has been forfeited under (e) of this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. Forfeiture of bail is a complete satisfaction for the violation. The clerk of the court accepting the bail shall provide the violator with a receipt stating that fact if requested. (g) A person cited under this section is guilty of failure to obey a citation under AS 12.25.230 if the person fails to pay the bail amount established under (d) of this section or fails to appear in court as required.
AK Stat § 18.35.342 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.342. Multiple fines prohibited.

A person may not be fined more than once for each violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.
AK Stat § 18.35.343 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.343. Injunctions.

The commissioner or any affected party may institute an action in the superior court to enjoin repeated violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.
AK Stat § 18.35.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.350. Enforcement authority.

The commissioner or the commissioner's designee is responsible for enforcing the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399. This section does not limit the authority of peace officers.
AK Stat § 18.35.357 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities|Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking.|Sec. 18.35.357. Municipal regulation.

A municipality may, by ordinance ratified by voters in a regular municipal election, exempt the municipality from the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.350. Unless the municipality has adopted an ordinance banning smoking in certain public places, if a municipality exempts itself from the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.350, former AS 18.35.300 - 18.35.365 apply in the municipality as those statutes provided on September 30, 2018.
AK Stat § 18.50.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.010. Bureau of Vital Statistics.

There is established within the department a section to be called the Bureau of Vital Statistics which shall install, maintain, and operate the state system of vital statistics.
AK Stat § 18.50.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.020. Department to adopt regulations.

The department may, in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), adopt, amend, and repeal regulations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.50.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.030. Appointment of state registrar of vital statistics.

The commissioner shall select the state registrar of vital statistics in accordance with state personnel laws and regulations. The registrar shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.50.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.040. Duties of state registrar.

The state registrar shall (1) administer and enforce this chapter and the regulations adopted under it, and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics; (2) direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and the bureau, and keep its records; (3) direct, supervise, and control the activities of local registrars related to the operation of the vital statistics system; (4) prescribe and furnish the forms required by this chapter and the regulations issued under it; (5) prepare and publish reports of vital statistics and other required statistical reports.
AK Stat § 18.50.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.050. Delegation of duties.

The state registrar may delegate the functions and duties vested in the state registrar to employees of the bureau and to local registrars as the state registrar considers necessary or expedient.
AK Stat § 18.50.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.060. Seal.

The state registrar shall have a seal, which shall bear within the perimeter of the seal the words “Seal of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics of Alaska,” and within the circle, at the top of the seal, a star representing the north star, beneath it the Dipper of seven stars, and beneath this a quill. The seal shall be used in the certification of copies of records under custody of the state registrar, and to authenticate other copies, documents, records, and reports the state registrar considers necessary.
AK Stat § 18.50.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar.|Sec. 18.50.070. Registration districts.

The state registrar shall establish registration districts throughout the state. The state registrar may consolidate or subdivide a district to facilitate registration. Registration districts shall take into account the boundary lines of local governmental units, house districts, judicial districts, and other local boundary lines in general use, where feasible.
AK Stat § 18.50.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.080. Appointment of local registrars.

(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.
AK Stat § 18.50.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.090. Duties of local registrars.

Within the local registration district, the local registrar shall (1) administer and enforce this chapter, and the instructions issued and regulations adopted under it; (2) require that certificates be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter, and the instructions issued and regulations adopted under it; (3) transmit monthly, or more frequently when directed to do so by the state registrar, the certificates, reports, or other returns filed with the local registrar, to the local recording official or to the bureau in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter; (4) maintain the records, make reports, and perform the other duties required by the state registrar.
AK Stat § 18.50.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.100. Keeping of permanent records.

The state registrar may, where feasible, require permanent local records to be kept in the form of copies of the original vital statistics records. The state registrar shall designate in each case how this is to be done by the local recording official, in connection with other local registrars of vital statistics in the recording area. The state registrar shall issue instructions concerning the keeping of these records, their disclosure, corrections, issuance of copies, and fees to be charged. In matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics, the local recording officials and local registrars shall be directly supervised in this work by the state registrar.
AK Stat § 18.50.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.110. Duties of deputy local registrar.

In accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter, the deputy local registrar shall perform the duties of the local registrar in the absence or incapacity of the local registrar and shall perform other duties required by the state registrar.
AK Stat § 18.50.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.120. Compensation of local registrars.

When a local recording official receiving a salary or other regular compensation for general recording duties serves as local registrar of vital statistics, the local registrar is not entitled to fees under this section. Otherwise, local registrars of vital statistics shall be paid, from funds appropriated for this purpose, as follows: (1) for a certificate of birth, death, fetal death, or marriage occurring in the registration district, properly completed and transmitted by the local registrar in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter, $2; (2) for each monthly report indicating the number of the various vital events that occurred in the registration district, properly made in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter, $1.
AK Stat § 18.50.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.130. Subregistrars.

(a) In registration districts containing scattered villages, the local registrar may, with the approval of the state registrar, designate one person in each village as subregistrar for a designated area. (b) The subregistrar is responsible for preparing, signing, and filing with the local registrar, in accordance with instructions of the bureau, a certificate for each birth, death, and fetal death occurring in the area designated and not attended by a physician or nurse. (c) For each certificate filed in accordance with instructions of the bureau the subregistrar is entitled to a fee of $1.
AK Stat § 18.50.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 2. Local Registrars.|Sec. 18.50.140. Payment of fees to local registrars and others.

The state registrar shall certify monthly, or at least quarterly, the number and type of records filed by, and the amount due to each local registrar and deputy registrar, and the amount due to each subregistrar. Upon certification, the amounts due shall be paid from the proper state appropriations by the Department of Administration.
AK Stat § 18.50.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.150. Form of certificate.

The form of certificates, reports, and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under it, must include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics subject to approval of any modification by the state registrar. The bureau shall prescribe and furnish forms.
AK Stat § 18.50.162 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.162. Notification about hearing screening.

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.
AK Stat § 18.50.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.165. Acknowledgement of paternity; forms.

(a) The state registrar shall prepare a form for use in acknowledging paternity under AS 25.20.055. The form must comply with the minimum requirements of 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7). The form must include (1) a statement that the man who signs the form is acknowledging that the man is the natural father of the child named in the form and that the man assumes the parental duty of support of that child; (2) the address and social security number of both parents of the child named in the form; (3) signature lines for both parents; (4) a signature line for either a witness or notary public; and (5) a statement that (A) sets out the legal consequences to and the rights and responsibilities of the mother and the man acknowledging paternity of signing the form, including (i) if one of the parents is a minor, any rights given due to minority status; (ii) legal alternatives to signing the form; and (iii) the legal responsibility that arises from signing the form; (B) the mother and the man acknowledging paternity have been notified that, unless fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact is shown in accordance with AS 25.20.050, the acknowledgment may only be rescinded by the earlier of the following dates: (i) 60 days after the date of the person's signature; or (ii) the date of initiation of an administrative or judicial procedure to establish support of the child in which the person is a party; and (C) the mother and the man acknowledging paternity have read and understand the contents of the form. (b) The registrar shall distribute copies of the form prepared under (a) of this section to each hospital in the state, to each physician in the state whose practice includes attendance at births, to each certified nurse midwife and certified direct-entry midwife in the state, and to each other interested person in the state who requests copies of the form. (c) [Repealed, § 148 ch 87 SLA 1997.]  (d) The state registrar shall keep on file all forms acknowledging paternity that are submitted to the registrar under AS 25.20.055. (e) An acknowledgment of paternity that met the requirements of state law at the time that the acknowledgment was made in this state is not ineffective due to changes in the form for acknowledgment occurring after the date that the acknowledgment was made. (f) An acknowledgment of paternity affidavit or form executed in another state meeting that state's legal requirements shall be considered in this state as if the affidavit or form was executed in compliance with this section. (g) The registrar shall offer voluntary acknowledgment of paternity services by making available technical assistance about the form described in this section. Upon request, the registrar shall provide oral assistance to parents wishing to complete the form.
AK Stat § 18.50.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.170. Foundling registration.

(a) The person who assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall within seven days report the information prescribed by the state registrar on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar to the local registrar of the registration district in which the child was found. (b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation. (c) A report registered under this section constitutes the certificate of birth for the infant. (d) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, a report registered under this section shall be sealed and filed in accordance with instructions of the state registrar, and may be opened only by order of a superior court or as provided by regulation.
AK Stat § 18.50.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.190. Delayed registration of death or marriage.

When a death or marriage occurring 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 evidentiary requirements prescribed by the department by regulation to substantiate the alleged facts of death or marriage. Certificates of death and marriage registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked “delayed.”
AK Stat § 18.50.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act|Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates.|Sec. 18.50.200. Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.

(a) If a delayed certificate of birth is not accepted under AS 18.50.180, a petition may be filed with the superior court for an order establishing a record of the date and place of birth of the person. (b) The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau, and must contain the following statements, sworn to by the petitioner: (1) that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in the state; (2) that no record of birth of the person can be found in the bureau or in the files of the local custodian of birth records; (3) that diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the necessary evidence to file a delayed certificate with the bureau; (4) that the state registrar has refused to register a delayed certificate of birth; (5) other statements and information as may be required. (c) The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the state registrar made in accordance with AS 18.50.180(f) and all documentary evidence that was submitted to the bureau in support of the registration. (d) The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition, and the state registrar shall be given 15 days' notice of the hearing. The state registrar or an authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding. (e) If the court from the evidence presented finds that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in the state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, and other findings the petition requires and shall issue an order on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau to establish a record of birth. This order must include the birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented in the manner prescribed under AS 18.50.180, and the date of the court's action, and shall be marked as a court order. (f) The clerk of the superior court shall forward each order to the bureau before the 11th day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The bureau shall register the order and the order constitutes the record of birth. Copies of the record of birth may be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.