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AK Stat § 17.38.111 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.111. Meetings.

(a) The board shall meet at the call of the chair. The board shall also meet at least once each year in each judicial district of the state to study this chapter and existing board regulations in light of statewide and local issues. Unless impracticable, the board shall hold its regular meetings at the same location as and within 24 hours of the regular meetings of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. (b) Three members of the board constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. A majority of the whole membership of the board must approve applications for new licenses, renewals, transfers, suspensions, and revocations of existing licenses, and product approvals as provided in regulations adopted by the board.
AK Stat § 17.38.121 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.121. Powers and duties of the board.

(a) The board shall control the cultivation, manufacture, and sale of marijuana in the state. The board is vested with the powers and duties necessary to enforce this chapter. (b) The board shall (1) propose and adopt regulations; (2) establish by regulation the qualifications for licensure including fees and factors related to the applicant's experience, criminal justice history, and financial interests; (3) review applications for licensure made under this chapter and may order the executive director to issue, renew, suspend, or revoke a license authorized under this chapter; and (4) hear appeals from actions of the director and from actions of officers and employees charged with enforcing this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter. (c) When considering an application for licensure, the board may reduce the area to be designated as the licensed premises from the area applied for if the board determines that a reduction in area is necessary to ensure control over the sale and consumption of marijuana on the premises or is otherwise in the public interest. (d) The board shall adopt regulations under this chapter in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (e) The board may employ, directly or through contracts with other departments and agencies of the state, enforcement agents and staff it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The salaries of personnel of the board in the exempt service shall be set by the Department of Administration. (f) The board shall promptly notify all licensees and municipalities of major changes to this chapter and to regulations adopted under this chapter. However, if changes affect only specific classifications of licenses and permits, the board need only notify those licensees and municipalities directly affected by the changes. Current copies of this chapter and current copies of the regulations adopted under this chapter shall be made available at all offices in the state of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the detachment headquarters and posts maintained by the division of Alaska state troopers in the Department of Public Safety.
AK Stat § 17.38.131 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.131. Enforcement powers.

The director and the persons employed for the administration and enforcement of this chapter may, with the concurrence of the commissioner of public safety, exercise the powers of peace officers when those powers are specifically granted by the board. Powers granted by the board under this section may be exercised only when necessary for the enforcement of the criminally punishable provisions of this chapter, other criminal statutes relating to substances or activities regulated or permitted under this chapter, regulations of the board, and other criminally punishable laws and regulations relating to marijuana.
AK Stat § 17.38.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.140. Appointment and removal of director; staff.

(a) The director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board appointed under AS 04.06.070 shall serve as the director of the board. The board may remove the director by a majority vote of the full membership of the board and a majority vote of the full membership of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The governor may remove the executive director as provided in AS 04.06.070. (b) The paid staff of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board created in AS 04.06.010 shall also be the staff for the board.
AK Stat § 17.38.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.150. Duties of director.

The director shall enforce this chapter and regulations adopted by the board. The director shall issue, renew, transfer, suspend, or revoke all licenses and permits and issue product approvals at the direction of the board. The board may delegate to the director the authority to temporarily grant or deny the issuance, renewal, or transfer of licenses and permits. The director's temporary grant or denial of the issuance, renewal, or transfer of a license or permit is not binding on the board. The board may delegate to the director any duty imposed by this chapter except its power to propose and adopt regulations.
AK Stat § 17.38.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.190. Rulemaking.

(a) The board shall adopt regulations necessary for implementation of this chapter. Regulations under this subsection may not prohibit the operation of marijuana establishments, either expressly or through regulations that make their operation unreasonably impracticable. The regulations must include (1) procedures for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of a registration to operate a marijuana establishment; procedures under this paragraph are subject to all requirements of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act); (2) a schedule of application, registration, and renewal fees; application fees may not exceed $5,000, with this upper limit adjusted annually for inflation, unless the board determines a greater fee is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter; (3) qualifications for registration that are directly and demonstrably related to the operation of a marijuana establishment; (4) security requirements for marijuana establishments, including for the transportation of marijuana by marijuana establishments; (5) requirements to prevent the sale or diversion of marijuana and marijuana products to persons under the age of 21; (6) labeling requirements for marijuana and marijuana products sold or distributed by a marijuana establishment; (7) health and safety regulations and standards for the manufacture of marijuana products and the cultivation of marijuana; (8) reasonable restrictions on the advertising and display of marijuana and marijuana products; and (9) civil penalties for the failure to comply with regulations made under this chapter. (b) In order to ensure that individual privacy is protected, the board may not require a consumer to provide a retail marijuana store with personal information other than government-issued identification to determine the consumer's age, and a retail marijuana store may not be required to acquire and record personal information about consumers.
AK Stat § 17.38.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.220. Employers, driving, minors, and control of property.

(a) Nothing in this chapter is intended to require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, sale, or growing of marijuana in the workplace or to affect the ability of employers to have policies restricting the use of marijuana by employees. (b) Nothing in this chapter is intended to allow driving under the influence of marijuana or to supersede laws related to driving under the influence of marijuana. (c) Nothing in this chapter is intended to permit the transfer of marijuana, with or without remuneration, to a person under the age of 21. (d) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a person, employer, school, hospital, recreation or youth center, correction facility, corporation, or any other entity who occupies, owns, or controls private property from prohibiting or otherwise regulating the possession, consumption, use, display, transfer, distribution, sale, transportation, or growing of marijuana on or in that property.
AK Stat § 17.38.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.230. Impact on medical marijuana law.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit any privileges or rights of a medical marijuana patient or medical marijuana caregiver under AS 17.37.
AK Stat § 17.38.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.300. Local option election by an established village.

(a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question vote to approve the option, an established village shall exercise a local option to prohibit the operation of one or more of the following types of marijuana establishments: (1) marijuana cultivation facilities; (2) marijuana product manufacturing facilities; (3) marijuana testing facilities; or (4) retail marijuana stores. (b) A ballot question to adopt a local option under this section must at least contain language substantially similar to the following §Shall (name of village) adopt a local option to prohibit (specify local option under (a) of this section)? (yes or no).”
AK Stat § 17.38.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.310. Removal of local option.

(a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question vote to remove the option, an established village shall remove a local option previously adopted under AS 17.38.300. The option is repealed effective the first day of the month following certification of the results of the election.  (b) A ballot question to remove a local option under this section must at least contain language substantially similar to the following §Shall (name of village) remove the local option currently in effect, that prohibits (current local option under AS 17.38.300(a)), so that there is no longer any local option in effect? (yes or no).”  (c) When issuing a registration in the area that has removed a local option, the board shall give priority to an applicant who was formerly registered and whose registration was not renewed because of the results of the previous local option election. However, an applicant described in this subsection does not have a legal right to registration, and the board is not required to approve the application.
AK Stat § 17.38.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.320. Effect on registrations of prohibition of marijuana establishments.

If a majority of voters vote to prohibit the operation of marijuana establishments under AS 17.38.300, the board may not issue, renew, or transfer, between persons or locations, a registration for a marijuana establishment located within the perimeter of the established village. A registration that may not be renewed because of a local option election held under AS 17.38.300 is void 90 days after the results of the election are certified. A registration that expires during the 90 days after the results of a local option election are certified may be extended, until it is void under this section, by payment of a prorated portion of the annual registration fee.
AK Stat § 17.38.330 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.330. Prohibition of sale and manufacture after election.

(a) If a majority of the voters vote to prohibit the operation of marijuana establishments under AS 17.38.300, a person may not knowingly sell or manufacture marijuana in the established village.  (b) If there are registered establishments within the established village, the prohibition on sale and manufacture is effective beginning 90 days after the results of the election are certified. (c) Nothing in this section prohibits the personal conduct authorized in AS 17.38.020.  (d) A person who violates this section is guilty, upon conviction, of a class A misdemeanor. Each violation is a separate offense.
AK Stat § 17.38.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.340. Procedure for local option elections.

(a) An election to adopt a local option under AS 17.38.300 or remove a local option under AS 17.38.310 shall be conducted as required in this section.  (b) Upon receipt of a petition of 35 percent or more of the registered voters residing within an established village, the lieutenant governor shall place on a separate ballot at a special election the local option or removal of local option that constitutes the subject of the petition. The lieutenant governor shall conduct the election under AS 15. (c) An election under (b) of this section to remove a local option may not be conducted during the first 24 months after the local option was adopted or more than once in a 36-month period. (d) After a petition has been certified as sufficient to meet the requirements of (b) of this section, another petition may not be filed or certified until after the question presented in the first petition has been voted on. A local option question to prohibit the operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, or retail marijuana stores or to prohibit all marijuana establishments may be presented in one election.
AK Stat § 17.38.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.350. Establishment of perimeter of established village.

(a) Except as provided under (b) and (c) of this section, for purposes of AS 17.38.300 - 17.38.320, the perimeter of an established village is a circle around the established village that includes an area within a five-mile radius of the post office of the established village. If the established village does not have a post office, the perimeter of an established village is a circle around the established village that includes an area within a five-mile radius of another site selected by the local governing body or by the board if the established village does not have a local governing body. (b) If the perimeter of an established village determined under (a) of this section includes any area that is within the perimeter of another established village and, if the other established village has (1) also adopted a local option under AS 17.38.300, the local option of the established village that is less restrictive applies in the overlapping area; (2) not adopted a local option under AS 17.38.300, the local option does not apply in the overlapping area. (c) If the board determines that the perimeter of an established village as provided under (a) and (b) of this section does not accurately reflect the perimeter of the established village, the board may establish the perimeter of the established village and the areas of overlapping perimeter described under (b) of this section for purposes of applying a local option selected under this chapter.
AK Stat § 17.38.360 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.360. Notice of the results of a local option election.

If a majority of the voters vote to adopt or remove a local option under AS 17.38.300 or 17.38.310, the lieutenant governor shall notify the board of the results of the election immediately after the results are certified. The board shall immediately notify the Department of Law and the Department of Public Safety of the results of the election.
AK Stat § 17.38.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 17. Food and Drugs|Chapter 38. The Regulation of Marijuana|Sec. 17.38.370. Bail forfeiture for certain offenses.

The supreme court shall establish by rule or order a schedule of bail amounts that may be forfeited without court appearance for a violation of AS 17.38.030 - 17.38.050.
AK Stat § 18.05.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.010. Administration of laws by department.

(a) The department shall administer the statutes and regulations relating to the promotion and protection of the public health as provided by law. (b) In performing its duties under this chapter, AS 18.09, and AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395, the department may (1) flexibly use the broad range of powers set out in this title assigned to the department to protect and promote the public health; (2) provide public health information programs or messages to the public that promote healthy behaviors or lifestyles or educate individuals about health issues; (3) promote efforts among public and private sector partners to develop and finance programs or initiatives that identify and ameliorate health problems; (4) establish, finance, provide, or endorse performance management standards for the public health system; (5) develop, adopt, and implement (A) a statewide health plan under AS 18.09 based on recommendations of the Alaska Health Care Commission established in AS 18.09.010; and (B) public health plans and formal policies through regulations adopted under AS 44.62 or collaborative recommendations that guide or support individual and community public health efforts; (6) establish formal or informal relationships with public or private sector partners within the public health system; (7) identify, assess, prevent, and ameliorate conditions of public health importance through surveillance; epidemiological tracking, program evaluation, and monitoring; testing and screening programs; treatment; administrative inspections; or other techniques; (8) promote the availability and accessibility of quality health care services through health care facilities or providers; (9) promote availability of and access to preventive and primary health care when not otherwise available through the private sector, including acute and episodic care, prenatal and postpartum care, child health, family planning, school health, chronic disease prevention, child and adult immunization, testing and screening services, dental health, nutrition, and health education and promotion services; (10) systematically and regularly review the public health system and recommend modifications in its structure or other features to improve public health outcomes; and (11) collaborate with public and private sector partners, including municipalities, Alaska Native organizations, health care providers, and health insurers, within the public health system to achieve the mission of public health.
AK Stat § 18.05.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.020. Department to report activities.

The department shall prepare an annual report of its activities and notify the legislature not later than 10 days after it convenes that the report is available.
AK Stat § 18.05.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.030. Cooperation with federal government.

The department shall (1) cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to public health, the control of communicable diseases, maternal and child health and crippled children, and other matters within the scope of this title; (2) make reports, in the form and containing the information the federal government requires; (3) cooperate with the federal government, its agencies or instrumentalities in establishing, extending, and strengthening services for the protection of the public health, and receive and expend funds and receive, utilize, and maintain equipment and facilities made available to the department by a department or agency of the federal government, the government of the state or its political subdivisions, and a person or nonofficial agency.
AK Stat § 18.05.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.035. Planned parenthood information.

The department shall prepare information regarding planned parenthood. The department shall place the information in public hospitals, clinics, or other health facilities throughout the state, and upon request of its administrator, in a private hospital, clinic, or health facility, so that members of the public may obtain the information voluntarily, without request. The department shall also advertise the availability of the information and distribute it to any person upon written request.
AK Stat § 18.05.037 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.037. Fetal health effects information.

The department shall prepare or obtain distributable information on fetal alcohol effects and the fetal health effects of chemical abuse and battering during pregnancy. The department shall make this information available to public hospitals, clinics, and other health facilities in the state for distribution to their patients.
AK Stat § 18.05.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 05. Administration of Public Health and Related Laws|Sec. 18.05.040. Regulations.

(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations consistent with existing law for (1) the time, manner, information to be reported, and persons responsible for reporting for each disease or other condition of public health importance on the list developed under AS 18.15.370; (2) cooperation with local boards of health and health officers; (3) protection and promotion of the public health and prevention of disability and mortality; (4) the transportation of dead bodies, except that the commissioner may not require that a dead body be embalmed unless the body is known to carry a communicable disease or embalmment is otherwise required for the protection of the public health or for compliance with federal law; (5) carrying out the purposes of this chapter; (6) the conduct of its business and for carrying out the provisions of laws of the United States and the state relating to public health; (7) establishing the divisions and local offices and advisory groups necessary or considered expedient to carry out or assist in carrying out a duty or power assigned to it; (8) the voluntary certification of laboratories to perform diagnostic, quality control, or enforcement analyses or examinations based on recognized or tentative standards of performance relating to analysis and examination of food, including seafood, milk, water, and specimens from human beings submitted by licensed physicians and nurses for analysis; (9) the regulation of quality and purity of commercially compressed oxygen sold for human respiration; (10) establishing confidentiality and security standards for information and records received under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395; (11) implementation of AS 13.55 (Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Act). (b) A regulation may not be adopted under (a) of this section that duplicates, conflicts with, or is inconsistent with AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740.