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AK Stat § 18.09.225 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 09. Statewide Health Care|Article 2. Statewide Immunization Program.|Sec. 18.09.225. Other program participants.

(a) A health care provider or group of providers may opt into the program if approved by the commissioner under regulations adopted by the department. (b) An assessable entity may not deny a claim for coverage by a health care provider of vaccines not distributed under the program. (c) A health care provider may not bill a payor for or resell a vaccine distributed under the program.
AK Stat § 18.09.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 09. Statewide Health Care|Article 2. Statewide Immunization Program.|Sec. 18.09.230. Vaccine Assessment Fund.

(a) The vaccine assessment fund is created in the general fund for the purpose of providing funding for the program. The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature, including program receipts attributable to vaccine assessments under AS 18.09.220, fees under AS 18.09.240, money from other sources, and interest earned on money in the fund. Appropriations to the fund do not lapse. (b) The commissioner shall administer the fund in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may spend money appropriated to the fund for the purposes of the program under AS 18.09.200 and to pay the costs of administering the program without further appropriation.
AK Stat § 18.09.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 09. Statewide Health Care|Article 2. Statewide Immunization Program.|Sec. 18.09.240. Penalties.

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.
AK Stat § 18.09.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 09. Statewide Health Care|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 18.09.900. Regulations.

The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.09.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 09. Statewide Health Care|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 18.09.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “assessable entity” means (A) a health care insurer as defined in AS 21.54.500; (B) an entity that provides the state health care plan described in AS 39.30.090 and 39.30.091; (C) a public or private entity that offers a publicly funded plan in the state, to the extent participation in the program is authorized by law; (D) a third-party administrator as defined in AS 21.97.900; (2) “commission” means the Alaska Health Care Commission established in AS 18.09.010; (3) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health and social services; (4) “council” means the State Vaccine Assessment Council; (5) “covered individual” means an adult or child who resides in the state and who is provided insurance coverage for an included vaccine by an assessable entity or who is a patient of another program participant; (6) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services. (7) “included vaccine” means a vaccine recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and included on a list maintained by the commissioner for inclusion in the program; (8) “other program participant” and “another program participant” mean a health care provider or group of providers who have opted into the program under AS 18.09.225 to both purchase vaccines for and administer vaccinations to residents of the state; (9) “program” means the statewide immunization program; (10) “provider” means a person licensed or certified by the state to administer vaccines or provide health care services or a partnership, corporation, or other entity made up of persons licensed or certified to administer vaccines or provide health care services; (11) “vaccine” means a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, living fully virulent organisms, or other substances that are administered to humans for the purpose of producing or artificially increasing specific immunity to life-threatening and disabling diseases.
AK Stat § 18.15.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 1. Prenatal Blood Tests.|Sec. 18.15.150. Taking of blood sample.

Each licensed physician and in the absence of a licensed physician each licensed graduate nurse who attends a pregnant woman for conditions relating to the pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery shall take, or have taken, a sample of the blood of the woman at the time of the woman's first professional visit or within 10 days after the visit, unless the serological test is contrary to the tenets or practice of the religious creed of which the woman is an adherent. The blood specimen shall be submitted to an approved laboratory or clinic for a standard serological test of syphilis. Any other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women but not permitted by law to take blood samples shall have a sample of blood taken by a licensed physician, or on order of a licensed physician, and shall submit the sample to an approved laboratory or clinic for a standard serological test for syphilis.
AK Stat § 18.15.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 1. Prenatal Blood Tests.|Sec. 18.15.160. Test for syphilis.

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.
AK Stat § 18.15.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 1. Prenatal Blood Tests.|Sec. 18.15.170. Report of birth.

In reporting a birth and stillbirth, the physician and other person required to make the report shall state on the certificate whether a serological test for syphilis has been made upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child and the approximate date when the specimen was taken. A birth certificate may not state the result of the test.
AK Stat § 18.15.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 1. Prenatal Blood Tests.|Sec. 18.15.180. Penalty.

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.
AK Stat § 18.15.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 2. Phenylketonuria (PKU) and Other Heritable Diseases.|Sec. 18.15.200. Screening for phenylketonuria.

(a) A physician who attends a newborn child shall cause this child to be tested for phenylketonuria (PKU). If the mother is delivered in the absence of a physician, the nurse who first visits the child shall cause this test to be performed. (b) The department shall adopt regulations regarding the method used and the time or times of testing as accepted medical practice indicates. (c) The necessary laboratory tests and the test materials, reporting forms, and mailing cartons shall be provided by the department. (d) All tests considered positive by the screening method shall be reported by the screening laboratory to the physician and to the department. The department shall provide services for the performance of a quantitative blood phenylalanine test or its equivalent for diagnostic purposes. A confirmed diagnosis of phenylketonuria shall be reported to the physician and to the department. The department shall provide services for treatment and clinical follow-up of any diagnosed case. (e) When presumptive positive screening tests have been reported to the department, it shall provide, on request, either the true blood phenylalanine test or subsidize the performance of this test at an approved laboratory. (f) A licensed physician or licensed nurse attending a newborn or infant who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. However, a person attending a newborn or infant whose request for appropriate specimens from the newborn or infant is denied by the parent or guardian is not guilty of a misdemeanor. The fact that a child has not been subjected to the test because a request for appropriate specimens has been denied by the parents or guardian shall be reported to the department. (g) In this section, “physician” means a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in this state, or an officer in the regular medical service of the armed forces of the United States or the United States Public Health Service assigned to duty in this state.
AK Stat § 18.15.205 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 2. Phenylketonuria (PKU) and Other Heritable Diseases.|Sec. 18.15.205. Screening for congenital heart disease.

(a) A provider of birthing services who attends a birth in the state shall ensure that, as close to 24 hours after the birth as feasible, screening for congenital heart defects through pulse oximetry equipment and methods appropriate for use on a newborn is performed on the newborn, unless screening is refused under (d) of this section. (b) A provider of birthing services who attends a birth in the state shall, as soon as possible after screening conducted under (a) of this section, make a referral for confirmatory testing on a newborn whose pulse oximetry results are abnormal and provide advice to the parent or legal guardian regarding the need for appropriate interventions. (c) The provider who performs pulse oximetry screening under (a) of this section shall report to the parents and attending physicians of the newborn and to the department the results of screening. (d) Before performing screening for congenital heart disease under (a) of this section, a provider of birthing services shall provide to a parent or legal guardian of a newborn information on the screening and the option to refuse the screening. (e) The department shall establish procedures for submitting reports of newborn screening results to the department and for summarizing reported data. (f) In this section, “provider of birthing services” means a physician, midwife, nurse, or other qualified professional who attends the delivery of a newborn in the course of the provider's practice.
AK Stat § 18.15.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 2. Phenylketonuria (PKU) and Other Heritable Diseases.|Sec. 18.15.210. Testing for certain other heritable diseases.

The department shall administer and provide services for testing for other heritable diseases that lead to intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or both, and physical disabilities as screening programs accepted by current medical practice and as developed.
AK Stat § 18.15.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 3. Hepatitis B.|Sec. 18.15.250. Hepatitis B testing and vaccination program for volunteer emergency personnel.

(a) The department shall establish a program under which hepatitis B testing and vaccination is reasonably accessible at no charge to all volunteer emergency medical and rescue personnel in the state who provide an emergency medical or rescue service primarily within an unincorporated community or within a municipality that does not provide funding for the service. (b) A municipality that has the power to do so shall establish a program under which hepatitis B testing and vaccination is reasonably accessible at no charge to all law enforcement officers and all volunteer or employed emergency medical and rescue personnel who provide service to the public within the municipality. The department shall, upon request, assist a municipality in establishing a program required under this subsection. (c) The Department of Public Safety shall establish a program under which hepatitis B testing and vaccination is reasonably accessible at no charge to all officers of the state troopers. The Department of Health and Social Services shall, upon request, assist the Department of Public Safety in establishing a program required under this subsection. (d) In this section, (1) “emergency medical and rescue personnel” means a trauma technician, emergency medical technician, rescuer, or mobile intensive care paramedic; (2) “employed” means that the person is a paid employee of a first responder service, a rescue service, an ambulance service, or a fire department that provides emergency medical or rescue services as part of its duties; (3) “law enforcement officer” means a member of the police force of a municipality; (4) “volunteer” means that the person is an active volunteer of a first responder service, a rescue service, an ambulance service, or a fire department that provides emergency medical or rescue services as part of its duties.
AK Stat § 18.15.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 4. Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.|Sec. 18.15.270. Testing procedures.

(a) The department shall make available on a statewide basis the best current testing method available to detect gonorrhea and chlamydia. (b) The department shall use the best current testing method available for diagnosis of gonorrhea and chlamydia.
AK Stat § 18.15.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health|Article 5. Blood Tests of Persons Charged with Sex Offenses.|Sec. 18.15.320. Cost of performing test; reimbursement.

(a) The cost of performing a blood test under AS 18.15.300 shall be paid by the department. (b) If a defendant for whom a blood test has been ordered under AS 18.15.300 is convicted of an offense for which the defendant was charged, and for which a blood test could be ordered under AS 18.15.300, the court shall order the defendant to reimburse the department for the cost of the test and may order the Department of Corrections to deduct the amount of the test from any pay the inmate receives under AS 33.30.201.
AK Stat § 18.15.355 (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. 18.15.355. Prevention and control of conditions of public health importance.

(a) The department may use the powers and provisions set out in AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 to prevent, control, or ameliorate conditions of public health importance or accomplish other essential public health services and functions. (b) In performing its duties under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395, the department may (1) establish standards (A) for the prevention, control, or amelioration of conditions of public health importance; (B) to accomplish other essential public health services and functions; and (2) adopt regulations to implement and interpret AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395.
AK Stat § 18.15.360 (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. 18.15.360. Data collection.

(a) The department is authorized to collect, analyze, and maintain databases of information related to (1) risk factors identified for conditions of public health importance; (2) morbidity and mortality rates for conditions of public health importance; (3) community indicators relevant to conditions of public health importance; (4) longitudinal data on traumatic or acquired brain injury from the registry established under AS 47.80.500(c)(1); (5) health care services and price information collected under AS 18.23.400; and  (6) any other data needed to accomplish or further the mission or goals of public health or provide essential public health services and functions. (b) The department is authorized to obtain information from federal, state, and local governmental agencies, Alaska Native organizations, health care providers, pre-hospital emergency medical services, or other private and public organizations operating in the state. The department may also use information available from other governmental and private sources, reports of hospital discharge data, information included in death certificates, other vital statistics, environmental data, and public information. The department may request information from and inspect health care records maintained by health care providers that identify individuals or characteristics of individuals with reportable diseases or other conditions of public health importance. (c) The department may collect information to establish and maintain a comprehensive vaccination registry to aid, coordinate, and promote effective and cost-efficient disease prevention and control efforts in the state. (d) The department may not acquire identifiable health information under this section without complying with the provisions of AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 and regulations adopted under those statutes.
AK Stat § 18.15.362 (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. 18.15.362. Acquisition and use of identifiable health information; public health purpose.

The department may acquire and use identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 only if the (1) acquisition and use of the information relates directly to a public health purpose; (2) acquisition and use of the information is reasonably likely to contribute to the achievement of a public health purpose; and (3) public health purpose cannot otherwise be achieved at least as well with nonidentifiable health information.
AK Stat § 18.15.365 (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. 18.15.365. Information security safeguards.

(a) The department shall acquire, use, disclose, and store identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 in a confidential manner that safeguards the security of the information, and maintain the information in a physically and technologically secure environment. (b) The department shall expunge, in a confidential manner, identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 when the use of the information by the department no longer furthers the public health purpose for which it is required. (c) A person who knowingly discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a). (d) A person who intentionally discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In this subsection, “intentionally” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a).
AK Stat § 18.15.370 (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. 18.15.370. Reportable disease list.

The department shall maintain a list of reportable diseases or other conditions of public health importance that must be reported to the department. The list may include birth defects, cancers, injuries, and diseases or other conditions caused by exposure to microorganisms; pathogens; or environmental, toxic, or other hazardous substances. The department shall regularly maintain and may revise the list. The department may also establish registries for diseases and conditions that must be reported to the department.
AK Stat § 18.15.380 (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. 18.15.380. Medical treatment.

(a) A health care practitioner or public health agent who examines or treats an individual who has or may have been exposed to a contagious disease shall instruct the individual about the measures for preventing transmission of the disease and the need for treatment. (b) The department may administer medication or other medical treatment, including the use of directly observed therapy where appropriate, to a consenting individual who has or may have been exposed to a contagious disease. (c) An individual has the right to refuse treatment and may not be required to submit to involuntary treatment as long as the individual is willing to take steps outlined by the state medical officer to prevent the spread of a communicable disease to others. However, an individual who exercises the right to refuse treatment under this subsection may be responsible for paying all costs incurred by the state in seeking and implementing a quarantine or isolation order made necessary by a refusal of treatment by the individual. The department shall notify an individual who refuses treatment under this subsection that the refusal may result in an indefinite period of quarantine or isolation and that the individual may be responsible for payment of the costs of the quarantine or isolation.
AK Stat § 18.15.392 (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. 18.15.392. Representation; guardian ad litem.

An individual who is the respondent in proceedings under AS 18.15.375(e) or 18.15.385 has the right to be represented by counsel in the proceedings. If the individual cannot afford an attorney, the court shall direct the Public Defender Agency to provide an attorney. The court may, on its own motion or upon request of the individual's attorney or a party, direct the office of public advocacy to provide a guardian ad litem for the individual.