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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. 18.35.060. Unlawful disposal of wastes.

A person may not dispose of human excreta, garbage, or refuse on or near a public way or thoroughfare or on or near a tourist accommodation except in the use of appropriate facilities.
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. 18.35.080. Penalty for noncompliance.

A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090 or the regulations adopted under those sections, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in a jail for not more than 30 days, or both.
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. 18.35.090. Definitions.

In AS 18.35.010 - 18.35.090,
(1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(2) “tourist accommodations” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of abode, whether occupied by transient or permanent guests, whether equipped with tents, tent houses, cottages, automobile trailers, coaches, motor courts, or motels, and regardless of whether benefit accrues to the owner or operator.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.100. Toilet facilities required in restaurants and taverns.

(a) [Repealed, § 45 ch 59 SLA 1982.]
(b) An owner of a restaurant or tavern shall provide and maintain sanitary toilet accommodations for public use.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.110. Penalty for violations of AS 18.35.100.

(a) A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.100 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Each operating restaurant or tavern in violation constitutes a separate offense.
(b) In addition to the penalty provided in (a) of this section, the court shall require the person to comply with AS 18.35.100 within a reasonable period of time.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.120. Enforcement of AS 18.35.100.

The department shall adopt regulations to implement and enforce AS 18.35.100 by appropriate means. The regulations must set standards of sanitation and must provide for, but need not be limited to, periodic inspections. However, the regulations may not require a restaurant or tavern to have more than one toilet accommodation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.200. Free toilet facilities required for public facilities and special events.

An owner of public facilities or sponsor of special events open to the general public shall, where practical, provide and maintain at the facilities or events sanitary toilet accommodations for public use whether the facilities or events are permanent or temporary. A charge may not be required for use of a toilet facility in any public place.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.210. Penalty for violation of AS 18.35.200.

A person who fails to comply with AS 18.35.200 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Each day of operation is a separate offense.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 2. Public Restrooms. › Sec. 18.35.230. Definitions.

In AS 18.35.100 - 18.35.230,
(1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(2) “public facilities” means recreation camps, picnic areas, theaters, places of entertainment, churches, fair buildings, and places with permanent facilities for public use;
(3) “restaurant” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of sale and on-premise consumption of food or beverages;
(4) “special events” means events involving public gathering and includes athletic and sporting events where the public congregates, including but not be limited to dog sled racing, horse racing, snowmobile races, skiing events, salmon derbies, and other activities;
(5) “tavern” means a place maintained or held out to the public for purposes of sale and on-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages;
(6) “toilet accommodations” means a facility available to the public consisting of an approved flush-type commode, urinal, privy, self-contained privy, or any other device approved by the department for containment and disposal of human wastes, and shall include lavatory facilities where practical.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.306. Notice of prohibition.

(a) A person who is in charge of a place or vehicle where smoking is prohibited under AS 18.35.301 shall conspicuously display in the place or vehicle a sign that
(1) reads “Smoking Prohibited by Law-Fine $50”;
(2) includes the international symbol for no smoking; or
(3) includes the words “No Puffin” with a pictorial representation of a puffin holding a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle crossed with a red bar.
(b) A person in charge of a building at which smoking is prohibited within a specific distance from the entrance of the building under AS 18.35.301(c)(4) shall conspicuously display a sign that reads “Smoking within (number of feet) Feet of Entrance Prohibited by Law-Fine $50” visible from the outside of each entrance to the building.
(c) The department shall furnish signs required under this section to a person who requests them with the intention of displaying them.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.311. Duty of employers and building managers.

(a) An employer may not permit an employee, customer, or other person to smoke inside an enclosed area at a place of employment.
(b) The owner, operator, manager, or other person who manages a building or other place where smoking is prohibited under AS 18.35.301 may not provide ashtrays or other smoking accessories for use in that building or place.
(c) An employer may not require an employee, customer, or other person to enter a stand-alone shelter as defined in AS 18.35.301(h) for a purpose other than smoking.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.316. Powers and duties of the commissioner.

(a) The commissioner
(1) shall administer and enforce the requirements of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399;
(2) may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to carry out the duties under this section.
(b) In addition to other powers granted the commissioner under AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399, the commissioner may delegate to another agency the authority to implement and enforce one or more provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.321. Public education.

(a) The commissioner shall ensure that employers, property owners, property operators, and other members of the public are provided ongoing access to
(1) a program of education regarding the requirements in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399;
(2) an electronically published printable brochure that summarizes the requirements in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
(b) The program of education under (a) of this section may be provided in combination with the comprehensive smoking education, tobacco use prevention, and tobacco control program established in AS 44.29.020(a)(12).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.326. Nonretaliation.

(a) An employer may not discharge or in any other manner retaliate against an employee because the employee cooperates with or initiates enforcement of a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
(b) The owner or operator of a vehicle or other place that is subject to a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may not retaliate against a customer or other member of the public for cooperating with or initiating enforcement of a requirement in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.331. Conflicts with local requirements.

Nothing in AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 prohibits a municipality from adopting an ordinance imposing additional
(1) limitations on smoking;
(2) duties on employers, owners, operators, and other persons who are subject to the requirements of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 related to smoking; or
(3) limitations on smoking in an outdoor area at a municipal park designated as a children's playground.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.340. Civil complaints; penalties.

(a) The commissioner shall develop and maintain a procedure for processing reports of violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, and 18.35.326.
(b) If, after investigating a report made under this section, the commissioner determines that a violation has occurred, (1) the commissioner may file a civil complaint in the district court to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399; or (2) an employee of the department designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may issue a citation under AS 18.35.341(b). If an employee of the department issues a citation, the violation shall be processed and disposed of under AS 18.35.341.
(c) A person who violates AS 18.35.301 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of $50. A person who violates AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300. Each day a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 continues after a civil complaint for the violation has been filed and served on the defendant constitutes a separate violation. A person who violates AS 18.35.326 and against whom the commissioner has filed a civil complaint under this section is punishable by a civil fine of not more than $500.
(d) The department may provide for the payment of civil fines under this section by mail.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.341. Citations; penalty.

(a) A peace officer may issue a citation for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 committed in the officer's presence or for a violation of AS 18.35.306. The provisions of AS 12.25.175 - 12.25.230 apply to the issuance of a citation under this subsection.
(b) An employee of the department designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399 may issue a citation for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 regardless of whether the violation was committed in the employee's presence. A citation issued under this subsection shall be in the same form and shall be processed in the same manner as a citation issued by a peace officer under (a) of this section. An employee of the department may not arrest a person for a violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.
(c) A person who violates AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900(b) and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of $50 for a violation of AS 18.35.301, by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 for a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311, and by a fine of not more than $500 for a violation of AS 18.35.326. Each day a violation of AS 18.35.306 or 18.35.311 continues after a citation for the violation has been issued constitutes a separate violation.
(d) The supreme court shall establish a schedule of bail amounts for violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, and 18.35.326, but in no event may the bail amount exceed the maximum fine that may be imposed for the violation under (c) of this section. The bail amount for a violation must appear on the citation.
(e) If a person cited for a violation under this section does not contest the citation, the person may, on or before the 30th day after the date of the citation, mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court in which the citation is filed
(1) the amount of bail indicated on the citation for that violation; and
(2) a copy of the citation indicating that the right to an appearance is waived, a plea of no contest is entered, and the bail is forfeited.
(f) When bail has been forfeited under (e) of this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. Forfeiture of bail is a complete satisfaction for the violation. The clerk of the court accepting the bail shall provide the violator with a receipt stating that fact if requested.
(g) A person cited under this section is guilty of failure to obey a citation under AS 12.25.230 if the person fails to pay the bail amount established under (d) of this section or fails to appear in court as required.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.342. Multiple fines prohibited.

A person may not be fined more than once for each violation of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.343. Injunctions.

The commissioner or any affected party may institute an action in the superior court to enjoin repeated violations of AS 18.35.301, 18.35.306, 18.35.311, or 18.35.326.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.350. Enforcement authority.

The commissioner or the commissioner's designee is responsible for enforcing the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.399. This section does not limit the authority of peace officers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 35. Public Accommodations and Facilities › Article 3. Prohibition of Smoking. › Sec. 18.35.357. Municipal regulation.

A municipality may, by ordinance ratified by voters in a regular municipal election, exempt the municipality from the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.350. Unless the municipality has adopted an ordinance banning smoking in certain public places, if a municipality exempts itself from the provisions of AS 18.35.301 - 18.35.350, former AS 18.35.300 - 18.35.365 apply in the municipality as those statutes provided on September 30, 2018.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 40. Shelter Cabins and Comfort Stations › Sec. 18.40.010. Shelter cabins and comfort stations on airports.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may erect and maintain shelter cabins and comfort stations for the accommodation of travelers on the airports throughout the state where the facilities are required and necessary out of funds appropriated for the construction and maintenance of roads and aviation fields. Each shelter cabin or comfort station shall contain a suitable stove and other facilities considered necessary by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 40. Shelter Cabins and Comfort Stations › Sec. 18.40.020. Shelter cabins on roads and trails.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may erect and maintain cabins for the accommodation of travelers and shelter for dog teams and horses at the places along traveled roads and trails considered necessary by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for the safety of the traveling public. Each cabin shall contain a suitable stove. The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall place in conspicuous places on roads and trails leading to or from the cabins sign boards advising travelers of the direction and distance to the cabin.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 40. Shelter Cabins and Comfort Stations › Sec. 18.40.050. Prohibited acts and penalties.

A person who wilfully removes, destroys, or defaces a cabin or part of a cabin, or stove or other furnishing, or who occupies a cabin for a length of time other than that necessary and incident to ordinary travel is guilty of violation of this chapter, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in a jail for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 40. Shelter Cabins and Comfort Stations › Sec. 18.40.060. Exception.

Nothing in this chapter prevents the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities from authorizing responsible persons in writing to occupy permanently in the capacity of caretakers or roadhouse keepers shelters with adequate accommodations in order to improve the accommodations for the traveling public.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 40. Shelter Cabins and Comfort Stations › Sec. 18.40.070. Damages for destruction of or injury to shelter cabins.

A person who violates AS 18.40.050 is liable in damages for injury sustained by another as a result of the wilful destruction of or injury to a shelter cabin or its contents.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.020. United States licenses or permits required.

A person may not manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire, or possess a special nuclear material, by-product material, special nuclear material facility, by-product material facility, production facility, or utilization facility, or act as an operator of a production facility or utilization facility, wholly within the state without first obtaining a license or permit for the activity in which the person proposes to engage from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission if the commission requires a license or permit to be obtained by persons proposing to engage in the activities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.025. Facilities siting permit required.

(a) A person may not construct a nuclear fuel production facility, nuclear utilization facility, utilization facility, reprocessing facility, or nuclear waste disposal facility in the state without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to construct the facility on land designated by the legislature under (b) of this section.
(b) The legislature shall designate by law the land in the state on which a nuclear fuel production facility, nuclear utilization facility, utilization facility, nuclear reprocessing facility, or nuclear waste disposal facility may be located. In designating the land in the state on which
(1) a nuclear utilization facility or utilization facility may be located, the legislature shall act in the interest of regulating the economics of nuclear energy;
(2) a nuclear fuel production facility, nuclear reprocessing facility, or nuclear waste disposal facility may be located, the legislature shall act to protect the public health and safety.
(c) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall adopt regulations governing the issuance of permits required by (a) of this section. However, a permit may not be issued until the municipality with jurisdiction over the proposed facility site has approved the permit or, if the proposed facility site is located in an unorganized borough, until the legislature has approved the permit.
(d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a person that is otherwise compliant with this chapter may construct a microreactor on land that has not been designated by the legislature.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.027. Transportation of nuclear waste material.

(a) The transportation of high level nuclear waste material, except for purposes of disposal outside the state, is prohibited.
(b) For purposes of this section, “high level nuclear waste material”
(1) means
(A) used nuclear reactor fuel;
(B) waste produced during the reprocessing of used nuclear reactor fuel; and
(C) elements having an atomic number greater than 92 and containing 10 or more nanocuries per gram;
(2) does not include radioactive materials used in medicine, education, or scientific research that are stored or disposed of in conformity with procedures established by the Department of Environmental Conservation by regulation adopted under AS 46.03.250(3).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.030. Studies on changes to laws; comments on microreactor licensing.

(a) Each of the following departments and agencies of the state are directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need for changes in the laws and regulations administered by it that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear, by-product, and radioactive materials, from the operation of production or utilization facilities, and from the generation of radiation, and, on the basis of these studies, to make the recommendations for the enactment of laws or amendments to law administered by it, and the proposals for amendments to the regulations issued by it that it considers necessary:
(1) the Department of Health particularly as to hazards to the public health and safety;
(2) the Department of Labor and Workforce Development particularly as to hazardous working conditions;
(3) the Department of Labor and Workforce Development particularly as to the time and character of proof of claims of injuries and the extent of the compensation allowable;
(4) the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities particularly as to the transportation of special nuclear, by-product, and radioactive materials on highways of the state;
(5) the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities particularly as to the transportation of special nuclear, by-product, and radioactive materials by common carriers not in interstate commerce and as to the participation by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction in projects for the development of production or utilization facilities for industrial or commercial use;
(6) the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development particularly as to the insurance of persons and property from hazards to life and property resulting from atomic development;
(7) the Department of Fish and Game particularly as to the hazards to the natural resources of the state, including wildlife, and as to the protection of rivers, streams, and airspace from pollution;
(8) the Department of Natural Resources particularly as to the hazards involved in the mining of radioactive minerals;
(9) departments and agencies the governor directs and for the purposes specified by the governor, and other departments and agencies provided by law.
(b) The requirements set out under (a) of this section do not apply to the presence of microreactors in the state.
(c) If the Department of Environmental Conservation receives notice that a person has submitted a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license application for a microreactor located in the state, the Department of Environmental Conservation shall coordinate and submit comments from the departments or agencies under (a) of this section on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process specific to the microreactor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.060. Injunction proceedings.

When, in the opinion of the governor, a person is violating or is about to violate AS 18.45.020 or 18.45.025, the governor shall direct the attorney general to apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity and upon a showing that the person has engaged, or is about to engage in the activity, the court may grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 45. Atomic Energy › Sec. 18.45.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “atomic energy” means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation;
(2) “by-product material” means radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material;
(3) “microreactor” means a nuclear utilization facility that is
(A) a nuclear fission reactor consistent with the definition of “advanced nuclear reactor” in 42 U.S.C. 16271; and
(B) capable of generating not more than 50 megawatts of electric energy;
(4) “nuclear fuel production facility” means a facility that purifies radioactive mineral concentrates and fabricates fissionable material to be used for producing energy in a nuclear reactor;
(5) “nuclear utilization facility” means an apparatus, device, or equipment in which nuclear fission is sustained in a self-supporting and controlled chain reaction; the term does not include an apparatus, device, or equipment used exclusively for educational, medical, or research purposes;
(6) “production facility” means equipment or a device capable of the production of special nuclear material in quantity of significance to the common defense and security, or to affect the health and safety of the public; or any important component part especially designed for the equipment or device;
(7) “radiation” means gamma rays and X-rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles; but not sound or radio waves, or visible, infrared, or ultra-violet light;
(8) “special nuclear material” means plutonium, uranium 233, and uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material that the governor declares by order to be special nuclear material after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined the material to be special nuclear material; or material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing material;
(9) “utilization facility” means equipment or a device, except an atomic weapon, capable of making use of special nuclear material in a quantity significant to the common defense and security, or in a manner affecting the health and safety of the public, or peculiarly adapted for making use of atomic energy in a quantity significant to the common defense and security, or in a manner affecting the health and safety of the public; or an important component part especially designed for the equipment or device.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.020. Department to adopt regulations.

The department may, in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), adopt, amend, and repeal regulations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.030. Appointment of state registrar of vital statistics.

The commissioner shall select the state registrar of vital statistics in accordance with state personnel laws and regulations. The registrar shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.040. Duties of state registrar.

The state registrar shall
(1) administer and enforce this chapter and the regulations adopted under it, and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics;
(2) direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and the bureau, and keep its records;
(3) direct, supervise, and control the activities of local registrars related to the operation of the vital statistics system;
(4) prescribe and furnish the forms required by this chapter and the regulations issued under it;
(5) prepare and publish reports of vital statistics and other required statistical reports.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.050. Delegation of duties.

The state registrar may delegate the functions and duties vested in the state registrar to employees of the bureau and to local registrars as the state registrar considers necessary or expedient.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.060. Seal.

The state registrar shall have a seal, which shall bear within the perimeter of the seal the words “Seal of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics of Alaska,” and within the circle, at the top of the seal, a star representing the north star, beneath it the Dipper of seven stars, and beneath this a quill. The seal shall be used in the certification of copies of records under custody of the state registrar, and to authenticate other copies, documents, records, and reports the state registrar considers necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 1. Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registrar. › Sec. 18.50.070. Registration districts.

The state registrar shall establish registration districts throughout the state. The state registrar may consolidate or subdivide a district to facilitate registration. Registration districts shall take into account the boundary lines of local governmental units, house districts, judicial districts, and other local boundary lines in general use, where feasible.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.080. Appointment of local registrars.

(a) Where feasible, the state registrar shall use the services of a local recording official located within a registration district as local registrar of vital statistics.
(b) Where utilization under (a) of this section is not feasible, the state registrar shall appoint a local registrar and may appoint one or more deputy local registrars of vital statistics for each registration district, to be compensated on a fee basis as specified in AS 18.50.120.
(c) The state registrar may remove a local registrar or a deputy local registrar appointed under (b) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.090. Duties of local registrars.

Within the local registration district, the local registrar shall
(1) administer and enforce this chapter, and the instructions issued and regulations adopted under it;
(2) require that certificates be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter, and the instructions issued and regulations adopted under it;
(3) transmit monthly, or more frequently when directed to do so by the state registrar, the certificates, reports, or other returns filed with the local registrar, to the local recording official or to the bureau in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter;
(4) maintain the records, make reports, and perform the other duties required by the state registrar.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.100. Keeping of permanent records.

The state registrar may, where feasible, require permanent local records to be kept in the form of copies of the original vital statistics records. The state registrar shall designate in each case how this is to be done by the local recording official, in connection with other local registrars of vital statistics in the recording area. The state registrar shall issue instructions concerning the keeping of these records, their disclosure, corrections, issuance of copies, and fees to be charged. In matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics, the local recording officials and local registrars shall be directly supervised in this work by the state registrar.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.110. Duties of deputy local registrar.

In accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter, the deputy local registrar shall perform the duties of the local registrar in the absence or incapacity of the local registrar and shall perform other duties required by the state registrar.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.120. Compensation of local registrars.

When a local recording official receiving a salary or other regular compensation for general recording duties serves as local registrar of vital statistics, the local registrar is not entitled to fees under this section. Otherwise, local registrars of vital statistics shall be paid, from funds appropriated for this purpose, as follows:
(1) for a certificate of birth, death, fetal death, or marriage occurring in the registration district, properly completed and transmitted by the local registrar in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter, $2;
(2) for each monthly report indicating the number of the various vital events that occurred in the registration district, properly made in accordance with the regulations adopted and instructions issued under this chapter, $1.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.130. Subregistrars.

(a) In registration districts containing scattered villages, the local registrar may, with the approval of the state registrar, designate one person in each village as subregistrar for a designated area.
(b) The subregistrar is responsible for preparing, signing, and filing with the local registrar, in accordance with instructions of the bureau, a certificate for each birth, death, and fetal death occurring in the area designated and not attended by a physician or nurse.
(c) For each certificate filed in accordance with instructions of the bureau the subregistrar is entitled to a fee of $1.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 2. Local Registrars. › Sec. 18.50.140. Payment of fees to local registrars and others.

The state registrar shall certify monthly, or at least quarterly, the number and type of records filed by, and the amount due to each local registrar and deputy registrar, and the amount due to each subregistrar. Upon certification, the amounts due shall be paid from the proper state appropriations by the Department of Administration.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.150. Form of certificate.

The form of certificates, reports, and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under it, must include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics subject to approval of any modification by the state registrar. The bureau shall prescribe and furnish forms.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.162. Notification about hearing screening.

When the bureau receives a certificate of live birth under AS 18.50.160 for a newborn who was delivered outside of a hospital, the bureau shall forward the names and addresses of the parents to the department employees who administer the screening program set out in AS 47.20.310 - 47.20.390. Those department employees shall notify the child's parents of the merits of having the child screened for hearing ability.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.165. Acknowledgement of paternity; forms.

(a) The state registrar shall prepare a form for use in acknowledging paternity under AS 25.20.055. The form must comply with the minimum requirements of 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7). The form must include
(1) a statement that the man who signs the form is acknowledging that the man is the natural father of the child named in the form and that the man assumes the parental duty of support of that child;
(2) the address and social security number of both parents of the child named in the form;
(3) signature lines for both parents;
(4) a signature line for either a witness or notary public; and
(5) a statement that
(A) sets out the legal consequences to and the rights and responsibilities of the mother and the man acknowledging paternity of signing the form, including
(i) if one of the parents is a minor, any rights given due to minority status;
(ii) legal alternatives to signing the form; and
(iii) the legal responsibility that arises from signing the form;
(B) the mother and the man acknowledging paternity have been notified that, unless fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact is shown in accordance with AS 25.20.050, the acknowledgment may only be rescinded by the earlier of the following dates:
(i) 60 days after the date of the person's signature; or
(ii) the date of initiation of an administrative or judicial procedure to establish support of the child in which the person is a party; and
(C) the mother and the man acknowledging paternity have read and understand the contents of the form.
(b) The registrar shall distribute copies of the form prepared under (a) of this section to each hospital in the state, to each physician in the state whose practice includes attendance at births, to each certified nurse midwife and certified direct-entry midwife in the state, and to each other interested person in the state who requests copies of the form.
(c) [Repealed, § 148 ch 87 SLA 1997.]
(d) The state registrar shall keep on file all forms acknowledging paternity that are submitted to the registrar under AS 25.20.055.
(e) An acknowledgment of paternity that met the requirements of state law at the time that the acknowledgment was made in this state is not ineffective due to changes in the form for acknowledgment occurring after the date that the acknowledgment was made.
(f) An acknowledgment of paternity affidavit or form executed in another state meeting that state's legal requirements shall be considered in this state as if the affidavit or form was executed in compliance with this section.
(g) The registrar shall offer voluntary acknowledgment of paternity services by making available technical assistance about the form described in this section. Upon request, the registrar shall provide oral assistance to parents wishing to complete the form.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.170. Foundling registration.

(a) The person who assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall within seven days report the information prescribed by the state registrar on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar to the local registrar of the registration district in which the child was found.
(b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation.
(c) A report registered under this section constitutes the certificate of birth for the infant.
(d) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, a report registered under this section shall be sealed and filed in accordance with instructions of the state registrar, and may be opened only by order of a superior court or as provided by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.190. Delayed registration of death or marriage.

When a death or marriage occurring in the state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter. The certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements prescribed by the department by regulation to substantiate the alleged facts of death or marriage. Certificates of death and marriage registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked “delayed.”
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.200. Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.

(a) If a delayed certificate of birth is not accepted under AS 18.50.180, a petition may be filed with the superior court for an order establishing a record of the date and place of birth of the person.
(b) The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau, and must contain the following statements, sworn to by the petitioner:
(1) that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in the state;
(2) that no record of birth of the person can be found in the bureau or in the files of the local custodian of birth records;
(3) that diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the necessary evidence to file a delayed certificate with the bureau;
(4) that the state registrar has refused to register a delayed certificate of birth;
(5) other statements and information as may be required.
(c) The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the state registrar made in accordance with AS 18.50.180(f) and all documentary evidence that was submitted to the bureau in support of the registration.
(d) The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition, and the state registrar shall be given 15 days' notice of the hearing. The state registrar or an authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding.
(e) If the court from the evidence presented finds that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in the state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, and other findings the petition requires and shall issue an order on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau to establish a record of birth. This order must include the birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented in the manner prescribed under AS 18.50.180, and the date of the court's action, and shall be marked as a court order.
(f) The clerk of the superior court shall forward each order to the bureau before the 11th day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The bureau shall register the order and the order constitutes the record of birth. Copies of the record of birth may be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 50. Vital Statistics Act › Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. › Sec. 18.50.210. Court reports of adoption.

(a) For each adoption decreed by a court in the state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The report must include the facts necessary to locate and identify the original certificate of birth, if any, of the person adopted. If the person being adopted was born in the state, the report must provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of birth. If the person being adopted was born outside the United States, the report must provide findings, if requested by the adoptive parents, or other information necessary to establish a certificate of birth. The report must identify the order of adoption, and be certified by the court or the clerk.
(b) The petitioner or the attorney for the petitioner shall furnish with the petition for adoption information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare the adoption report. The social welfare agency or other person concerned shall supply the court with additional information necessary to complete the report if the information is in the possession of the agency or the person. The furnishing of the information is a prerequisite to the issuance of a final decree in the matter.
(c) Whenever an adoption decree is amended or vacated, the court shall prepare a report on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The report must include the facts necessary to identify the original adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption decree necessary to properly amend the original report, or the new certificate of birth if already established.
(d) Before the 11th day of each calendar month, the court shall forward to the bureau reports of decrees of adoption, including those vacated or amended, that were entered in the preceding month, together with the related reports the bureau requires.
(e) When the bureau receives a report of an adoption, or vacation or amendment of an adoption from a court for a person born in the United States but outside the state, a copy shall be made for the bureau's files and the original shall be forwarded to the appropriate registration authority in the state of birth.