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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.870 - Renewal of license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant for renewal of a paramedic
				  license shall submit
(1) a completed license
				  renewal application form provided by the department;
(2) evidence of
(A) current Nationally Registered Paramedic
				  (NRP) certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
				  (NREMT); or
(B) successful
				  completion of continuing medical education that meets paramedic National
				  Continued Competency Program (NCCP) Guidelines;
(3) evidence of a valid CPR
				  credential;
(4) a nonrefundable
				  license renewal fee of $75; and
(5)
				  a written statement of sponsorship from a medical director who accepts the
				  responsibilities set out in
				  7 AAC 26.640; the department will place the license in
				  inactive status until the written statement of sponsorship is received; a
				  paramedic in an inactive status may function within an EMT-I scope of practice
				  under
				  7 AAC 26.040(a)(2).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.875 - Lapsed paramedic license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A paramedic
				  license that has been lapsed for at least 60 days but less than one year will
				  be reinstated if the applicant submits
(1)
				  documentation that the continuing medical education requirements of 7 AAC 26.870 have been met;
(2) the
				  renewal fees required by 7 AAC 26.870.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.880 - Provisional license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department may issue a provisional
				  license to an applicant for initial licensure who has met all requirements of 7 AAC 26.850 except for passing the examination required in 7 AAC 26.850. The
				  applicant shall submit written verification from the National Registry of
				  Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) that the applicant is awaiting
				  examination results or is scheduled to take the next examination.
(b) A provisional license is valid for two
				  months after the results of the examination for licensure have been issued,
				  until the physician sponsor withdraws sponsorship, or until the department is
				  notified that the provisional licensee has failed the examination for
				  licensure, whichever occurs first.
(c) A provisional license is not
				  renewable.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.885 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue a license

Current through May 31, 2024
The department, after compliance with the Administrative
					 Procedure Act (AS 44.62), may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue a license
					 for
(1) fraud or deceit in obtaining a
				  certificate or license required by this chapter, or from another state, or from
				  the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians;
(2) using alcohol or other drugs
(A) to the extent that the use interferes
				  with professional practice functions of the licensee or endangers the safety of
				  patients; or
(B) that is illegal
				  under state or federal law;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.890 - Scope of authorized activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A licensed
				  paramedic, when under the supervision of a sponsoring physician, or when under
				  the specific written standing order of a physician, may perform the activities
				  listed in this subsection. The direct supervision of an activity may be
				  delegated to another physician when the paramedic is caring for a patient in a
				  hospital or at the scene of a medical emergency when voice contact is monitored
				  by a physician and direct communication is maintained. The authorized
				  activities are
(1) electrocardiographic
				  monitoring and defibrillation;
(2)
				  initiating and maintaining intravenous routes using approved intravenous
				  techniques and solutions;
(3)
				  performing endotracheal intubation and pulmonary ventilation by approved
				  methods;
(4) performing gastric
				  suction by intubation;
(5)
				  obtaining blood for laboratory analysis;
(6) administering parenterally, orally, or
				  topically any approved agents or solutions; and
(7) performing other procedures authorized by
				  a sponsoring physician.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.895 - Prohibited acts

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not represent as a paramedic or EMT-paramedic
					 unless the person is licensed as a paramedic under this
					 chapter.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 9 - Paramedic License › 7 AAC 26.897 - Identification

Current through May 31, 2024
While performing the duties of a paramedic, the licensee
					 shall be clearly identified by name plate, uniform, or other apparent means to
					 distinguish the licensee from other health care professionals, workers, and
					 students.
Authority:
AS
						18.08.010
AS
						18.08.080
AS
						18.08.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 10 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 26.950 - Grounds to suspend, revoke, or deny certification or recertification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  department will revoke, suspend, deny, or not issue an individual's
				  certification or recertification as an EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, AEMT, ETT
				  instructor, EMS instructor, or EMS instructor coordinator if the individual
(1) has been convicted of an offense against
				  a person set out in AS 11.41 that is a class A or unclassified felony or an
				  offense with substantially similar elements in another jurisdiction;
(2) has been convicted of an offense under
				  AS
				  11.71.010 (Misconduct Involving a Controlled
				  Substance in the First Degree) or an offense with substantially similar
				  elements in another jurisdiction;
(3) is currently incarcerated for an offense
				  set out in (b)(1) - (3) of this section or an offense with substantially
				  similar elements in another jurisdiction; or
(4) requests that the individual's
				  certification or recertification be revoked, suspended, or not
				  issued.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 10 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 26.980 - Emergency use of epinephrine training program approval

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will approve
(1) an epinephrine auto-injector
				  training program that meets the department's
Standards for the Approval
				  of Training Programs for Emergency Use of Epinephrine
, dated 2011, and
				  adopted by reference;
(2) an
				  epinephrine ampule training program that meets the department's
Standards for the Approval of Training Programs for Emergency' Use of
				  Epinephrine
, dated 2011, and adopted by reference;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 10 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 26.985 - CPR credential and training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will consider a CPR or CPR instructor credential as valid, for the purposes of
				  this chapter, only if the credential meets the requirements of this
				  section.
(b) To hold a valid CPR
				  credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support
				  (BLS) CPR course and hold a current CPR credential from a training agency
				  recognized under (d) of this section.
(c) To hold a valid CPR instructor
				  credential, the person must have successfully completed a basic life support
				  (BLS) instructor course and hold a current CPR instructor credential from a
				  training agency recognized under (d) of this section.
(d) The department will only recognize a
				  training agency, for the purposes of this section, if that agency
(1) teaches CPR in accordance with the
				  current guidelines of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
				  (ILCOR),
2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
				  and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment
				  Recommendations
, as amended from time to time, and adopted by
				  reference for basic life support CPR;
(2) requires its CPR classes to instruct on
				  adult, child, and infant CPR and airway obstruction skills, including two
				  rescuer CPR and barrier devices;
(3) issues CPR and CPR instructor credentials
				  to successful participants that are valid for no longer than two years;
				  and
(4) has a system for
				  credentialing and evaluating CPR instructors.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 26 - Emergency Medical Services › Article 10 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 26.999 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1) "acute care hospital" means a state
				  licensed hospital or federal hospital that provides medical and surgical
				  outpatient and inpatient services to persons with injuries or
				  illnesses;
(2) "advanced life
				  support" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  18.08.200;
(3) "AED" means automated external
				  defibrillation;
(4) "AEMT" means a
				  person who has been certified or licensed in a state or territory as an
				  Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) certified by the National Registry
				  of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT);
(5) "aeromedical service" means a medevac
				  service, an air ambulance service, a critical care air ambulance service, or a
				  specialty aeromedical transport team;
(6) "aeromedical transport team" means a team
				  of two or more health care workers who are trained and equipped to provide care
				  to a patient being transported in an aircraft;
(7) "air medevacs" means transporting
				  emergency patients by fixed or rotary wing aircraft with at least one certified
				  or licensed emergency medical responder in attendance;
(8) "appropriate equipment to perform basic
				  and advanced life-support emergency procedures" means the basic and advanced
				  life-support equipment carried on an ambulance that meets department approval
				  and the needs of local EMS patient care guidelines;
(9) "area trauma center" means a health care
				  facility that is designated by the department as having met the essential
				  standards for area trauma hospitals as specified in the Committee on Trauma
				  Level III Trauma Center Designation Criteria, located in the American College
				  of Surgeons'
Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured
				  Patient,
adopted by reference in
				  7 AAC 26.740, unless a specific exception is granted by
				  the department;
(10) "automated
				  defibrillator"
(A) means a defibrillator that
				  is capable of automated rhythm analysis, and that will charge and deliver a
				  defibrillation, with minimal operator intervention, after electronically
				  detecting the presence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular
				  tachycardia;
(B) does not include
				  a semi-automatic defibrillator;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.005 - Reporting by health care providers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A disease or
				  other condition of public health importance listed in this subsection
				  constitutes a public health emergency requiring immediate reporting. A health
				  care provider who first diagnoses or suspects a diagnosis of the disease or
				  other condition must immediately report the disease or other condition by
				  telephone directly to a public health agent in the department. The following
				  diseases or other conditions must be reported under this subsection:
(1) anthrax;
(2) botulism;
(3) diphtheria;
(4) glanders;
(5) hemorrhagic fever;
(6) influenza, due to suspected novel
				  strains;
(7) measles;
(8) melioidosis;
(9) meningococcal invasive disease;
(10) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
				  (MERS);
(11) paralytic shellfish
				  poisoning;
(12) plague;
(13) poliomyelitis;
(14) rabies in a human or an
				  animal;
(15) rubella;
(16) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
				  infections, due to suspected novel corona virus strains;
(17) smallpox;
(18) tetanus;
(19) tularemia;
(20) yellow fever;
(21) an outbreak or an unusual number or
				  clustering of diseases or other conditions of public health
				  importance.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.007 - Reporting by laboratories

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An infectious
				  agent listed in this subsection constitutes a public health emergency requiring
				  immediate reporting. A public, private, military, hospital, or other laboratory
				  performing serologic, immunologic, microscopic, molecular, biochemical, or
				  culture examinations or tests in this state or on samples obtained within this
				  state shall immediately report evidence of human infection caused by the
				  following agents by telephone directly to a public health agent in the
				  department when the infectious agent is identified or suspected by the
				  laboratory. The following infectious agents shall be reported under this
				  section:
(1)
Bacillus
				  anthracis
;
(2)
Burkholderia mallei
;
(3)
Burkholderia
				  pseudomailei
;
(4)
Clostridium botulinum
or botulinum toxin;
(5)
Corynebacterium
				  diphtheriae
;
(6)
Francisella tularensis
;
(7) hemorrhagic fever viruses;
(8) influenza virus, suspected novel
				  strains;
(9) Middle East
				  Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus;
(10)
Neisseria
				  meningitidis
;
(11)
				  poliovirus;
(12) rabies
				  virus;
(13) rubella (measles)
				  virus;
(14) rubeola (measles)
				  virus;
(15) Severe Acute
				  Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), suspected novel strains;
(16) variola (smallpox) virus;
(17) yellow fever virus;
(18)
Yersinia
				  pestis
.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.010 - Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provision
				  on methods of control of communicable diseases outlined in the
Control
				  of Communicable Diseases Manual,
19th Edition 2008, American Public
				  Health Association, as revised from time to time, are adopted by reference as
				  the regulations governing "Preventive measures," "Control of patient, contacts
				  and the immediate environment," "Epidemic measures," and "Measures in case of
				  deliberate use."
(b) Repealed
				  12/29/2013.
The Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th Edition
						2008, is available from the American Public Health Association, 800 I Street,
						NW, Washington, DC 20001 - 3710; phone: (202)
						777-2742.
Authority:
AS
						18.05.040
AS 18.15.370
AS 44.62.245
AS
						47.05.012
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.011 - Reporting of cancer and brain tumors

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A hospital,
				  physician, surgeon, or other health care facility or health care provider
				  diagnosing, screening, or providing treatment for a cancer patient in this
				  state shall
(1) report the information
				  specified in (b) of this section to the division not later than six months
				  after the date of diagnosis, screening, or treatment; and
(2) submit cancer case information
(A) electronically to the Alaska Cancer
				  Registry (ACR) if the number of new diagnosed cancers is at least 26 cancer
				  patients per year;
(B)
				  electronically, by mail, or by facsimile transmission to ACR if the number of
				  new diagnosed cancers is not more than 25 cancer patients per
				  year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.012 - Birth defects registry

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A hospital, health care facility, private
				  or public health insurance organization, laboratory, or other health care
				  provider, entity, agency, or organization operating in this state that collects
				  or maintains health care records, claims, or laboratory test results related to
				  the diagnosis, screening, or treatment for a patient with a birth defect, shall
				  report the information specified in (b) of this section to the department
				  semi-annually.
(b) To meet the
				  reporting requirements of (a) of this section, the following must be reported
				  for each birth defect:
(1) all major
				  structural defects, genetic disorders, disorders resulting from prenatal
				  exposure to alcohol or other substances, neuromuscular defects, cardiac
				  defects, and all other birth defects as specified in the department's
Alaska Birth Defects Registry Reporting Guide
, dated October
				  2018 and adopted by reference, as occurring in
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(A)
				  infants that are bom alive and have the defect identified, diagnosed, or
				  treated in utero; or
(B) children
				  younger than three years old at the time the defect is identified, diagnosed,
				  or treated; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.013 - Reporting firearm injuries

Current through May 31, 2024
Not later than five working days after the date of
					 diagnosis or treatment, a health care provider diagnosing or providing
					 treatment for a patient with an injury caused by a firearm shall report to the
					 department
(1) the name and telephone
				  number of the health care provider;
(2) information about the patient, including
				  the patient's name, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, and community of
				  residence;
(3) the date and time of
				  the injury;
(4) the community in the
				  state where the shooting occurred, or the community closest to the geographic
				  site of the injury, or whether the injury occurred outside of the
				  state;
(5) whether the patient was
				  at work or working when the injury occurred;
(6) the setting where the injury
				  occurred;
(7) the type of firearm
				  used;
(8) whether the injury
				  resulted from a suicide, an attempted suicide, an assault, an accident, or a
				  shooting by a peace officer;
(9)
				  the relationship between the patient and the shooter, or whether the patient
				  was the shooter;
(10) the
				  circumstance under which the injury occurred;
(11) whether the patient is suspected or
				  proven to have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs when the injury
				  occurred, and the results of any test of the patient's blood alcohol content
				  (BAC);
(12) the location on the
				  patient's body of the injury; and
(13) the disposition of the patient's case,
				  including whether the patient
(A) was
				  hospitalized, and if the patient was hospitalized, the dates of admission and
				  discharge;
(B) was treated in the
				  emergency room;
(C) was treated on
				  an outpatient basis;
(D) died;
				  or
(E) was transferred to another
				  medical facility; the health care provider shall specifv the facility to which
				  the patient was transferred.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.014 - Reporting of blood lead test results

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Not later than
				  one week after receiving the results of a blood lead test that exceeds the
				  United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blood lead reference
				  value, dated December 2, 2022, and adopted by reference as amended from time to
				  time micrograms per deciliter, a health care provider shall report to the
				  department
(1) the name and address of the
				  health care provider that requested or performed the test; and
(2) the following information about the
				  person tested:
(A) name;
(B) date of birth;
(C) sex;
(D) race;
(E) ethnicity;
(F) community of residence; and
(G) test results in micrograms per deciliter,
				  including the date of the test and the type of test (venous or
				  capillary).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.015 - Occupational health duties

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may investigate places of employment and
					 study conditions in a workplace in which one or more workers may have been
					 exposed to an infectious agent or exposed to a disease or other condition of
					 public health importance.
Authority:
AS
						18.05.010
AS 18.05.040
AS
						18.15.375
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.016 - Epidemiological investigations; right of inspection

Current through May 31, 2024
A public health agent may conduct an administrative
					 inspection of any establishment and examine the records of any establishment
					 that may involve a threat to public health in the conduct of an epidemiological
					 investigation. An epidemiological investigation may include the examination of
					 health care records maintained by a health care provider, the inspection of an
					 establishment in which people or animals may have been exposed to diseases or
					 other conditions of public health importance, and the evaluation of facilities
					 in which people or animals are being kept in quarantine or
					 isolation.
Authority:
AS
						18.05.010
AS 18.05.040
AS 18.05.042
AS 18.15.360
AS
						18.15.375
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.017 - Reporting of occupational disease and injury

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A health care
				  provider who attends to a person with a disease, injury, or other condition of
				  public health importance that is known or suspected to be a result of the
				  person's occupation or work activities shall report the disease, injury, or
				  other condition to the department. Diseases and injuries that are known or
				  suspected to be due to a person's occupation include
(1) Pneumoconiosis requiring hospitalization;
				  and
(2) work-related injuries
				  requiring hospitalization, including a thermal, electrical, or penetrating
				  injury and urgent care for amputation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.018 - Reporting of toxic or hazardous exposures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A health care
				  provider that attends an individual hospitalized as a result of an outbreak or
				  unusual incidence of a disease or condition known or suspected to be related to
				  exposure to an environmental contaminant shall report the disease or other
				  condition to the department orally, electronically, or on a department-provided
				  form not later than 24 hours after first discovering or suspecting the
				  existence of the disease or other condition. A reportable condition may result
				  from acute exposure to an environmental contaminant, including a spill, leak,
				  or explosion that involves acid, solvents, pesticides, methamphetamine
				  production chemicals, paint, heavy metals, methane, hydrogen sulfide,
				  formaldehyde, benzene, or other toxic or hazardous substances.
(b) Each report must give
(1) the time and location of the toxic or
				  hazardous exposure;
(2) the toxic
				  agent involved;
(3) the name,
				  address, date of birth, sex, ethnicity, and race of the person diagnosed as
				  having the reported disease or other condition; and
(4) the name and address of the health care
				  provider reporting the disease or other condition.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.019 - Reporting of health care-associated infections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility or
				  entity that is required under federal law to report health care-associated
				  infection data to the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
				  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shall grant the department
				  access to the following reported information:
(1) the name of the facility or
				  entity;
(2) all health
				  care-associated infection information submitted to the Centers for Disease
				  Control and Prevention through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN),
				  as required by the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
				  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for that facility or entity
				  type.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.020 - Control of animal diseases transmissible to humans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The standards
				  for animal disease quarantine are
(1) if a
				  case of rabies or other animal disease dangerous to the health of individuals
				  is reported as existing in an area, the department may, independently or in
				  cooperation with federal and other state agencies, investigate to determine
				  whether the disease exists and to identify the probable area of the state in
				  which an individual or animal is endangered by it; if the department finds that
				  the disease exists, a quarantine may be declared against all of those animals
				  that are designated in the quarantine order within the area specified in the
				  order, if the quarantine is for the purpose of preventing the spread of rabies
				  or other animal disease dangerous to the health of individuals;
(2) following the order of quarantine, the
				  department may make an investigation as to the extent of the disease, the
				  probable number of individuals and animals exposed, and the area found to be
				  involved, if the department determines that a thorough investigation is
				  necessary to ascertain the extent of the disease; as part of an investigation,
				  the department may order euthanasia of one or more exposed animals if the
				  department makes a determination that samples are required for testing and
				  cannot otherwise be obtained;
(3)
				  during the period for which any quarantine order is in force, all peace
				  officers are empowered to euthanize, or, in their discretion, to capture and
				  hold for further action by the department all animals in a quarantined area not
				  held in restraint in facilities or on private premises;
(4) for the purposes of this subsection,
				  "quarantine" means the strict confinement upon the owners' private premises, in
				  a veterinarian's office or animal hospital, in an animal shelter or pound, or
				  at other locations approved by the department, and under restraint by leash,
				  chain, closed cage, or paddock of all animals specified by the order;
				  "quarantine" may also include limiting access to or egress from an area that is
				  suspected to contain or be a source of a contaminated material that could
				  transmit the disease.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.022 - Rabies vaccination and quarantine

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The standards
				  for animal rabies vaccination are the following:
(1) the United States Department of Health
				  and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control,
2011,
				  prepared by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc.
				  as amended from time to time is adopted by reference to govern the use of
				  animal rabies vaccines;
(2) the
				  rabies vaccination certificate developed by the National Association of State
				  Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. is adopted as the only valid rabies
				  vaccination certificate; these certificates are available from the division;
				  computer generated certificates may be used if they contain all of the
				  information required in the certificate developed by the National Association
				  of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. and the certificate is signed by a
				  licensed veterinarian or lay vaccinator approved by the department;
(3) rabies vaccination of dogs, cats, and
				  ferrets is required in accordance with schedules in the
Compendium of
				  Animal Rabies Prevention and Control
, 2011, as adopted by reference in
				  (1) of this subsection; evidence of such a vaccination is to be recorded on the
				  rabies vaccination certificate specified in (2) of this subsection; at the time
				  of vaccination, the owner or keeper of a vaccinated dog must be given a metal
				  tag bearing a number and the year of the vaccination as it is recorded on the
				  rabies vaccination certificate; the owner or keeper of a dog must affix the tag
				  to a collar or harness that must be worn by the dog for which the certificate
				  is issued, except that the dog need not wear the tag while harnessed in a dog
				  team or while participating in organized training or competition;
(4) a rabies vaccination is valid only when
				  performed by or under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian or by a
				  lay vaccinator approved by the department as qualified to administer the
				  vaccine and for whom the department determines, in its discretion, that
				  approval is in the best interests of the state in carrying out the purposes of
				  this section and
				  7 AAC 27.030; the availability of a licensed
				  veterinarian does not of itself preclude this approval;
(5) sale of rabies vaccine to any person or
				  entity other than a veterinarian licensed in this state, veterinary biologic
				  supply firm, or public agency is prohibited;
(6) any dog, cat, or ferret not vaccinated in
				  compliance with this subsection may be confiscated and either vaccinated or
				  euthanized; owners of confiscated animals are subject to payment of costs of
				  confiscation, boarding, and vaccination, as well as any other penalties
				  established by a municipality under AS 29.35.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance › 7 AAC 27.030 - Export and intrastate transportation of animals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
Areas of
				  Infection.
Whenever the commissioner of health and social services finds
				  that animals of any kind in a specific area are afflicted with a disease
				  contagious to man and are liable to spread that disease from that area so as to
				  endanger the public health he will, in his discretion, declare it an area of
				  infection. No person may, after the date of that declaration, transport or
				  offer for transportation into or within the State of Alaska any such animal
				  from the area described in the declaration, except with the permission of, and
				  in accordance with precautions against the spread of the disease specified by,
				  the Department of Health and Social Services.
(b) Repealed 12/29/2006.
Authority:
AS
						18.05.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 3 - Venereal Disease Control › 7 AAC 27.111 - Prophylactic treatment of newborns' eyes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each infant
				  born in this state must have administered to the infant by a physician, nurse,
				  or certified direct-entry midwife, one of the following prophylactic measures
				  within two hours after birth onto the inside surface of the infant's lower
				  eyelids:
(1) repealed 9/18/2009;
(2) repealed 9/18/2009;
(3) erythromycin ophthalmic
				  ointment;
(4) a department-approved
				  alternative prophylactic ophthalmic agent as recommended by the Centers for
				  Disease Control and Prevention for the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum in
				  the newborn.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.115 - Assessable entity or other program participant reporting and payment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An
				  assessable entity or other program participant shall participate in the
				  statewide immunization program.
(b)
				  Each year, an assessable entity or other program participant shall report to
				  the council the number of its covered individuals. An assessable entity shall
				  report to the council the number of its covered individuals not later than 45
				  days after the end of each quarter. An assessable entity with no covered lives
				  may file an annual zero covered lives report or a single permanent covered
				  lives report instead of the quarterly report. The assessable entity or other
				  participant shall make the report using the Internet-based self-reporting
				  assessment system established by the council.
Authority:
AS
						18.09.200
AS
						18.09.220
AS
						18.09.900
AS
						18.09.210
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.120 - Method for reducing surplus payments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Using the
				  procedure in the
Plan of Operation
, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 27.130, each year the department will calculate the total assessments
				  collected to determine whether there is a surplus from overpayments.
(b) If there is a surplus, the department
				  will
(1) reduce the aggregate assessment rate
				  for the following year;
(2) not
				  refund or credit it to an assessable entity; and
(3) not refund it to an assessable entity or other
				  program participant that has opted out of the next assessment cycle.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.125 - State Vaccine Assessment Council

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The council
				  shall meet at the call of the chair, in person, at least twice a year, and as
				  required under the Plan of Operation adopted by reference in 7 AAC 27.130. The
				  chair shall give council members at least two weeks notice before a scheduled
				  meeting.
(b)A council member may
				  nominate oneself for a second term on the council unless the member is
				  currently in the member's second term and is not the chair or the director of
				  the division of insurance. A member of the public may nominate an individual
				  for a seat on the council. The chair shall submit a nomination to the
				  commissioner.
(c) A quorum
				  consists of five or more council members.
(d) Except for the chair and the director of
				  the division of insurance, or those individuals designers, a council member
				  that misses three consecutive meetings will be considered to have resigned. The
				  remaining council members shall, at the next scheduled meeting or a special
				  meeting convened by the chair, vote on whether or not to accept the
				  resignation. If the resignation is accepted, the commissioner will appoint a
				  new council member.
Authority:
AS
						18.09.210
AS
						18.09.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.130 - Plan of operation

Current through May 31, 2024
The council's Plan of Operation, dated February 20, 2018,
					 is adopted by reference.
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The Plan of Operation may be reviewed at the Department
						of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of
						Epidemiology, 3601 C Street, Suite 540, Anchorage, AK 99503. The Plan of
						Operation can be downloaded at
htlp://dhss.alasska.gov/dph/Epi/iz/Pages/avap.aspx
.
Authority:
AS
						18.09.210
AS
						18.09.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.135 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An assessable entity or other program
				  participant may appeal in writing a decision under
				  AS
				  18.09.200 and
				  18.09.220
				  regarding the assessment rate or an assessment invoice.
(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's
				  designee will hear an appeal under
				  AS
				  18.09.220(d) and this
				  section. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee will modify the
				  assessment if the commissioner or the commissioner's designee finds substantial
				  evidence of error in establishing the assessment rate or in calculating an
				  invoice
(c) A decision under (b)
				  of this section is a final agency action.
Authority:
AS
						18.09.200
AS
						18.09.220
AS
						18.09.900
AS
						18.09.210
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.140 - opt-in procedure for other program participants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A provider that
				  wants to receive a vaccine under the state immunization program for an
				  uninsured adult may opt in to pay an assessment for the uninsured adult using a
				  form provided by the state vaccine assessment council.
Authority:
AS
						18.09.225
AS
						18.09.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.145 - Request for information; noncompliance fee

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The council may
				  request information from an assessable entity or other program participant for
				  determining the assessment. If an assessable entity rents a network or
				  processes a claim for another assessable entity, the information requested may
				  include data from records related to those services.
(b)  If the council concludes that the
				  accuracy or completeness of any requested information is questionable, the
				  council may request that the assessable entity or other program participant
				  have an independent public auditor verify the information. The assessable
				  entity or other program participant shall
(1)
				  have the independent public auditor use the audit procedure that the council
				  specifies; and
(2) pay for the
				  services of the independent public auditor.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 4 - Statewide Immunization Program › 7 AAC 27.149 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 AS
					 18.09.200 -
					 18.09.240
					 and 7 AAC 27.115 - 7 AAC 27.149,
(1)
				  "assessment" means a medical expense that is.
(A)
				   to be paid by an assessable entity, including a third-party
				  administrator on behalf of its client;
(B) a liability of a benefit plan covering a
				  state resident; and
(C)  absent a
				  clear written agreement of the third-party administrator, to be promptly
				  reimbursed by the benefit plan;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 8 - Standard Serological Tests › 7 AAC 27.350 - Standard serological tests

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Standard
				  serological tests for the purposes of
				  AS
				  18.15.150-18.15.180 are RPR, VDRL, FTA-ABS,
				  MHATP, or other tests that provide similar or better standards of accuracy and
				  that have been approved by the department.
(b) Laboratories that have complied with the
				  guidelines of
				  7 AAC 12.820 are approved to perform the tests described
				  in (a) of this section.
(c) As used
				  in this section:
(1) "RPR" means rapid plasma
				  reagin test, which is a screening test for syphilis;
(2) "VDRL" means a venereal disease research
				  laboratory test, which is a test to detect antibody to cardiolipin present in
				  patients with syphilis;
(3)
				  "FTA-ABS" means fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test, which is a
				  test for syphilis using fluorescent antibody techniques;
(4) "MHATP" means
				  Microhemagglutination-Treponema pallidum test, which is a test for
				  syphilis.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 9 - Special Permits › 7 AAC 27.370 - Procedure for designation of isolated areas

Current through May 31, 2024
These procedures are adopted for designation of isolated
					 areas, remote from population areas, not served by regularly licensed
					 physicians and dentists because of geographical isolation or costly travel
					 conditions.
Authority:
AS
						08.36.250
AS 08.36.271
AS 08.64.368
AS
						08.64.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 9 - Special Permits › 7 AAC 27.380 - General provisions defining area of isolation

Current through May 31, 2024
East of a line roughly paralleling the Yukon-Alaska Border
					 twenty-five miles west of McCarthy from the southern coast to a point 25 miles
					 south of Wood Chopper; thence westerly to a point 25 miles north of Rampart;
					 thence southwesterly to the eastern end of Iliamna Lake; thence northwesterly
					 to the southern extremity of Eek; thence including adjacent Alaskan Islands and
					 following the coastline to its junction with the northern end of the
					 Alaska-Canada Boundary; thence along this border south to its junction with the
					 boundary of Glacier Bay National Monument; thence westerly along the coastline
					 to intersect the above described McCarthy-Wood Chopper line. Included in this
					 area is the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Island westerly of a line from Egegik
					 to Kanatak and inclusive of these villages. Excluded from this area for
					 purposes of medical treatment is any location less than one hundred air miles
					 from the office of a physician available to furnish private care, and any
					 location from which travel by the cheapest commonly used mode of travel to the
					 office of such a physician is less than $50 round trip, providing such travel
					 is available normally within 24 hours. Excluded from this area for purposes of
					 dental treatment is any location less than 100 air miles from the office of a
					 dentist available to furnish private care, and any location from which travel
					 by the cheapest commonly used mode of travel to the office of such a dentist is
					 less than $50 round trip, providing such travel is available normally within 24
					 hours.
Authority:
AS
						08.36.271
AS 08.36.350
AS 08.64.368
AS
						08.64.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 9 - Special Permits › 7 AAC 27.390 - Method of permit issuance and revocation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An annual
				  permit will be issued to designated dentists and physicians assigned to the
				  U.S. Public Health Service who serve isolated areas. Permits will be issued,
				  upon receipt by the Commissioner of Health and Social Services, of a letter
				  from the U.S. Public Health Service Medical Officer in Charge of Alaska Native
				  Health Service for Alaska, designating by name, certified physicians and
				  dentists on their staff.
(b)
				  Permits issued to physicians or dentists who leave the employment of the
				  federal government or are transferred out of the state, in line of duty, shall
				  automatically become cancelled.
Authority:
AS
						08.36.271
AS 08.36.350
AS 08.64.368
AS
						08.64.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 9 - Special Permits › 7 AAC 27.400 - Persons eligible for treatment

Current through May 31, 2024
Any person living in a designated isolated area and meeting
					 the above criteria (sec. 380 of this chapter) and who is not eligible under
					 provision of federal law may receive medical and dental care from physicians
					 and dentists employed by the U.S. Public Health Service, to the same extent
					 that such services are available and can be provided Alaska Native
					 people.
(1) Charges for such services
				  shall be on a schedule established by the U.S. Public Health Service.
(2) Charges and collections for such services
				  will be a responsibility of the supplier of the service and not a
				  responsibility of the state.
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Authority:
AS
						08.36.271
AS 08.36.350
AS 08.64.368
AS
						08.64.370