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AK Stat § 47.17.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.010. Purpose.

To protect children whose health and well-being may be adversely affected through the infliction, by other than accidental means, of harm through physical injury or neglect, mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or maltreatment, the legislature requires the reporting of these cases by practitioners of the healing arts and others to the department. It is not the intent of the legislature that persons required to report suspected child abuse or neglect under this chapter investigate the suspected child abuse or neglect before they make the required report to the department. Reports must be made when there is a reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect in order to make state investigative and social services available in a wider range of cases at an earlier point in time, to make sure that investigations regarding child abuse and neglect are conducted by trained investigators, and to avoid subjecting a child to duplicative interviews about the abuse or neglect. It is the intent of the legislature that, as a result of these reports, protective services will be made available in an effort to (1) prevent further harm to the child; (2) safeguard and enhance the general well-being of children in this state; and (3) preserve family life unless that effort is likely to result in physical or emotional damage to the child.
AK Stat § 47.17.022 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.022. Training.

(a) A person employed by the state or by a school district who is required under this chapter to report abuse or neglect of children shall receive training on the recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect. (b) Each department of the state and school district that employs persons required to report abuse or neglect of children shall provide (1) initial training required by this section to each new employee within 45 days after the first day of employment, and to any existing employee who has not received equivalent training; and (2) appropriate in-service training required by this section as determined by the department or school district. (c) Each department and school district that must comply with (b) of this section shall develop a training curriculum that acquaints its employees with (1) laws relating to child abuse and neglect; (2) techniques for recognition and detection of child abuse and neglect; (3) agencies and organizations within the state that offer aid or shelter to victims and the families of victims of child abuse or neglect; (4) procedures for required notification of suspected abuse or neglect; (5) the role of a person required to report child abuse or neglect and the employing agency after the report has been made; and (6) a brief description of the manner in which cases of child abuse or neglect are investigated by the department and law enforcement agencies after a report of suspected abuse or neglect. (d) Each department and school district that must comply with (b) of this section shall file a current copy of its training curriculum and materials with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. A department or school district may seek the technical assistance of the council or the Department of Health and Social Services in the development of its training program. (e) Each school district that provides training under this section shall provide notice to public and private schools located in the school district of the availability of the training and invite volunteers who are required to report abuse or neglect of children under AS 47.17.020 to participate in the training at no cost to the volunteer.
AK Stat § 47.17.023 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.023. Reports from certain persons regarding child pornography.

A person providing, either privately or commercially, film, photo, or visual or printed matter processing, production, or finishing services or computer installation, repair, or other services, or Internet or cellular telephone services who, in the process of providing those services, observes a film, photo, picture, computer file, image, or other matter and has reasonable cause to suspect that the film, photo, picture, computer file, image, or other matter visually depicts a child engaged in conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a) shall immediately report the observation to the nearest law enforcement agency and provide the law enforcement agency with all information known about the nature and origin of the film, photo, picture, computer file, image, or other matter.
AK Stat § 47.17.024 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.024. Duties of practitioners of the healing arts.

(a) A practitioner of the healing arts involved in the delivery or care of an infant who the practitioner determines has been adversely affected by, or is withdrawing from exposure to, a controlled substance or alcohol shall immediately notify the nearest office of the department of the infant's condition. (b) In this section, (1) “controlled substance” has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900, but does not include a substance lawfully taken under a prescription from a health care provider who is authorized to prescribe the substance; (2) “infant” means a child who is less than 12 months of age.
AK Stat § 47.17.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.025. Duties of public authorities.

(a) A law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the department of the receipt of a report of harm to a child from abuse. Upon receipt from any source of a report of harm to a child from abuse, the department shall notify the Department of Law and investigate the report and, within 72 hours of the receipt of the report, shall provide a written report of its investigation of the harm to a child from abuse to the Department of Law for review. (b) The report of harm to a child from abuse required from the department by this section must include: (1) the names and addresses of the child and the child's parent or other persons responsible for the child's care, if known; (2) the age and sex of the child; (3) the nature and extent of the harm to the child from abuse; (4) the name and age and address of the person known or believed to be responsible for the harm to the child from abuse, if known; (5) information that the department believes may be helpful in establishing the identity of the person believed to have caused the harm to the child from abuse. (c) Within 20 days after receiving a report of harm, whether or not the matter is referred to a local government agency, the department shall notify the person who made the report and who made a request to be notified about the status of the investigation, without disclosing any confidential information.
AK Stat § 47.17.027 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.027. Duties of school officials.

(a) If the department or a law enforcement agency provides written certification to the child's school officials that (1) there is reasonable cause to suspect that the child has been abused or neglected by a person responsible for the child's welfare or as a result of conditions created by a person responsible for the child's welfare; (2) an interview at school is a necessary part of an investigation to determine whether the child has been abused or neglected; and (3) the interview at school is in the best interests of the child, school officials shall permit the child to be interviewed at school by the department or a law enforcement agency before notification of, or receiving permission from, the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. A school official shall be present during an interview at the school unless the child objects or the department or law enforcement agency determines that the presence of the school official will interfere with the investigation. The interview shall be conducted as required under AS 47.17.033. Immediately after conducting an interview authorized under this section, and after informing the child of the intention to notify the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, the department or agency shall make every reasonable effort to notify the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the interview occurred unless it appears to the department or agency that notifying the child's parent, guardian, or custodian would endanger the child. (b) A school official who, with criminal negligence, discloses information learned during an interview conducted under (a) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 47.17.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.035. Duties of department in domestic violence cases.

(a) In consultation with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the department shall develop written procedures for screening reports of harm for abuse and neglect of a child to assess whether there is domestic violence occurring within the family. The procedures must include the following factors: (1) inquiry concerning the criminal records of the parents or of the alleged abusive or neglectful person or the alleged perpetrator if not the parent of the child; and (2) inquiry concerning the existence of protective orders issued or filed under AS 18.66.100 - 18.66.180 involving either parent as a petitioner or respondent. (b) If the department determines in an investigation of abuse or neglect of a child that (1) the child is in danger because of domestic violence or that the child needs protection as a result of the presence of domestic violence in the family, the department shall take appropriate steps for the protection of the child; in this paragraph, “appropriate steps” includes (A) reasonable efforts to protect the child and prevent the removal of the child from the parent or guardian who is not a domestic violence offender; (B) reasonable efforts to remove the alleged domestic violence offender from the child's residence if it is determined that the child or another family or household member is in danger of domestic violence; and (C) services to help protect the child from being placed or having unsupervised visitation with the domestic violence offender until the department determines that the offender has met conditions considered necessary by the department to protect the safety of the domestic violence victim and household members; (2) a person is the victim of domestic violence, the department shall provide the victim with a written notice of the rights of and services available to victims of domestic violence that is substantially similar to the notice provided to victims of domestic violence under AS 18.65.520. (c) For purposes of obtaining access to information needed to conduct the inquiries required by (a)(1) and (2) of this section, the department is a criminal justice agency conducting a criminal justice activity. (d) A person may not bring a civil action for damages for a failure to comply with the provisions of this section. (e) In this section, (1) “criminal justice activity” has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900; (2) “criminal justice agency” has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900; (3) “domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990.
AK Stat § 47.17.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.040. Child protection registry; confidentiality.

(a) The department shall maintain a child protection registry of all investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17. (b) Investigation reports and reports of harm filed under this chapter are considered confidential and are not subject to public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. However, in accordance with department regulations, investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17, may be used by appropriate governmental agencies with child-protection functions, inside and outside the state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings involving child abuse, neglect, or custody and in conjunction with licensing action under AS 47.32 or a similar statute in another state. A person not acting in accordance with department regulations who, with criminal negligence, makes public information contained in confidential reports is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (c) Before a substantiated finding may be placed on the child protection registry and provided as part of a civil history check under AS 47.05.325, the department shall provide the applicant notice of the finding and an opportunity to appeal the finding. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section. (d) In this section, “governmental agency” includes a tribe or tribal organization conducting child protection functions and a school district.
AK Stat § 47.17.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.050. Immunity.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who, in good faith, makes a report under this chapter, permits an interview under AS 47.17.027, or participates in judicial proceedings related to the submission of reports under this chapter, is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for making the report or permitting the interview, except that a person who knowingly makes an untimely report is not immune from civil or criminal liability based on the delay in making the report. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a person accused of committing the child abuse or neglect is not immune from civil or criminal liability for the child abuse or neglect as a result of reporting the child abuse or neglect.
AK Stat § 47.17.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.060. Evidence not privileged.

Neither the physician-patient nor the husband-wife privilege is a ground for excluding evidence regarding a child's harm, or its cause, in a judicial proceeding related to a report made under this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.17.064 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.064. Photographs and x-rays.

(a) The department or a practitioner of the healing arts may, without the permission of the parents, guardian, or custodian, take the following actions with regard to a child who the department or practitioner has reasonable cause to suspect has suffered physical harm as a result of child abuse or neglect: (1) take or have taken photographs of the areas of trauma visible on the child; and (2) if medically indicated, have a medical or radiological examination of the child performed by a person who is licensed to administer the examination. (b) The department or a practitioner of the healing arts shall notify the parents, guardian, or custodian of a child as soon as possible after taking action under (a) of this section with regard to the child.
AK Stat § 47.17.068 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.068. Penalty for failure to report.

A person who fails to comply with the provisions of AS 47.17.020 or 47.17.023 and who knew or should have known that the circumstances gave rise to the need for a report, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 47.17.069 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 17. Child Protection|Sec. 47.17.069. Protective injunctions.

(a) A court may enjoin or limit a person from contact with a child if the attorney general establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the person (1) has sexually abused a child; (2) has physically abused a child; or (3) has engaged in conduct that constitutes a clear and present danger to the mental, emotional, or physical welfare of a child. (b) This section does not limit the authority of the attorney general or the court to act to protect a child.
AK Stat § 47.21.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 21. Adventure-Based Education|Sec. 47.21.010. Establishment.

(a) The Department of Health and Social Services shall establish an adventure-based education program designed to bring adventure-based education to appropriate juvenile offenders and others selected by referral agencies. (b) Adventure-based education is a short-term, intensive training program designed to remedy failure patterns and encourage development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and social awareness in (1) certain delinquent juveniles in the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services; (2) certain juveniles identified by the schools, division of social services, the courts, youth workers, or other community referral systems, as being able to benefit from adventure-based education.
AK Stat § 47.21.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 21. Adventure-Based Education|Sec. 47.21.020. Program.

(a) An adventure-based education program must include provisions for the following phases: (1) Phase I: Basic Skills Learning (A) physical conditioning: running, hiking, swimming, and other related activities; (B) technical training: the use of specialized tools and equipment, camping, cooking, map reading, navigation, life saving, drown proofing, and solo survival; (C) safety training: first aid skills, emergency care, preventative medicine, nutrition, health, and personal hygiene care; (D) team training: rescue techniques, evacuation exercises, and fire fighting; (E) solo: solitary living for a short period with minimal equipment; (F) interpersonal skills training: coping skills, individual and group problem solving, and societal communication skills; (G) culturally relevant activities: traditional modes of subsistence living, traveling and surviving in wilderness areas and communities in the state, and cross-cultural experiences; (2) Phase II: Skills Generalization (A) vocational counseling and placement; (B) family and interpersonal counseling; (C) community systems utilization: transportation, community services systems, and community problem solving. (b) Criteria for adventure-based education programs shall be established by the Department of Health and Social Services and must include provisions for (1) staff members with background experience in Outward Bound, NOLS, Alaska Wilderness Experience, Inc., or other similar wilderness skills programs or indigenous cultural experience; (2) minimum program standards.
AK Stat § 47.24.011 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 24. Protection of Vulnerable Adults|Sec. 47.24.011. Duties of the department regarding services and protection for vulnerable adults.

In order to facilitate the provision of supportive and protective services for vulnerable adults, the department shall (1) compile information on available supportive and protective services for vulnerable adults in the state; (2) establish, publicize, and maintain a vulnerable adult centralized intake office; (3) develop and coordinate a statewide system to serve vulnerable adults who are in need of protective services; (4) establish criteria and procedures for the authorization and supervision of other state agencies or community-based service providers to serve as designees of the department under this chapter; (5) in accordance with this chapter, designate other state agencies or community-based service providers to deliver supportive and protective services to vulnerable adults who are in need of protective services; (6) develop within the vulnerable adult centralized intake office a central registry for reports of vulnerable adults in need of protective services; (7) maintain confidentiality of records as provided for in AS 47.24.050; and (8) adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.24.013 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 24. Protection of Vulnerable Adults|Sec. 47.24.013. Reports of undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of vulnerable adults in out-of-home care facilities.

(a) If a report received under AS 47.24.010 pertains to the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult that is alleged to have been committed by or to have resulted from the negligence of the staff or a volunteer of an out-of-home care facility, including a facility licensed under AS 47.32, in which the vulnerable adult resides, the department may forward the report to the long term care ombudsman for investigation under AS 47.62.015. (b) The department shall investigate a report received under AS 47.24.010 regarding the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self- neglect of a vulnerable adult that is alleged to have been committed by or to have resulted from the negligence of the staff or a volunteer of an out-of-home care facility in which the vulnerable adult resides. (c) Upon receipt of a report under (a) or (b) of this section, the long term care ombudsman and the department shall (1) conduct an investigation as appropriate under AS 47.62.015 or this title, respectively; (2) coordinate and cooperate in their responses to and investigations of the report if their jurisdictions overlap; (3) [Repealed, § 15, ch. 19 SLA 2017.] (d) If the long term care ombudsman directly receives a report regarding the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self- neglect of a vulnerable adult in an out-of-home care facility, the ombudsman may provide the report, and the results of the ombudsman's actions or investigations regarding the report, to the department's vulnerable adult centralized intake office. The ombudsman shall obtain the informed consent of the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable adult's resident representative before providing the report to the department. The department may investigate the report as described in AS 47.24.015 if the department determines that action is appropriate. In this subsection, “resident representative” has the meaning given in AS 47.62.090. (e) [Repealed, § 15 ch 19 SLA 2017.] (f) If an investigation conducted by an agency under this section shows reasonable cause to believe that a certified nurse aide has committed abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property, the agency shall report the matter to the Board of Nursing.