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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Individual and Family Disaster Grants › 6 AAC 94.250 - Limitations on disaster grants made for flood damage

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  limitations apply to grants made under
				  6 AAC 94.200 -
				  6 AAC 94.280 to cover flood damage expenses:
(1) the division will not make grants for
				  acquisition or construction purposes if structures to which the grant
				  assistance is related are located in a designated special flood hazard area
				  that has been identified by FEMA for at least one year as flood prone unless
				  the community in which the structure is located already participates in the
				  NFIP; however, if the community qualifies for and enters the NFIP within six
				  months after the date the governor declares a disaster under
				  AS
				  26.23.020, the division will consider
				  applications for grants made to cover flood damage expenses in that community
				  if the applications were timely submitted under
				  6 AAC 94.210;
(2) the division will not make grants for
				  acquisition or construction purposes in a designated special flood hazard area
				  in which flood insurance is available for purchase by the applicant unless the
				  applicant agrees to purchase adequate flood insurance for the structure to
				  which grant assistance is related; for purposes of this paragraph, adequate
				  flood insurance is an amount of insurance coverage equivalent to the maximum
				  individual and family grant amount calculated in accordance with
				  42 U.S.C.
				  5178(f) (Stafford Act); for
				  purposes of this paragraph, 42 U.S.C.
				  5178(f), as amended as of
				  November 23, 1988, is adopted by reference.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Individual and Family Disaster Grants › 6 AAC 94.260 - Reconsideration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the division denies a grant
				  application in whole or in part, an applicant may file a written request for
				  reconsideration with the division director within 30 days after the division
				  sends the written notification provided under
				  6 AAC 94.230(a).
(b) The division director, or the division
				  director's authorized designee, will consider a request for reconsideration if
				  the applicant submits information to show that
(1) additional relevant information can be
				  provided to the division that was not initially available; or
(2) the division's determination was
				  erroneous.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Individual and Family Disaster Grants › 6 AAC 94.270 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the division denies, in whole or in
				  part, a grant application or a request for reconsideration, or if the applicant
				  disputes a division cost estimate, an applicant may appeal the division's
				  decision to the division director within 60 days after the date the division
				  sends the written notification under
				  6 AAC 94.230(a) or
				  6 AAC 94.260(c). The appeal must be in
				  writing and include information justifying a reversal of the division's action.
				  The division will, in its discretion, request additional information. Within 20
				  days of receipt of the appeal, the division director, or the division
				  director's authorized designee, will review the appeal and will notify the
				  applicant, in writing, of the disposition of the appeal or of the need for
				  additional information. If the division requests additional information, the
				  division's decision on appeal will be issued within 20 days of receipt of the
				  additional information. The decision of the division director, or authorized
				  designee, is the final decision of the agency.
(b) If an applicant has filed a request for
				  reconsideration with the division, the 60-day period for filing an appeal
				  begins on the date that the division sends the written notification required
				  under 6 AAC 94.260(c).
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.090
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.300 - Scope

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, the provisions of
				  6 AAC 94.300 -
				  6 AAC 94.380 apply if the governor has declared a
				  disaster under
				  AS
				  26.23.020 and makes money available for
				  temporary housing assistance to persons living in the declared disaster
				  area.
(b) If the President declares
				  a major disaster or emergency under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  5121 -
				  5204 c (Stafford Act) and provides
				  temporary housing assistance under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  5174, the provisions of
				  6 AAC 94.300 -
				  6 AAC 94.380 do not apply to that temporary housing
				  program and do not apply to the state's participation in that
				  program.
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.100
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.310 - Application for temporary housing assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To apply for
				  temporary housing assistance under
				  6 AAC 94.300 -
				  6 AAC 94.380, an applicant must file an application on a
				  form provided by the division or apply through toll-free telephone registration
				  if available.
(b) The division will
				  not consider an application submitted more than 60 days after the date of the
				  governor's disaster declaration, unless the division determines that
				  extenuating circumstances beyond the applicant's control prevented the
				  applicant from timely submitting an application. If the division determines
				  that extenuating circumstances exist, the division will extend the time for
				  submittal of an application by an additional 30 days.
(c) All members of a household must be
				  included on a single application. If the division approves the application, one
				  temporary housing residence will be provided for the household unless, in the
				  division's determination, the household requires more than one
				  residence.
(d) The division will
				  request further information from an applicant as the division determines
				  necessary in order to determine the applicant's eligibility for temporary
				  housing assistance.
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.100
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.320 - Eligibility for temporary housing assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The qualify for
				  temporary housing assistance under
				  6 AAC 94.300 -
				  6 AAC 94.380, an applicant must meet the following
				  conditions:
(1) the applicant's primary
				  residence must be located in the declared disaster area and must be unlivable
				  as a result of the disaster or the applicant must have been displaced from that
				  residence as the result of the disaster because
(A) the residence was destroyed, essential
				  utility service was interrupted, or the essential living area was damaged as a
				  result of the disaster to such an extent as to constitute a serious health or
				  safety hazard that did not exist before the disaster;
(B) the residence is inaccessible as a result
				  of the disaster to the extent that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected
				  to gain entry due to the disruption or destruction of transportation routes,
				  other impediments to access, or restrictions placed on movement by a
				  responsible official;
(C) the owner
				  of the applicant's residence requires the residence to meet the owner's
				  personal needs because the owner's predisaster primary residence is unlivable
				  as a result of the disaster;
(D)
				  financial hardship resulting from the disaster has led to the applicant's
				  eviction or dispossession; or
(E)
				  of other circumstances that, in the determination of the division, result from
				  the disaster and prevent the applicant from occupying the applicant's
				  predisaster primary residence;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.330 - Duration of temporary housing assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section,
(1) the
				  earliest date when an eligible applicant may receive temporary housing
				  assistance is the date of the disaster declaration; and
(2) an occupant may not receive temporary
				  housing assistance for more than 18 months after the date of the disaster
				  declaration.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.340 - Forms of temporary housing assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In determining
				  the form of temporary housing assistance to be provided under (b) and (c) of
				  this section, the division will provide the form that meets an applicant's
				  minimum housing requirements. In determining an applicant's minimum housing
				  requirements, items that the division will consider include timely
				  availability, cost effectiveness, plans for permanent housing plans, and
				  special needs of the applicant. The division will not provide an eligible
				  applicant more than one form of temporary housing except if, in the
				  determination of the division, provision of an additional form is in the best
				  interest of the state.
(b) The
				  forms of temporary housing assistance disbursable to an eligible applicant
				  include
(1) transient accommodations;
				  immediately following a disaster declaration or evacuation, applicants shall
				  stay with family or friends without state provided assistance, or make use of
				  shelters to the fullest extent possible for immediate short-term housing needs;
				  however, the division will provide transient accommodation assistance or
				  immediate short-term housing if the division determines that individual
				  circumstances warrant that assistance; in making the determination that
				  transient accommodations are warranted, the division will consider shelter
				  availability, assistance from other means available to the applicant, and the
				  applicant's special needs; transient accommodation assistance is limited to
(A) a maximum period of 30 days unless the
				  division determines an extension is necessary because longer term temporary
				  housing is not available to the applicant; and
(B) payment of rent including utilities; for
				  purposes of this subparagraph, "utilities" does not include telephone costs and
				  any utilities that are separately metered;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.350 - Award of temporary housing assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
The division will award temporary housing assistance in the
					 form that the division determines after review of an applicant's program
					 application, any supporting documentation required by the division, and any
					 inspection under
					 6 AAC 94.320(c) (2) of the applicant's
					 primary residence. The division will notify the applicant by mail whether
					 assistance has been approved and if approved, of the form and amount
					 awarded.
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.100
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.360 - Reconsideration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the division denies a temporary
				  housing program application in whole or in part or terminates assistance, an
				  applicant may file a written request for reconsideration with the division
				  director within 30 days after the division sends the written notification
				  provided under
				  6 AAC 94.330(e) or
				  6 AAC 94.350.
(b) The division director, or the division
				  director's authorized designee, will consider a request for reconsideration if
				  the applicant submits information to show that
(1) additional relevant information can be
				  provided to the division that was not initially available; or
(2) the division's determination was
				  erroneous.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.370 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the division denies, in whole or in
				  part, a grant application or a request for reconsideration, or terminates
				  assistance, the applicant may appeal the division's decision to the division
				  director within 60 days after the division sends the written notification
				  provided under
				  6 AAC 94.330(e),
				  6 AAC 94.350, or
				  6 AAC 94.360(c). The appeal must be in
				  writing and include information justifying a reversal of the division's action.
				  The division will, in its discretion, request additional information. Within 20
				  days of receipt of the appeal, the division director, or the division
				  director's authorized designee, will review the appeal and will notify the
				  applicant, in writing, of the disposition of the appeal or of the need for
				  additional information. If the division requests additional information, the
				  division's decision on appeal will be issued within 20 days of receipt of the
				  additional information. The decision of the division director, or authorized
				  designee, is the final decision of the agency.
(b) If an applicant has filed a request for
				  reconsideration with the division, the 60-day period for filing an appeal
				  begins on the date that the division sends the written notification provided
				  under 6 AAC 94.360(c).
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.100
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 3 - Temporary Housing Assistance › 6 AAC 94.380 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 6 AAC 94.300 -
					 6 AAC 94.380, unless the context otherwise
					 requires,
(1) "household" means all
				  residents of the predisaster residence who request temporary housing
				  assistance, including residents who were not present at the time of the
				  disaster but who are expected to return during the temporary housing
				  period;
(2) "occupant" means an
				  applicant who is eligible for temporary housing under
				  6 AAC 94.300 -
				  6 AAC 94.380 and who resides in temporary housing
				  provided under
				  6 AAC 94.340(b) (1), (2), or (3).
Authority:
AS
						26.23.020
AS 26.23.040
AS 26.23.050
AS 26.23.100
AS 26.23.220
AS
						26.23.300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 94 - Disaster Assistance Programs › Article 4 - General Provisions › 6 AAC 94.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise
					 requires,
(1) "acquisition or
				  construction purposes" means the repair, replacement, or rebuilding of the
				  insurable portions of a home, or the purchase or repair of insurable
				  contents;
(2) "assistance from
				  other means" means monetary or in-kind contributions from other governmental
				  programs, insurance, voluntary or charitable organizations, or any sources
				  other than those of the individual or family; "assistance from other means"
				  does not include expendable items;
(3) "declared disaster area" means the
				  disaster area as described in a disaster declaration;
(4) "dependent" means
(A) a person who is normally claimed as a
				  dependent on the federal income tax return of another person, according to
				  26 U.S.C.
				  151 -
				  153 (Internal Revenue Code);
				  or
(B) the minor children of a
				  couple not living together, if the children live in the affected residence with
				  the parent who does not actually claim them on that parent's federal income tax
				  return;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 8 - Governor › Chapter 96 - Public Information (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
Under
				  AS
				  44.62.125(b)(6), and to
				  reflect Executive Order No. 113 (2005), eliminating the Telecommunications
				  Information Council and transferring its functions to the governor and to the
				  Department of Administration, the regulations attorney relocated the council's
				  regulations to 2 AAC 96, as of Register 176 (January
				  2006).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 108 - House District 8 - University/West Fairbanks › 6 AAC 108.051 - Seward Precinct No. 1 (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Effective 3/15/96, Seward Precinct No. 1 at
					 6 AAC 108.051 and Seward Precinct No. 2 at
					 6 AAC 108.081 were combined by emergency regulation to
					 form Seward Precinct at
					 6 AAC 108.051. The emergency regulation was repealed
					 under AS
					 44.62.250.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 108 - House District 8 - University/West Fairbanks › 6 AAC 108.081 - Seward Precinct No. 2 (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Publisher's note:
See editor's note under
				  6 AAC 108.051.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 108 - House District 8 - University/West Fairbanks › 6 AAC 108.125 - Tustumena Precinct (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 163, October 2002, an emergency regulation that
					 took effect July 8, 2002 regarding the Denali Park Precinct was numbered as
					 6 AAC 108.125. To correct that inadvertent re-use of the
					 section number of the formerly repealed
					 6 AAC 108.125, the regulations attorney renumbered the
					 Denali Park Precinct provision as
					 6 AAC 108.126 when the emergency regulation was made
					 permanent in Register 164, January
					 2003.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 140 - House District 40 - Arctic › 6 AAC 140.006 - Adak Precinct (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
In Register 163, October 2002, an emergency regulation that
					 took effect July 8, 2002 regarding the Atqasuk Precinct was numbered as
					 6 AAC 140.006. To correct that inadvertent re-use of the
					 section number of the formerly repealed
					 6 AAC 140.006, the regulations attorney renumbered the
					 Atqasuk Precinct provision as
					 6 AAC 140.007 when the emergency regulation was made
					 permanent in Register 164, January
					 2003.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 400 - Statewide Election Districts and Election District Precincts › 6 AAC 400.010 - Election districts established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				Redistricting Board established the House election districts of the state by
				issuing the
Amended Interim Proclamation of Redistricting
on
				May 24, 2022.
(b) The boundaries of
				the House election districts of the state are depicted on maps approved and
				adopted by the Redistricting Board in its May 24, 2022,
Amended Interim
				Proclamation of Redistricting
. Also, each election district is
				described in narrative form in the board's
Description of May Interim
				2022 Proclamation Plan House and Senate Districts,
prepared May 24,
				2022. To the extent any inconsistency may arise between the maps and the
				narrative descriptions or between the maps and topographic features, the
				division of elections will rely on the narrative descriptions in the board's
Description of May Interim 2022 Proclamation Plan House and Senate
				Districts
to determine the proper location of the boundary of an
				election district.
The Redistricting Board's May 24, 2022 Amended Interim
					 Proclamation of Redistricting and Description of May Interim 2022 Proclamation
					 Plan House and Senate Districts may be reviewed at the office of the director
					 of the division of elections.
Authority:
AS
					 15.10.020
AS
					 15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 10 - Election Precincts › Chapter 400 - Statewide Election Districts and Election District Precincts › 6 AAC 400.020 - Election district precincts established

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The election
				district voting precincts are depicted on maps approved and adopted by the
				division of elections in the division's document titled
Voting Precinct
				Maps,
dated June 20, 2022, each of which maps is adopted by
				reference.
(b) If a portion of the
				boundary of a voting precinct as depicted as set out in (a) of this section
				also forms a portion of the boundary of the election district in which that
				precinct is located, and if there is an inconsistency between the depiction of
				that portion of the precinct's boundary and the depiction or description of
				that portion of the election district's boundary under 6 AAC 400.010, the
				depiction or description of the election district's boundary under 6 AAC 400.010 takes precedence.
The division of elections' June 20, 2022 Voting Precinct
					 Maps may be reviewed at the division of elections regional offices in
					 Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Nome, and Wasilla. The voting precinct maps may
					 also be reviewed individually and statewide on the division of elections'
					 website:
https://elections.alaska.gov/districtmaps
Authority:
AS
					 15.10.020
AS
					 15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.010 - Establishment of bureau

Current through May 31, 2024
Within the Department of Health and Social Services, as a
					 part of the Office of Statistical Services thereof, is established the Bureau
					 of Vital Statistics. The bureau shall be responsible for installing,
					 maintaining, and operating the statewide system of vital statistics, as
					 required by the Vital Statistics Act and related laws and
					 regulations.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.020 - State registrar

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar of Vital Statistics, under the general
					 supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Social Services or his designated
					 representative, shall be the responsible official of the bureau, and shall be
					 in charge of its duties and functions. The State Registrar shall, in addition
					 to other specified duties, be responsible for preparing and suggesting proposed
					 changes in the Vital Statistics Act and related laws for the purpose of
					 improving the statewide system of vital statistics; preparing, suggesting, and,
					 at the direction of the commissioner, holding hearings for the purpose of
					 adopting, amending, or repealing regulations authorized by the Vital Statistics
					 Act; and generally for suggesting, initiating, and implementing new procedures,
					 within the limits of the policy and budget of the department, for the purpose
					 of improving the system and its relationship with the public, professional
					 groups, other agencies, and others with whom it has contact.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.030
AS
						18.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.030 - Development of system

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar shall, within the limits of existing
					 laws and the conditions peculiar to Alaska, develop the best possible system of
					 vital statistics for Alaska, taking into account the desirability of uniformity
					 with other states, standards and procedures developed elsewhere, and
					 cooperative relations with other state and national offices responsible for
					 vital statistics records.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.030
AS
						18.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.040 - Administration of act

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar shall issue such instructions as are
					 necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act,
					 related laws, and regulations based thereon, as well as for any other duties
					 assigned to the bureau. Such instructions shall be for the purpose of
					 explaining, expanding the detail of, and implementing such laws and
					 regulations; and when not inconsistent with existing laws or regulations, these
					 instructions shall be binding on the persons charged with administering the
					 provisions of the Vital Statistics Act. Detailed instructions shall be
					 furnished to magistrates, local registrars of vital statistics, and any others
					 who are responsible for collecting vital records; and to those persons - such
					 as physicians, nurses, funeral directors, and ministers - who are generally
					 responsible for completing and filing vital records.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.050 - Prescribed forms

Current through May 31, 2024
In accordance with the Vital Statistics Act, the State
					 Registrar shall prescribe, and the bureau shall reproduce and supply, all forms
					 required by the act and by regulations and instructions based thereon, as well
					 as those required for any other duties assigned to the bureau. No other forms
					 shall be used except with the expressed approval of the State Registrar. When a
					 new form is issued, the State Registrar may recall all old unused forms, or
					 otherwise order their disposal. All forms and supplies issued remain the
					 property of the bureau, which may require an accounting thereof if necessary;
					 and they shall be surrendered to the State Registrar upon his demand. Each form
					 shall be used only for the purpose designated, and not for any other
					 purpose.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.040(4)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.060 - Registration districts

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar shall establish registration districts
					 throughout the state for the collection of vital statistics records. Wherever
					 possible, such registration districts shall coincide with the recording
					 districts established by the supreme court, or shall be subdivisions of such
					 recording districts. Where such recording districts are subdivided into more
					 than one registration district, such subdivision boundaries should follow any
					 other existing local boundary lines in general use whenever feasible. When such
					 local boundary lines do not exist, or their use is not feasible, the State
					 Registrar shall determine what boundary lines to use. Full advantage shall be
					 taken of natural physical features as boundary lines when
					 possible.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.070 - Cooperation with courts

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar shall work closely with the Alaska
					 court system in the establishment of registration districts, and in determining
					 the various duties and procedures which involve the magistrates or any other
					 appointees of the Alaska court system.
Authority:
AS
						22.05.160
AS 22.15.100
AS
						22.15.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.080 - Local registrars

Current through May 31, 2024
District magistrates and deputy magistrates shall serve as
					 local registrars of vital statistics whenever possible. When this is not
					 feasible, or when no magistrate is located within an established registration
					 district, the State Registrar shall appoint a local registrar of vital
					 statistics for such registration district. Such appointments may utilize other
					 local government officials where such utilization may logically have a mutual
					 benefit to both state and local governments.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.090 - Duties of registrars

Current through May 31, 2024
All local registrars of vital statistics, whether
					 magistrates or other appointees, shall have duties and responsibilities for the
					 collection of vital statistics records, the enforcement of related provisions,
					 and the processing and transmittal of such records, as designated by the Vital
					 Statistics Act, related laws, regulations, and instructions.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.100 - Unfiled statistics

Current through May 31, 2024
Each local registrar of vital statistics, whether he be a
					 magistrate or other appointee, shall have assigned to him a well-defined
					 registration district. Such local registrar shall be responsible for seeing
					 that a proper record is filed for each birth, death, fetal death (stillbirth),
					 and marriage occurring within his registration district. The responsibility for
					 completing and filing such certificates shall be as designated in the Vital
					 Statistics Act, and regulations and instructions issued thereunder. Whenever a
					 certificate is not filed promptly and properly, the local registrar shall
					 attempt to secure such certificate from a responsible person. In case no such
					 responsible person is available, or able to comply, the local registrar shall
					 complete and file the certificate himself, from the best information
					 obtainable.
Authority:
AS
						18.50
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.110 - Term of service

Current through May 31, 2024
Local registrars shall make such other reports to the
					 bureau as required by the State Registrar for the carrying out of the
					 provisions of the Vital Statistics Act, related laws, regulations, and
					 instructions. The local registrars and deputy local registrars appointed under
					 AS
					 18.50.080 of the Vital Statistics Act shall
					 serve at the pleasure of the State Registrar and may be removed by
					 him.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.080
AS 18.50.100
AS
						18.50.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.120 - Report of violations

Current through May 31, 2024
Each local registrar of vital statistics is the local
					 representative of the Bureau of Vital Statistics within his designated
					 registration district. As such he shall be responsible for the carrying out and
					 enforcement of the laws, regulations, and instructions relating to vital
					 statistics, under the supervision of the State Registrar. All violations should
					 be reported promptly to the bureau. In case of sickness or absence from his
					 place of residence for one week or more, he should so notify the
					 bureau.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.130 - Burial permits

Current through May 31, 2024
The local registrar shall be responsible for seeing that
					 each certificate presented for filing is complete in all possible details
					 before he accepts it for filing, in accordance with instructions of the State
					 Registrar. He is also responsible for seeing that a properly completed death
					 certificate is filed and a burial-transit permit issued before a dead body may
					 be finally disposed of, shipped by common carrier, or removed from the state,
					 subject to provisions of secs. 530 - 570 of this chapter in cases of
					 hardship.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.140 - Restrictions on access

Current through May 31, 2024
Each local registrar shall be responsible for observing and
					 enforcing the restrictions on public access to vital records. While such
					 original records remain in his office prior to transmittal, they shall be
					 subject to inspection only in accordance with the instructions of the State
					 Registrar. No copies of vital records, or any part of them, shall be kept by
					 the local registrar, as such, without the expressed approval of the State
					 Registrar. No copies of part or all of a vital statistics record may be issued
					 by a local registrar.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 18.50.110
AS
						18.50.310
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.150 - Changes or corrections

Current through May 31, 2024
The local registrar shall not make any changes,
					 corrections, or deletions on vital records while they are in his office except
					 in accordance with the instructions of the bureau.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.290
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.160 - Use of forms

Current through May 31, 2024
The local registrar shall use, and permit the use of, only
					 those forms approved and supplied by the bureau for any certificates and
					 reports required by the Vital Statistics Act. He shall keep on hand a supply of
					 necessary forms in order to make them readily available to those who are
					 required to complete and file vital statistics records. The local registrar is
					 responsible for any waste or misuse of such forms by those to whom he
					 distributes them, and he is accountable to the bureau for such forms and
					 supplies issued to him.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 18.50.110
AS
						18.50.150
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.170 - Deputy local registrars

Current through May 31, 2024
The State Registrar may, when he deems it desirable,
					 appoint one or more deputy local registrars of vital statistics for a
					 registration district. In the absence or incapacity of the local registrar, the
					 deputy shall perform the duties and have the responsibilities of the local
					 registrar of vital statistics (but not including any recording functions of
					 magistrates), in accordance with the instructions of the State Registrar. Such
					 deputy registrar shall also perform such other duties as required by the State
					 Registrar.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.080
AS
						18.50.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.180 - Sub-registrars

Current through May 31, 2024
The local registrar of any registration district containing
					 scattered villages inaccessible to direct supervision by the local registrar in
					 person may, with the approval of the State Registrar, designate one person in
					 any such village as sub-registrar of vital statistics for such village and
					 surrounding area. Upon acceptance of such designation, the sub-registrar shall
					 be responsible for preparing, signing, and filing with the local registrar a
					 certificate for each birth, death, and fetal death (stillbirth) occurring in
					 his designated area and not attended by a physician or nurse; and for such
					 reports as may be required by the bureau. The area of his responsibility shall
					 be clearly delineated. The bureau shall furnish each sub-registrar the
					 necessary forms and detailed instructions covering his duties and
					 responsibilities.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.130
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.190 - Designated magistrates

Current through May 31, 2024
Only those district magistrates and deputy magistrates
					 designated by the Alaska Court System and the State Registrar as recorders of
					 vital records shall have the powers and duties of recording vital statistics
					 records. This shall involve the recording of all vital statistics records for
					 events occurring within the one or more registration districts into which such
					 recording district may be subdivided; the transmittal of the original records
					 to the bureau; the preservation, indexing, and making authorized corrections on
					 the recorded copies of vital records; the protection of such records from
					 unauthorized disclosure; issuance of certified copies, partial copies, or
					 verifications of such records to authorized persons or agencies; the collection
					 of authorized fees for such copies or services, and the proper disposition of
					 such fees; and any other related duties assigned; all under the provisions of
					 the Vital Statistics Act, related laws, regulations, and instructions. Such
					 duties and responsibilities shall be in addition to any others assigned by the
					 Alaska Court System, either by law or order, in relation to vital statistics
					 records.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 22.15.100
AS
						22.15.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.200 - Confidentiality of records

Current through May 31, 2024
Each recording magistrate shall keep a complete file of the
					 recorded copies of all certificates of birth, death, fetal death, and marriage
					 occurring within his recording district. Such file shall be separate from other
					 records filed or recorded in the office. The records shall be arranged,
					 numbered, and indexed in some logical order to insure the location of any given
					 record when needed. When possible both the numbering and filing should be by
					 units of one to five calendar years, with the year referring to the date of the
					 event. Any part of an original certificate designated as confidential by the
					 bureau shall not be recorded or copied by the recording magistrate. No separate
					 numbering, filing, indexing, or other system shall be maintained which might
					 tend to identify the record of any illegitimate, adopted, or legitimated
					 person. The recorded file of such vital statistics records, as well as the
					 originals during the time they are within the recording magistrate's office,
					 shall not be available to the general public, but shall be subject to the
					 restrictions on public access to vital records. The original copy of any record
					 for which a substitute record following adoption or legitimation has been made,
					 any record revealing illegitimacy, and any adoption files still remaining in
					 the magistrate's office are severely restricted as to access by
					 law.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 18.50.220
AS
						18.50.310
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.210 - Deletions or amendments

Current through May 31, 2024
The recording magistrate shall not make any changes,
					 corrections, deletions, or amendments on any vital record, copy or original,
					 except in accordance with these regulations and the instructions of the State
					 Registrar.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS
						18.50.290
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.220 - Release of information

Current through May 31, 2024
The recording magistrate shall issue certified copies,
					 partial copies, verifications, or other information from any individual vital
					 statistics record only in accordance with the Vital Statistics Act and
					 regulations and instructions issued thereunder. The fees to be charged by the
					 recording magistrate for such copies are set by the Alaska Court
					 System.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 18.50.310
AS
						18.50.320
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.230 - Reports and certificates

Current through May 31, 2024
The clerk of each superior court shall make such reports,
					 and complete and forward such records and certificates as are required by the
					 Vital Statistics Act, related laws, regulations, and instructions. Among
					 others, such reportable court actions shall include decrees of adoption, or
					 vacation or amendment thereof; decrees of divorce or annulment of marriage;
					 orders establishing a delayed certificate of birth; adjudications of paternity;
					 order of change of name; and presumptive death certificates pursuant to
					 AS
					 09.55.050, or vacation or amendment thereof.
					 Such reports, certificates, and other requirements shall contain such necessary
					 information; they shall be submitted on forms furnished by the bureau or in
					 such other form as shall be designated; and shall be forwarded monthly or
					 oftener, and by such dates, as directed; all in accordance with instructions
					 issued by the State Registrar after consultation with the Alaska Court
					 System.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.200
AS 18.50.210
AS 18.50.280
AS 18.50.290
AS
						25.20.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.240 - Appointments and terminations

Current through May 31, 2024
The clerk of each superior court shall promptly inform the
					 bureau of all appointments and terminations thereof made by the court to the
					 following positions, and including the necessary supplementary data as
					 requested by the State Registrar to enable the bureau to properly carry out its
					 functions in cooperation with such officers of the court: clerk of court;
					 probate officer or master; district magistrate; deputy magistrate, including
					 whether recorder or not; and marriage commissioner. The clerk of court shall
					 also inform the bureau of all incorporations, changes therein, or dissolutions,
					 of cities, villages, and boroughs within his judicial
					 district.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.030
AS 18.50.060
AS
						15.50.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.250 - Monthly reports

Current through May 31, 2024
Officials required to transmit certificates, forms,
					 reports, or other returns required under the Vital Statistics Act, related
					 laws, regulations, or instructions shall do so monthly or oftener as directed
					 by the State Registrar, promptly on or about the date so directed. If at all
					 possible, original certificates and other documents shall not be folded; they
					 shall be forwarded in the large envelopes supplied by the bureau for this
					 purpose. Any required transmittal lists shall be made and forwarded as
					 directed. Some report shall be sent each month; when there are no certificates
					 or other reports to transmit, a statement shall be sent so
					 stating.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.260 - Compensation

Current through May 31, 2024
Each sub-registrar shall forward for filing with the local
					 registrar within whose registration district he is located, all original birth,
					 fetal death, and death certificates completed since the last transmittal. A
					 transmittal list furnished by the bureau, properly filled out in accordance
					 with instructions from the bureau, shall be included with the certificates. For
					 each such certificate prepared and filed in accordance with the instructions of
					 the bureau, the sub-registrar shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar. The
					 sub-registrar shall report each month to the local registrar; if there are no
					 certificates to transmit, the transmittal form so stating shall be
					 sent.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.130
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 1 - Administration › Chapter 05 - Vital Records › Article 1 - Administration › 7 AAC 05.270 - Transmittal

Current through May 31, 2024
Each marriage commissioner shall forward any original
					 certificates of marriage completed, duplicate marriage license docket sheets
					 prepared, and recording fees collected since the last transmittal to the proper
					 recording magistrate for each recording district within which he has been given
					 authority. A transmittal form shall be completed, and one copy included in the
					 transmittal. Another copy shall be sent to the bureau at the same time, along
					 with the reports of marriage licenses issued. The marriage commissioner shall
					 report each month to each recording magistrate to whom he is responsible and to
					 the bureau; if there are no certificates, docket sheets, or fees to transmit,
					 the transmittal form so stating shall be sent.
Authority:
AS
						18.50.100
AS 18.50.270
AS
						25.05.081