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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.010. Legislative finding and policy.

(a) The legislature finds that
(1) there exist inadequate medical care and medical facilities in certain localities of the state, and in other localities medical care is not available and medical facilities do not exist at all;
(2) construction funding under 42 U.S.C. 291-291z (Title VI, Public Health Service Act) and 42 U.S.C. 2661-2698(b) (P.L. 88-164, Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) has not been forthcoming to the degree necessary, either alone or when combined with state or local funds, to ameliorate the state's need for medical care and medical facilities; and
(3) it is essential that the people of this state have adequate medical care and medical facilities at a reasonable cost.
(b) It is declared to be the policy of the state, in the interests of promoting the health and general welfare of all of its people, to provide acceptable alternative means of financing the constructing and equipping of needed medical facilities that, in number, size, type, distribution, operation, and services, are consistent with the orderly and economic development of medical facilities and services, are in the public interest, avoid unnecessary duplication of medical facilities and services, are economical in the use of health personnel, and will assure admission and care of high quality to all who need it. The legislature finds that this policy will be implemented by creating a public corporation called the Alaska Medical Facility Authority, with powers, duties, and functions as provided in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.020. Creation of authority.

There is created the Alaska Medical Facility Authority the sole purpose of which is to provide and finance medical facilities for the benefit of the people of the state. The authority is a public corporation and an instrumentality of the state within the Department of Revenue, but with a separate and independent legal existence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.030. Board of directors of the authority.

(a) The authority shall be managed and controlled by a seven-person board of directors, who serve at the pleasure of the governor, consisting of
(1) the commissioner of revenue, who shall also chair the board;
(2) the commissioner of health;
(3) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(4) four public members, appointed by the governor.
(b) The four public members appointed under (a)(4) of this section serve for staggered four-year terms. Each must be a resident of the state and a qualified voter at the time of appointment and shall comply with the requirements of AS 39.50 (public official financial disclosure). Each member shall hold office for the term of the appointment and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. A member is eligible for reappointment. A vacancy on the board of directors occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. Each member of the board, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe to an oath to perform the duties of office faithfully, impartially, and justly to the best of the member's ability. A record of the oath shall be filed in the Office of the Governor.
(c) If any commissioner is unable for any reason to attend a meeting of the authority, the commissioner may, by an instrument filed with the board and incorporated into the minutes of the meeting, designate another person within the commissioner's department to serve as a member at that meeting. For purposes of this chapter, an acting commissioner is a member of the board until a commissioner assumes office.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.040. Meetings, compensation, officers, and expenses.

(a) Four members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of a power or function at a meeting of the board. All decisions of the board shall be initiated by motion or resolution, and the vote and decision shall be recorded in the board's minute book, which is a public record. The affirmative votes of not less than two of the public members and two commissioners are required for the passage of any motion or resolution. Notice of all meetings shall be given in accordance with regulations adopted by the board. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, except that the board may convene in executive session in the manner provided in AS 44.62.310(b) to consider subject matter under AS 44.62.310(c).
(b) Members of the board serve without salary but each member is entitled to reimbursement from authority funds for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a member of the board. An officer or employee of the state need not forfeit office or employment or any benefits by reason of acceptance to the office of director of the authority.
(c) The board may appoint an executive director who serves at its pleasure and may appoint and employ other persons or officers it considers advisable, including but not limited to professional advisors, architects, technical experts, agents, and support personnel. The attorney general is the legal counsel for the authority. The executive director, if any, is responsible for keeping records of all meetings of the board and is custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the board, the minute book, and journals. In the absence of an executive director, the board shall designate one member of the board to fulfill the duties mentioned in this subsection. The person responsible for those duties may cause copies to be made of all minutes, records, and documents of the board and may give certificates of the authority to the effect that those copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the authority may rely on those certificates.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.060. Operation and management of medical facilities.

(a) The authority may not maintain or operate any medical facility. However, if the operator of a medical facility or trustee under a trust agreement defaults under any material provisions of the contractual documents, the authority may operate and maintain the medical facility on an interim basis for a limited period of time as is necessary to recruit another knowledgeable and competent operator or trustee.
(b) All references to the maintenance or operation of a medical facility within this chapter must be strictly construed as subject to the limitation of (a) of this section and are not expansions of, additions to, or in any other manner an amplification of the restrictive intent and language of (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.070. Expenses of authority.

All expenses of the authority incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter are payable solely from funds provided under this chapter, and liability may not be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which money has been provided under this chapter. However, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the authority for the period commencing on July 9, 1978, and continuing until the authority derives money from funds provided to it under this chapter, the authority may borrow the money it requires and may repay it, with appropriate interest, over a reasonable period of time. A liability incurred under this section is a liability of the authority only, and not a liability of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.090. Bond anticipation notes.

The authority may issue and sell bond anticipation notes which shall be on the terms, bear the date, mature at the time, be in the denomination and in the form, payable in the medium at the place and subject to the terms of redemption as the authority considers necessary or advisable in the manner provided in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.100. Trust indentures and trust agreements.

In the discretion of the authority, an issue of bonds may be secured by a trust indenture, trust agreement, indenture of mortgage or deeds of trust (all considered “trust agreements” in this chapter) between the authority and a corporate trustee. The corporate trustee may be a trust company, bank, or national banking association, with corporate trust powers, located inside or outside the state or by a secured loan agreement or other instrument or under a resolution giving powers to a corporate trustee by means of which the authority may
(1) make any covenants and agreements with the trustee or the holders of the bonds that the authority determines to be necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, covenants and agreements as to
(A) the application, investment, deposit, use, and disposition of the proceeds of bonds of the authority or of money or other property of the authority or in which it has an interest;
(B) the fixing and collection of rent or other consideration for, and the other terms to be incorporated in a lease or contract of sale of, a project;
(C) the assignment by the authority of its rights in the lease or contract of sale of a project or in a mortgage or other security interest created with respect to a project to a trustee for the benefit of bondholders;
(D) the terms and conditions upon which additional bonds of the authority may be issued;
(E) the vesting in a trustee of rights, powers, duties, funds, or property in trust for the benefit of bondholders, including, without limitation, the right to enforce payment, performance, and all other rights of the authority or of the bondholders, under a lease, contract of sale, mortgage, security agreement, or trust agreement with respect to a project by injunction or other proceeding or by taking possession of by agent or otherwise and operating a project and collecting rent or other consideration and applying it in accordance with the trust agreement;
(2) pledge, mortgage, or assign money, leases, agreements, property, or other assets of the authority either presently in hand or to be received in the future, or both; and
(3) provide for any other matters of like or different character that in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.120. Bondholder claims against special funds.

Any notes or revenue bonds issued against any special funds provided for in this chapter are a valid claim of the holder of them only as against those special funds in the proportion or amount of the revenue pledged to the funds and other authority assets the board may have pledged. All notes or revenue bonds payable from a special fund shall, on the face of the note or revenue bond, name the fund and the resolution creating them.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.130. Conflict of interests.

(a) A member of the board may not vote on a resolution of the board relating to a lease or contract to be entered into by the authority under this chapter if the member is a party to the lease or contract or has a direct ownership or equity interest in a firm, partnership, corporation, or association that would be a party to the contract or lease.
(b) It is a conflict of interests for any person employed by the authority or any person on contract for hire, written or oral, at a fixed or hourly fee with the authority, to act in an advisory capacity to the authority or to support the use of the authority's funds in a manner that may or will result in benefit, directly or indirectly, to that employee, agent, or advisor, except upon full disclosure in writing and by oral presentation to the board of the details of the conflicting interest, including a dollar estimate of the direct and indirect monetary gain the employee, agent, or advisor may expect to derive. The board's resolution that addresses the matter in which a conflict of interests exists must set out the details of the full disclosure.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be
(1) punished by a fine equivalent to the total gain derived, including gain derived from a partially disclosed or misstated disclosure of monetary gain;
(2) barred from further acting as an employee, agent, or advisor to the authority; and
(3) imprisoned for a term not less than three months nor more than one year.
(d) Public notice of the board meeting at which the written and oral disclosure of the conflict is to be given must specify
(1) a conflict-of-interests presentation is to be made at that meeting;
(2) the name of the person making the disclosure; and
(3) the position or title of the person so disclosing.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.140. Pledge of revenue.

A pledge of revenue or other money, obligations, or assets by the authority is binding from the time the pledge is made as against any parties having subsequent claims in tort, contract, or otherwise, irrespective of whether those parties have actual notice of the prior pledge. The pledge must be noted in the board's minute book and is constructive notice to all parties. Neither the resolution nor other instrument by which a pledge is created need be otherwise recorded, nor is the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or other law required to perfect the pledge. Revenue, rent, or other money, obligations, or assets so pledged and later received by the authority are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.150. Obligations and income of authority.

(a) Notes or revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are not, either directly, indirectly, or contingently, an obligation, a pledge of the faith and credit of, or a charge upon any revenue or funds of the state or of any political subdivision of the state but are payable solely from the funds of the authority. The issuance of notes or revenue bonds under this chapter does not, directly, indirectly, or contingently, obligate the state or any political subdivision of the state to levy any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing in this section prevents the authority from pledging its faith and credit or the faith and credit of a medical facility to the payment of bonds authorized under this chapter.
(b) The funds, income, or receipts of the authority do not constitute money of the state, nor is real property in which the authority has an interest considered land owned in fee by the state or to which the state may become entitled or in any way land belonging to the state, or state land referred to in art. VIII of the Alaska Constitution.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.160. Rights of bondholders.

A holder of notes or revenue bonds issued under this chapter or a trustee under a trust agreement entered into under this chapter may, except to the extent the holder's rights are restricted by the bond resolution, by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond resolution. Those rights include (1) the right to compel the performance of all duties of the authority required by this chapter or the bond resolution; (2) the right to enjoin unlawful activities; and (3) in the event of default (A) with respect to the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any bond, or (B) in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the authority in the bond resolution, the right to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to administer and operate the medical facility. The receiver may pay principal of, and premiums, if any, and interest on those bonds, and has the powers, subject to the direction of the court, that are permitted by law and are accorded receivers in general equity cases. However, the receiver may not pledge additional revenue of the authority to the payment of that principal, premium, and interest.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.180. Bonds as securities.

Revenue bonds of the authority are securities in which the following may legally invest any funds belonging to them or within their control: all public officers and agencies of the state and of municipal corporations, officers, boards of directors and trustees of banks, trust companies, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance companies and associations, all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.190. Pledge of the state.

The State of Alaska pledges to and agrees with the holders of any obligations issued under this chapter, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority under this chapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority by this chapter with respect to outstanding obligations until those obligations, together with the interest on them, are fully met and discharged and those contracts are fully performed on the part of the authority. However, nothing in this section precludes such a limitation or alteration if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the holders of those obligations of the authority or persons entering into those contracts with the authority.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.200. Accounting and reports.

The authority shall keep an accurate account of all of its activities and of all of its receipts and expenditures and shall biennially, no later than the 10th day of the first regular session of each legislature, make a report of them to the governor, copies of which shall also be made available to bondholders or parties holding a secured interest in the assets of the authority. The authority shall notify the legislature that the report is available. The governor may investigate the affairs of the authority, may examine the property and records of the authority, and may prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical reports in relation to projects undertaken by the authority.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.210. State requirements.

A medical facility that has been monetarily supported, in any manner whatsoever, by the authority is subject to any state requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements, any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts, or the lease, sale, or other disposition of property of the authority.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.220. Facility compliance with health and safety laws and licensing requirements.

A medical facility constructed, acquired, improved, financed, or otherwise under the provisions of this chapter and all actions of the authority are subject to AS 18.07, AS 47.32, and any other present or future state licensing requirements for the facilities or services provided under this chapter. A medical facility issued a certificate of need under sec. 4, ch. 275, SLA 1976, by virtue of being in existence or under construction before July 1, 1976, must fully meet the requirements of AS 18.07 in order to be eligible for funding under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.230. Authority as a public body; tax status of assets, income and bonds.

(a) The authority, all assets at any time owned by it, the income from those assets, and all bonds issued by the authority, together with the coupons applicable to them, and the income from them, are exempt from all taxation and special assessments in this state except for gift, inheritance, and estate taxes. However, real property and personal property owned by the authority and leased to a third party is subject to property taxation if that property would be subject to taxation if owned by the lessee of it.
(b) [Repealed, § 74 ch 6 SLA 1984.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.250. Operation of certain statutes excepted; status of authority.

The authority is not a
(1) political subdivision of the state for the purposes of AS 37.10.085, but for all other purposes the authority constitutes a political subdivision and an instrumentality of the state under this chapter;
(2) municipality;
(3) state agency for the purposes of AS 37.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 26. Alaska Medical Facility Authority › Sec. 18.26.260. Issuance and guarantee of Alaska Medical Facility Authority bonds.

(a) There is established as a separate account in the authority the medical facilities special bond guarantee account. The medical facilities special bond guarantee account consists of money disbursed to it by the commissioner of revenue. The assets of the medical facilities special bond guarantee account may be pledged to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes of the authority issued under (b) of this section.
(b) If the commissioner of revenue and the board jointly determine that a medical facility is unable to use traditional private or public financial institutions to refinance mortgage loans and that it is in the public interest to make refinancing available,
(1) the authority may provide financial assistance and purchase mortgage loans made to the medical facility and may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes under this chapter to provide money for the purchase of the mortgage loans or to provide the financial assistance; and
(2) the commissioner of revenue may disburse to the medical facilities special bond guarantee account money appropriated to the commissioner for the account which the commissioner determines to be necessary to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes issued under (1) of this subsection.
(c) Before entering into an agreement under (a) of this section to provide guarantees for bonds or bond anticipation notes issued or to be issued under (b) of this section, the commissioner of revenue shall determine that arrangements have been made to protect the interests of the state in the medical facilities special bond guarantee account.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 28. State Assistance for Community Health Aide Programs › Sec. 18.28.010. Community health aide grants.

(a) A qualified regional health organization is entitled to a grant of $30,000 each fiscal year for the training and supervision of primary community health aides if the organization or another local or regional health organization employed at least three primary community health aides on July 1, 1984, to serve the communities proposed to be served under the grant.
(b) During each fiscal year, a qualified regional health organization or local health organization is entitled to a grant of $8,000 multiplied by the number of primary community health aides who were employed by that organization or another local or regional health organization during the previous fiscal year who each week during the previous fiscal year averaged at least 20 hours of service in the communities proposed to be served by the grant, but not to exceed the number of primary community health aides who were employed by a local or regional health organization on July 1, 1984, to serve the communities proposed to be served under the grant.
(c) A grant under (b) of this section may be used only for
(1) training of primary community health aides, including tuition and travel to training programs;
(2) supervision of primary community health aides, including travel for supervisors;
(3) alternate community health aides.
(d) The department shall compute and pay a grant under this section within the limits of appropriations made for the purpose.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 28. State Assistance for Community Health Aide Programs › Sec. 18.28.020. Qualifications.

To qualify for a community health aide grant a regional or local health organization must
(1) have received money from the federal government for a community health aide program during the fiscal year for which the grant is sought;
(2) provide the services of community health aides on a nondiscriminatory basis for the benefit of the public;
(3) apply for the grant in accordance with application requirements of the department or negotiate a contract with the department in lieu of a grant if the regional or local health organization provides other contract services for the state; and
(4) supply information requested by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 28. State Assistance for Community Health Aide Programs › Sec. 18.28.100. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “alternate community health aide” means a person who assists the primary community health aide when necessary and acts in the absence of the primary community health aide;
(2) “community health aide” includes a primary community health aide and an alternate health aide;
(3) “department” means the Department of Health;
(4) “local health organization” means a nonprofit corporation or other entity that provides health services in a rural area that is less than 4,000 square miles;
(5) “primary community health aide” means a person who has completed the first of three levels of community health aide training offered by the Norton Sound Health Corporation at the Nome Hospital, the Kuskokwim Community College in Bethel, the Alaska Area Native Health Service in Anchorage, or another accredited training center;
(6) “regional health organization” means a nonprofit corporation or home rule borough that provides health aide services under a contract with the Alaska Native Health Service in a rural area that is at least 4,000 square miles.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 29. Health Care Professionals Workforce Enhancement Program › Sec. 18.29.110. Employer payments.

An employer approved for participation in the program shall make a nonrefundable quarterly payment to the department for the benefit of the employer's health care professional employee. The employer payment may come from any available source, including a philanthropic institution, health foundation, government agency, community organization, or private individual. The payment amount
(1) must be equal to the health care professional's program payment amount established by the commissioner;
(2) may be adjusted based on the employer's ability to pay, as determined by the commissioner and in consultation with the advisory council; and
(3) must include the fee established under AS 44.29.022 or AS 44.30.030 for services provided under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 29. Health Care Professionals Workforce Enhancement Program › Sec. 18.29.120. Direct incentives.

The department shall provide a direct incentive in the form of quarterly cash payments to an eligible tier I, tier II, or tier III health care professional engaged in qualified employment in an amount established by the commissioner and that is provided by employers approved under the program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 29. Health Care Professionals Workforce Enhancement Program › Sec. 18.29.125. Student loan repayment.

(a) The department shall repay a portion of eligible student loans held by or made to an eligible tier I, tier II, or tier III health care professional.
(b) A student loan is eligible for repayment if the student loan
(1) was issued to an eligible individual under AS 18.29.130;
(2) is a student loan as described in 26 U.S.C. 108(f)(2); and
(3) was used by the individual for a program for which the individual received a certificate, license, or degree.
(c) A student loan repayment under this section may not exceed 33.3 percent of the unpaid student loan balance existing in the first year of program participation multiplied by the percentage of full-time equivalent employment for each year of qualified employment, not to exceed three years.
(d) A student loan or interest on a student loan is not eligible for repayment under this section if the student loan or interest is
(1) to be repaid by another source, including another loan repayment or forgiveness program or an employer-sponsored loan repayment program;
(2) consolidated with a loan that is not eligible for repayment; or
(3) refinanced as a loan that is not eligible for repayment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 29. Health Care Professionals Workforce Enhancement Program › Sec. 18.29.130. Eligibility.

(a) To be eligible for a direct incentive payment, an individual must
(1) submit an application that is approved by the commissioner;
(2) be engaged in qualified employment at an eligible site with a participating employer or entity;
(3) for a tier I or tier II health care professional, be licensed or exempt from licensure as a tier I or tier II health care professional in the state;
(4) meet a participation priority established by the commissioner; and
(5) satisfy other criteria established by the commissioner.
(b) To be eligible for student loan repayment, an individual must
(1) satisfy the requirements of (a) of this section; and
(2) have an unpaid balance on one or more eligible student loans verified by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education or the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 29. Health Care Professionals Workforce Enhancement Program › Sec. 18.29.190. Definitions.

In AS 18.29.100 - 18.29.190,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;
(2) “department” means the Department of Health;
(3) “eligible site” means a service area or health care facility that provides health care services to underserved individuals or in health care professional shortage or rural areas and that satisfies the criteria for eligibility established by the commissioner;
(4) “employer payment” means the payment an employer makes to the department for participation in the program;
(5) “program” means the health care professionals workforce enhancement program;
(6) “qualified employment” means employment of a tier I, tier II, or tier III health care professional at an eligible site at which the health care professional is hired or contracted and paid to work
(A) in a full-time or not less than half-time position;
(B) for a term that is not less than three years;
(7) “rural” means a community with a population of 5,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks or with a population of 1,500 or less that is connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks;
(8) “tier I health care professional” means a person who spends not less than 50 percent of the person's time on direct patient health care services and who is licensed or exempt from licensure in the state as a dentist, pharmacist, physician, doctor of nursing practice, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, or other health care professional as determined by the commissioner;
(9) “tier II health care professional” means a person who spends not less than 50 percent of the person's time on direct patient health care services and who is licensed or exempt from licensure in the state as a dental hygienist, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, physician assistant, physical therapist, professional counselor, board certified behavior analyst, marital and family therapist, clinical social worker, or other health care professional as determined by the commissioner;
(10) “tier III health care professional” means a person who is employed at an eligible site who is not otherwise eligible as a tier I or tier II health care professional;
(11) “underserved individual” means an individual who
(A) is uninsured;
(B) receives or is eligible to receive medical assistance; or
(C) receives or is eligible to receive health care benefits directly, through insurance, or through other means, from a plan or program funded directly, in whole or in part, by the federal government, except for the federal employee health benefits program under 5 U.S.C. 8903.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program. › Sec. 18.31.010. Program established.

The asbestos health hazard abatement program is established in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to coordinate efforts of state departments and agencies to abate asbestos health hazards in schools in the state. The program applies to all work in public schools and the University of Alaska involving
(1) demolition, removal, encapsulation, salvage, repair, transportation, disposal, storage, and containment of asbestos products;
(2) construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, or renovation that will cause asbestos fibers to become airborne.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program. › Sec. 18.31.020. Duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

In order to abate asbestos health hazards from public schools and from the University of Alaska, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall
(1) in a school district or regional educational attendance area that has not complied with Environmental Protection Agency asbestos regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 763), inspect school buildings to determine the presence of asbestos, take samples as needed, answer inquiries on the subject, ensure quality control of asbestos sampling, or enter into contracts for these purposes;
(2) distribute, retrieve, and store training materials concerning inspection and sampling for asbestos;
(3) establish guidelines, in conformity with Environmental Protection Agency asbestos regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 763), for abating asbestos health hazards, for inspecting and collecting samples of suspected asbestos, and for analyzing the samples;
(4) evaluate analysis results and distribute the results to affected schools;
(5) coordinate efforts by state departments and agencies and by school officials to identify and abate asbestos health hazards;
(6) cooperate with the Department of Education and Early Development to administer state money appropriated for the asbestos health hazard abatement program;
(7) establish classifications of asbestos health hazards according to the severity of the hazard and determine on the basis of those classifications the order in which abatement projects should proceed;
(8) review and approve all asbestos health hazard abatement projects relating to respirator use and employee training, including training materials;
(9) oversee an employee certification program;
(10) establish guidelines and procedures to prevent damage to asbestos products in daily operations;
(11) whenever the department is informed of scheduled work to abate an asbestos health hazard, inform the contractors and other concerned persons of the health hazards of asbestos;
(12) assist the University of Alaska in its efforts to abate asbestos health hazards; and
(13) adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program. › Sec. 18.31.030. Duties of the Department of Education and Early Development.

To assist in implementing the asbestos health hazard abatement program, the Department of Education and Early Development shall
(1) cooperate with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, school districts, and regional educational attendance areas to ensure inspection of public schools for asbestos health hazards and to ensure that identified asbestos health hazards are abated;
(2) maintain records, files, and reports on asbestos health hazards in public schools;
(3) administer state money appropriated to finance renovation contracts under AS 18.31.040(5);
(4) in accordance with priorities established by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 18.31.020(7), distribute grants to school districts and regional educational attendance areas for the abatement of health hazards in public schools; and
(5) inform the Department of Labor and Workforce Development when renovation contracts are awarded under AS 18.31.040(5), to enable the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to advise contractors and other concerned persons of the health hazards of asbestos that may be encountered in the renovation project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program. › Sec. 18.31.040. Duties of school officials.

To assist in implementing the asbestos health hazard abatement program, each city or borough school district and each regional educational attendance area shall
(1) maintain records of all inspections, including sample dates, location, condition, and analysis of materials;
(2) notify school personnel of the location of asbestos materials and ways to reduce exposure;
(3) notify the parents of students about the results of asbestos inspections in their children's schools;
(4) either
(A) contract for the inspection of its school buildings in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency asbestos regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 763) and in accordance with guidelines established by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and under the supervision of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; or
(B) notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that the school district or regional educational attendance area has not entered and does not intend to enter into a contract for an inspection for asbestos health hazards; and
(5) contract for renovating school buildings to abate asbestos health hazards, and supervise and monitor the renovation contracts, applying the standards in AS 18.60.075 to protect the health of persons who renovate the school buildings.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 1. Asbestos Health Hazard Abatement Program. › Sec. 18.31.050. Repayment of grant funds.

A school district or regional educational attendance area that receives a state grant for the abatement of asbestos health hazards in schools shall repay the grant from any money the district or the regional educational attendance area recovers from asbestos manufacturers or other parties in a claim for damages arising from the use of asbestos in a school. Repayment shall be made after deducting legal fees and other costs associated with the claim for damages.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 2. Certification of Asbestos Workers. › Sec. 18.31.200. Certification programs.

(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall
(1) establish guidelines for employee training certification programs, including respiratory and competency tests to be completed successfully, to ensure that a person who is employed to abate asbestos health hazards is trained to do the work safely and is informed about the danger of working with asbestos;
(2) review certification programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private vocational training programs, and others for persons who will be employed to abate asbestos health hazards;
(3) approve proposed certification programs that meet the department's guidelines under this subsection;
(4) assist in meeting the certification guidelines those whose certification program proposals have been found unacceptable.
(b) Before a contractor may undertake work to abate an asbestos related health hazard, the contractor shall
(1) propose to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a plan for the certification of its employees as adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way;
(2) receive approval from the department of that plan; and
(3) certify that each person who will work on the abatement of an asbestos health hazard is adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way.
(c) A person may not be employed to abate an asbestos health hazard unless the person has been certified in a program approved by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under (a) of this section.
(d) A contractor who violates (b) or (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000, as determined by the commissioner of labor and workforce development.
(e) A contractor who violates (b) of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(f) A contractor who violates (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(g) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt by regulation a fee schedule for
(1) review, approval, and certification of asbestos training certification programs and plans under this section; and
(2) certification of a person employed to abate an asbestos health hazard.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 3. Naturally Occurring Asbestos. › Sec. 18.31.250. Use of materials containing naturally occurring asbestos.

(a) A principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, person having legal authority for the design and construction of a project may qualify for immunity in a civil action under AS 09.65.245(a)(2) for the use of gravel or other aggregate material that, when tested using a bulk test method prescribed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by regulation, is determined to have a content equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of naturally occurring asbestos by mass.
(b) To qualify for the immunity provided under AS 09.65.245(a)(2), before initiating a construction project not subject to AS 44.42.410(b) that is within an area designated by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 44.42.400(b) or (c) and that will use gravel or other aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos, the principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, the person having legal authority for the design and construction of the project shall prepare and submit to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities specific project plans demonstrating compliance with the standards adopted by the department under AS 44.42.420 and the requirements of the site-specific use plan under AS 44.42.410. Before extraction of gravel or other aggregate material may begin, the plan must be approved and returned to the contractor by the department.
(c) To preserve the immunity provided under AS 09.65.245(a)(2), the principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, the person having legal authority for the design and construction of the project shall adhere to the site-specific use plan approved by the department and the monitoring and mitigation plan created by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 3. Naturally Occurring Asbestos. › Sec. 18.31.260. Presence of naturally occurring asbestos.

The state shall consider 0.25 percent by mass, the minimum detectable amount of asbestos under the California Air Resources Board Method 435, as the baseline for the presence of naturally occurring asbestos in gravel or other aggregate material.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 31. Asbestos › Article 4. General Provisions. › Sec. 18.31.500. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “asbestos” means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous anthophyllite, and fibrous actinolite;
(2) “asbestos health hazard” means the presence of material containing asbestos that carries a risk of releasing asbestos fibers into the atmosphere.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels. › Sec. 18.35.010. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 is to establish and maintain minimum standards of health and sanitation in tourist camps, trailer camps, motor courts, and motels necessary and desirable for the protection of the public health and welfare.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels. › Sec. 18.35.020. Administration of laws and regulations.

The department has jurisdiction over the health and sanitary conditions of tourist accommodations under AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 1. Tourist and Trailer Camps, Motor Courts, and Motels. › Sec. 18.35.030. Regulations.

(a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations that relate to health and sanitation in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the accommodations including but not limited to minimum standards for water supply, sewage and refuse disposal, laundry, bathing and toilet facilities, communicable disease control, general cleanliness and safety, that are necessary or desirable for the protection of public health.
(b) The provisions of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 do not prohibit the health authorities of a municipality from instituting local programs for health and sanitary control of tourist accommodations, including the enactment of ordinances for issuance and revocation of permits and additional regulations. However, the ordinance or regulation may not detract from the provisions of AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 or the regulations under these sections.