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AK Stat § 18.15.393 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 6. Public Health Authority and Powers.|Sec. 18.15.393. Report to legislature.

The department shall annually report to the legislature the activities conducted by the department under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395, including information pertaining to the number of individuals quarantined, the purpose for the quarantine, and the length of the quarantine.
AK Stat § 18.15.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens.|Sec. 18.15.400. Bloodborne pathogen testing of prisoners, certain adult or juvenile offenders, and public safety officers; required disclosures and consent.

(a) When requested by a public safety officer who may have received a significant exposure from an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner, the employing agency shall follow the testing procedures of AS 18.15.400 - 18.15.450 if (1) a physician licensed under AS 08 determines that a significant exposure to the public safety officer has occurred; (2) the physician for the public safety officer needs the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's bloodborne pathogens test results to begin, continue, modify, or discontinue treatment in accordance with the most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service, because of possible exposure to a bloodborne pathogen; and (3) the public safety officer consents to providing a blood sample for testing for a bloodborne pathogen. (b) Before employing the testing procedures of AS 18.15.400 - 18.15.450 or disclosing any information about the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner or public safety officer, the employing agency shall inform the (1) adult or juvenile offender or prisoner that (A) the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's bloodborne pathogens test results, without the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's name or other uniquely identifying information, shall be reported to the public safety officer if requested and that test results collected are for medical purposes and may not be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings or civil proceedings; (B) the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner may refuse to provide a blood sample and that the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's refusal may result in a request for a court order to require the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner to provide a blood sample; and (C) the employing agency will advise the public safety officer of the confidentiality requirements and penalties before the officer's health care provider discloses any test results; (2) public safety officer of the confidentiality requirements of AS 18.15.440 and that the public safety officer may be subject to penalties for unauthorized release of test results about the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner. (c) If the disclosures have been made, the employing agency shall ask the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner if the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner has ever had a positive test for a bloodborne pathogen. The employing agency shall disclose the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's existing bloodborne pathogens test results to the public safety officer without the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's name or other uniquely identifying information.
AK Stat § 18.15.410 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens.|Sec. 18.15.410. Consent for testing; court order for testing; exception.

(a) When a public safety officer has made a request under AS 18.15.400, except as provided in (b) or (c) of this section or in AS 18.15.420, before collecting and testing the blood of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner, the employing agency shall first obtain the consent of the adult offender or prisoner or the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's representative if the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner is unable to provide the consent. (b) Consent of an adult or juvenile offender's or a prisoner's representative is not required if the employing agency has made reasonable efforts to locate the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's representative and the representative cannot be found within 24 hours after a significant exposure. If testing of available blood occurs without consent because the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner is unconscious or unable to provide consent, and a representative cannot be located, the employing agency shall provide the information required in AS 18.15.400 to the adult or juvenile offender, prisoner, or representative whenever it is possible to do so. (c) If an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner dies before an opportunity to consent to blood collection or testing, consent is not required, and the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's blood may be collected and tested. (d) If the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner or the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's representative, if appropriate, consents and a sample of the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's blood (1) is available, the employing agency shall have the blood tested for bloodborne pathogens; (2) is not available, the employing agency shall collect a sample and have the blood sample tested for bloodborne pathogens. (e) The employing agency may not withhold care or treatment on the requirement that the adult or juvenile offender or prisoner consent to testing for bloodborne pathogens.
AK Stat § 18.15.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens.|Sec. 18.15.440. Confidentiality; penalties for unauthorized disclosure; immunity.

(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.
AK Stat § 18.15.445 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens.|Sec. 18.15.445. Assistance by departments and municipalities.

The department, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Corrections, and each municipality shall assist public safety officers and employing agencies in complying with the requirements of AS 18.15.400 - 18.15.450.
AK Stat § 18.15.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens.|Sec. 18.15.450. Definitions for AS 18.15.400 - 18.15.450.

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.
AK Stat § 18.15.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 8. General Provisions.|Sec. 18.15.900. Definition.

In this chapter, “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services.
AK Stat § 18.20.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 1. Regulation of Hospitals.|Sec. 18.20.075. Risk management.

(a) To be eligible for a license, each hospital shall have in operation an internal risk management program that shall (1) investigate the frequency and causes of incidents in hospitals that cause injury to patients; (2) develop and implement measures to minimize the risk of injury to patients; in developing these measures each hospital shall take into account recommendations of its medical staff, private underwriters, industry standards, experience of other hospitals, and recommendations of licensing boards of other health care providers; and (3) analyze patient grievances that relate to patient care. (b) The department shall adopt by regulation standards for the risk management programs in hospitals in the state which may vary according to the size of the hospital, the type of care offered by the hospital, and other factors found relevant by the department. Regulations adopted under this subsection are subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 18.20.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 1. Regulation of Hospitals.|Sec. 18.20.080. Inspection and consultation for alterations.

(a) The department shall make annual inspections and investigations of hospital facilities. The department may accept accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals in lieu of an annual inspection by the department for the year in which the accreditation was granted if the accreditation standards of the commission are substantially similar to the inspection standards of the department. (b) The department may by regulation require that a licensee or applicant desiring to make a specified type of alteration or addition to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing the alteration, addition, or new construction, submit plans and specifications to the department for preliminary inspection and approval or recommendations with respect to compliance with its regulations and standards.
AK Stat § 18.20.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 1. Regulation of Hospitals.|Sec. 18.20.085. Hospital records retention.

(a) Unless specified otherwise by the department a hospital shall retain and preserve records that relate directly to the care and treatment of a patient for a period of seven years following the discharge of the patient. However, the records of a patient under 19 years of age shall be kept until at least two years after the patient has reached the age of 19 years or until seven years following the discharge of the patient, whichever is longer. Records consisting of X-ray film are required to be retained for five years. (b) The department shall by regulation define the types of records and the information required to be included in the records retained and preserved under (a) of this section. The department may by regulation specify records and information to be retained for longer periods than those set out in (a) of this section. (c) If a hospital ceases operation, it shall make immediate arrangements, as approved by the department, for the preservation of its records. (d) This section is subject to AS 18.23.100. (e) In this section, “hospital” includes those facilities defined as hospitals under AS 18.20.130 and 18.20.210.
AK Stat § 18.20.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 1. Regulation of Hospitals.|Sec. 18.20.130. Definitions.

In AS 18.20.075 - 18.20.130, (1) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (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.
AK Stat § 18.20.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.140. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 18.20.140 - 18.20.220 is to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, community mental health centers, and facilities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, community mental health centers, and facilities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and to develop a program and plan of construction for each.
AK Stat § 18.20.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.141. Department functions.

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.
AK Stat § 18.20.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.150. Duties of department.

(a) For each of the following groups of facilities, hospitals and medical facilities (Group 1), community mental health centers (Group 2), and facilities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Group 3), the department shall (1) make a statewide inventory of existing public, nonprofit, and proprietary facilities; (2) survey the need for construction of these facilities; (3) on the basis of the inventory and survey, develop a program for the construction of public and other nonprofit facilities for each of these groups that will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate facility services to all residents of the state. (b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.]  (c) The department shall (1) provide for adequate facilities to furnish needed services for persons unable to pay for them in accordance with regulations adopted under the federal act; (2) submit any reports that the surgeon general considers necessary for compliance with the federal act; (3) do all things on behalf of the state necessary to obtain benefits under the federal act.
AK Stat § 18.20.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.160. Priority of projects.

The state plan must set out the relative need for the projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with the regulations adopted under the federal act, and provide for the construction, maintenance, and operation to the extent financial resources permit, in the order of the relative need.
AK Stat § 18.20.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.170. Application for construction projects.

The state, a political subdivision of the state, or a public or other nonprofit agency requesting federal funds for a health facility construction project must apply to the department. The application must conform to federal and state requirements.
AK Stat § 18.20.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.180. Approval of applications.

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.
AK Stat § 18.20.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.190. Inspection of projects.

The commissioner of the department shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general from time to time. If the commissioner finds that work has been performed upon the project or purchases have been made in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, the commissioner shall certify to the surgeon general that this is the fact and that payment of an installment of federal funds is due the applicant.
AK Stat § 18.20.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.200. Acceptance of grants.

The department may accept on behalf of the state and may deposit separate and apart from public money and funds, a grant from the federal government, or gift or contribution from any source made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of AS 18.20.140 - 18.20.220. Federal funds received and not expended for these purposes shall be repaid to the United States.
AK Stat § 18.20.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 2. Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.|Sec. 18.20.220. Short title.

AS 18.20.140 - 18.20.220 may be cited as the Alaska Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act.
AK Stat § 18.20.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 3. Nursing Facilities.|Sec. 18.20.300. State policy.

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.
AK Stat § 18.20.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities|Article 3. Nursing Facilities.|Sec. 18.20.305. Nursing facility regulations.

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.