Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The purpose of a shelter home is to provide a temporary place for a runaway child if there is no practical or peaceful way for the child to return home. The goal is to reunite the child with the child's family, unless that is not appropriate. (b) A shelter home is exempt from…

(a) A residential child care facility may not provide wilderness or adventure experiences for a period longer than four days without a wilderness and adventure experience specialization approved by the department. (b) A facility must base an experience on a plan that addresses ea…

Notes 7 AAC 50.630 Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; repealed 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly relea…

(a) A residential child care facility may provide boarding care only with a boarding care specialization approved by the department. (b) A facility that provides only boarding care is exempt from the requirements of: (1)7 AAC 50.240(b) and (c); (2)7 AAC 50.250(e); (3)7 AAC 50.320…

(a) A full-time care facility may not advertise or represent that it specializes in supervised transition living without a supervised transition living specialization approved by the department. (b) For older adolescents for whom family reunification, placement with previous care…

(a) A full-time care facility may not advertise or represent that it specializes in care for pregnant and parenting adolescents without a specialization in care for pregnant and parenting adolescents approved by the department. (b) Repealed 7/1/2022. (c) A residential child care …

(a) A residential child care facility may not advertise or represent that it specializes in substance use treatment without a specialization in treatment for substance use approved by the department. (b) A residential child care facility with approval from the department under AS…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in 7 AAC 50.700 - 7 AAC 50.790, the provisions of 7 AAC 50.700 - 7 AAC 50.790 apply to maternity homes for persons of any age. (b) In addition to the standards for maternity care set out in 7 AAC 50.700 - 7 AAC 50.790, a maternity home shall compl…

(a) A maternity home that specializes in short term prematernal care and occasional short term care to mothers and infants is exempt from the requirements of (1)7 AAC 50.110(d); however, the facility shall designate an adult caregiver or associate administrator to act on behalf o…

(a) A facility must have a training plan that ensures each caregiver receives at least one hour of training in each of the following topics within the first year of employment: (1) prenatal care, including nutrition, pregnancy issues, and child birth; (2) infant and early childho…

(a) A facility shall require an expectant mother who is admitted to the facility to have a complete medical examination, including obstetrical information and findings, not later than one week after the admission of the expectant mother. (b) A facility shall compile a family medi…

(a) A facility must have a planned program to care for pregnant and parenting individuals. The program must be submitted to and approved by the department. The plan must provide for (1) preparation for delivery of the baby, including childbirth classes; (2) assistance in decision…

(a) The facility shall explain to an adolescent mother each of the following, as appropriate: (1) the benefits of the mother's establishing paternity for her infant, her options for establishing paternity, and how paternity may be established; (2) how to deal with future question…

(a) A facility must have a curriculum or guidelines for providing parenting education. The curriculum or guidelines must include (1) personal growth and maturity; (2) interpersonal relationships; (3) infant and early child development, including age appropriate stimulation and ac…

(a) A facility shall ensure that each expectant mother is under the medical supervision of a licensed physician. (b) A facility shall ensure that periodic examinations and laboratory tests recommended by a physician are performed according to standards of good prenatal care. (c) …

(a) A facility shall discharge an infant only to the infant's parent or a licensed child placement agency. (b) A facility must have a written policy that a pregnant individual seeking adoptive placement for her infant shall be referred to a child placement agency or to the depart…

(a) A facility shall provide beds for all pregnant and parenting individuals and may not allow the use of bunk beds. (b) A facility may not provide for childbirth. The facility shall provide transportation for pregnant adolescents and women to a birthing center or hospital for ch…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in 7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890, the provisions of 7 AAC 50.800 - 7 AAC 50.890 apply to residential psychiatric treatment centers for children. (b) In addition to the standards for residential psychiatric treatment centers set out in 7 AAC 50.800 -…

(a) A facility that applies under this chapter for a license to operate as a residential psychiatric treatment center for children must demonstrate in its application to the department that the facility is (1) a semi-secure residential psychiatric treatment center; or (2) both a …

(a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall appoint a physician as medical director of the facility. The medical director must be (1) a psychiatrist with experience in psychiatric treatment of children; or (2) a physician with training and experience in treatment of chil…

(a) In addition to the orientation and training described in 7 AAC 50.820, a caregiver employee in a residential psychiatric treatment center must have completed (1) a bachelor's level degree program from an accredited college or university in a human services related field; (2) …

(a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall have a comprehensive written training plan, and shall submit it to the department, for the orientation, ongoing training, and development of staff members. (b) The orientation portion of the training plan required by (a) of thi…

(a) In addition to complying with the requirements set out in 7 AAC 50.320 regarding admission to residential child care facilities, a residential psychiatric treatment center shall comply with this section. (b) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall perform a psychiatr…

(a) A facility that is licensed as both a semi-secure and secure residential psychiatric treatment center under 7 AAC 50.805 may place a child in the secure unit or secure program of the facility if the facility complies with (b) of this section and (1) after the entry of a court…

(a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall release a child from its secure unit or program as soon as the child (1) shows significant improvement in the conditions caused by those diagnoses and behaviors that justified the child's original admission to secure care under…

(a) Within 72 hours after a child's admission, a residential psychiatric treatment center shall develop an initial treatment plan for the child. The treatment plan must be completed within 15 days following the child's admission. The treatment plan must be tailored to the individ…

(a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall conduct a complete progress evaluation (1) at least every 30 days, for each child in treatment who is not in a secure unit or program; and (2) at least every seven days, for each child who is in a secure unit or program. (b) If…

Discharge planning by a residential psychiatric treatment center must include the following documentation: (1) documentation of discharge planning immediately upon the child's admission; (2) documentation of the child's progress toward discharge; that progress must be documented …

(a) If, as a result of the progress evaluation required by 7 AAC 50.845(a) if the residential psychiatric treatment center recommends that the child not remain in treatment in the facility, the facility shall document in its medical records that the (1) child's condition can no l…

(a) The residential psychiatric treatment center shall contract and pay for an independent review of the progress evaluation performed under 7 AAC 50.845(a), the treatment plan developed under 7 AAC 50.840, the progress of the child in treatment at the facility up to the date of …

(a) At least one caregiver shall be on duty in a residential psychiatric treatment center whenever at least one child in treatment is present. At least two caregivers, at least one of whom is awake during the resident sleeping hours, shall be on duty in a residential psychiatric …

(a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall comply with the behavior guidance requirements of 7 AAC 50.435. (b) As a part of the resident's assessment under 7 AAC 50.825(b) and development of the resident's treatment plan under 7 AAC 50.840, the residential psychiatric t…

A residential psychiatric treatment center subject to this chapter must also comply with the applicable provisions of 7 AAC 10.1070 regarding medications. Notes 7 AAC 50.875 Eff. 6/21/2001, Register 158; am 6/23/2006, Register 178 Authority:AS 44.29.020 AS 47.14.100 AS 47.14.120 …

A residential psychiatric treatment center shall establish a grievance procedure by which a resident, or a parent, Indian custodian, or guardian may seek redress of a grievance by a resident or on behalf of a resident. The residential psychiatric treatment center shall give a cop…

A residential psychiatric treatment center shall provide, within the facility, a school program for residents that provides the type and quality of education that is offered in the community. The residential psychiatric treatment center shall develop procedures to ensure that eac…

Notes 7 AAC 53.900 Repealed 1/13/85. Publisher's note: When repealed, this section was numbered 7 AAC 50.900. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. …

In this chapter, (1) "administrator" means individual who has general administrative charge and oversight over a facility subject to this chapter; (2) "boarding care" means care provided in a residential child care facility exclusively for children who are residing outside of the…

(a) The definitions in 7 AAC 50.990 apply to 7 AAC 53.901 - 7 AAC 53.999, except that the definitions in (b) of this section control if an inconsistency exists. (b) In 7 AAC 53.901 - 7 AAC 53.999, (1) "cost-of-living allowance" means a percentage change in cost per bed, as set by…

Notes 7 AAC 51.010 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.020 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.030 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.040 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.050 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.060 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.070 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.080 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …

Notes 7 AAC 51.090 Eff. 9/1/84, Register 91; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be …