Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 54 - Administration › Article 5 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 54.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter,
(1) "child" means an individual under the age
				  of 18 and an individual 18 or 19 years of age who is a ward of the state or is
				  under a court's juvenile jurisdiction;
(2) "child protection files" means a system
				  that stores, electronically or on paper, information gathered by the department
				  in carrying out its duties under
				  AS
				  47.10.005-47.10.142,
				  AS
				  47.14.100-47.14.110,
				  or
				  AS
				  47.17.010-47.17.290;
(3) "child protection information" means
				  information contained in child protection files;
(4) "child protection services" means
				  services provided by the department under
				  AS
				  47.10.005-47.10.990,
				  AS
				  47.14.100,
				  AS
				  47.15.010-47.15.080, and
				  AS
				  47.17.010-47.17.290;
(5) "child protection services programs"
				  means programs financed or provided by the department for child protection
				  services;
(6) "client" means an
				  individual under the age of 20 and that individual's parent or guardian served
				  by the unit in the department that provides child protection services or
				  juvenile justice services;
(7)
				  repealed 9/7/2013;
(8) "department"
				  means the Department of Family and Community Services;
(9) repealed 9/7/2013;
(10) "health oversight agency" has the
				  meaning given in
				  45
				  C.F.R. 164.501, revised as of October 1,
				  2004, and adopted by reference;
(11) repealed 9/7/2013;
(12) "limited data set" has the meaning given
				  in
				  45
				  C.F.R. 164.514(e), revised
				  as of October 1, 2004, and adopted by reference;
(13) "physical harm" has the meaning given
				  "physical injury" in
				  AS
				  47.10.990;
(14) repealed 9/7/2013;
(15) "protected health information" has the
				  meaning given in
				  45
				  C.F.R. 160.103, revised as of October 1,
				  2004, and adopted by reference;
(16) "protective services reports" means
				  reports made by the department in response to a report of harm under AS
				  47.17;
(17) "public health
				  authority" has the meaning given in
				  45
				  C.F.R. 164.501, revised as of October 1,
				  2004, and adopted by reference;
(18) repealed 9/7/2013;
(19) repealed 9/7/2013;
(20) "supervisor" means the department
				  employee who has responsibility and authority for the administration of a work
				  unit, including a district juvenile probation officer or a unit of a juvenile
				  facility;
(21) repealed
				  9/7/2013;
(22) "guardian"
(A) means
(i) a legal guardian;
(ii) an individual who has qualified as or
				  has applied to be a guardian of a minor under court appointment;
(B) does not include an individual
				  who is a guardian ad litem;
(23) "legal guardian" has the meaning given
				  in
				  7 AAC 53.299.
(24) "business day" means a day other than
				  Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday;
(25) "division" means the division in the
				  department that provides juvenile justice services under
				  7 AAC 54.300 -
				  7 AAC 54.450;
(26) "office" means the office in the
				  department that provides children's services under
				  7 AAC 54.020 -
				  7 AAC 54.150.