Title 18 — Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
43 chapters · 1,022 sections in this title.
AS 18.35.399 Definitions.
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In AS 18.35.301 — 18.35.399, (1) “business” means a for-profit or nonprofit sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional corporation, private club, retail seller of goods or services, or other business entity; (2) “commissioner” means the commissione…
AS 18.40.010 Shelter cabins and comfort stations on airports.
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The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may erect and maintain shelter cabins and comfort stations for the accommodation of travelers on the airports throughout the state where the facilities are required and necessary out of funds appropriated for the construction…
AS 18.40.020 Shelter cabins on roads and trails.
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The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may erect and maintain cabins for the accommodation of travelers and shelter for dog teams and horses at the places along traveled roads and trails considered necessary by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilitie…
AS 18.40.030 Inspection of cabins.
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The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall inspect or cause to be inspected all the cabins erected under this chapter at least once a year.
AS 18.40.040 Cabins and furnishings property of state.
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The cabins, comfort stations, stoves, and other furnishings provided for in this chapter are the property of the state.
AS 18.40.050 Prohibited acts and penalties.
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A person who wilfully removes, destroys, or defaces a cabin or part of a cabin, or stove or other furnishing, or who occupies a cabin for a length of time other than that necessary and incident to ordinary travel is guilty of violation of this chapter, and upon conviction is puni…
AS 18.40.060 Exception.
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Nothing in this chapter prevents the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities from authorizing responsible persons in writing to occupy permanently in the capacity of caretakers or roadhouse keepers shelters with adequate accommodations in order to improve the accommoda…
AS 18.40.070 Damages for destruction of or injury to shelter cabins.
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A person who violates AS 18.40.050 is liable in damages for injury sustained by another as a result of the wilful destruction of or injury to a shelter cabin or its contents.
AS 18.45.010 Declaration of intent. [Repealed, § 12 ch 172 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.45.020 United States licenses or permits required.
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A person may not manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire, or possess a special nuclear material, by-product material, special nuclear material facility, by-product material facility, production facility, or utilization facility, or act as an operator of a production fa…
AS 18.45.025 Facilities siting permit required.
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(a) A person may not construct a nuclear fuel production facility, nuclear utilization facility, utilization facility, reprocessing facility, or nuclear waste disposal facility in the state without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to cons…
AS 18.45.027 Transportation of nuclear waste material.
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(a) The transportation of high level nuclear waste material, except for purposes of disposal outside the state, is prohibited. (b) For purposes of this section, “high level nuclear waste material” (1) means (A) used nuclear reactor fuel; (B) waste produced during the reprocessing…
AS 18.45.030 Studies on changes to laws; comments on microreactor licensing.
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(a) Each of the following departments and agencies of the state are directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need for changes in the laws and regulations administered by it that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear, by-product, …
AS 18.45.040 Secs. 18.45.040 — 18.45.050. Coordination of studies and atomic development activities. [Repealed, § 12 ch 172 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.45.060 Injunction proceedings.
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When, in the opinion of the governor, a person is violating or is about to violate AS 18.45.020 or 18.45.025, the governor shall direct the attorney general to apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity a…
AS 18.45.070 Cooperation.
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The heads of the appropriate agencies may cooperate with the federal government in the administration of this chapter or any matter pertaining to it.
AS 18.45.080 [Renumbered as AS 18.45.900.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.45.090 Exemption.
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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to permit an agency or officer of the state to regulate the exploration for or the extraction and milling of uranium ore.
AS 18.45.900 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “atomic energy” means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation; (2) “by-product material” means radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation i…
AS 18.50.010 Bureau of Vital Statistics.
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There is established within the department a section to be called the Bureau of Vital Statistics which shall install, maintain, and operate the state system of vital statistics.
AS 18.50.020 Department to adopt regulations.
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The department may, in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), adopt, amend, and repeal regulations for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
AS 18.50.030 Appointment of state registrar of vital statistics.
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The commissioner shall select the state registrar of vital statistics in accordance with state personnel laws and regulations. The registrar shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
AS 18.50.040 Duties of state registrar.
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The state registrar shall (1) administer and enforce this chapter and the regulations adopted under it, and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics; (2) direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and the b…
AS 18.50.050 Delegation of duties.
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The state registrar may delegate the functions and duties vested in the state registrar to employees of the bureau and to local registrars as the state registrar considers necessary or expedient.
AS 18.50.060 Seal.
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The state registrar shall have a seal, which shall bear within the perimeter of the seal the words “Seal of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics of Alaska,” and within the circle, at the top of the seal, a star representing the north star, beneath it the Dipper of seven stars,…
AS 18.50.070 Registration districts.
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Article 2. Local Registrars. The state registrar shall establish registration districts throughout the state. The state registrar may consolidate or subdivide a district to facilitate registration. Registration districts shall take into account the boundary lines of local governm…
AS 18.50.080 Appointment of local registrars.
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(a) Where feasible, the state registrar shall use the services of a local recording official located within a registration district as local registrar of vital statistics. (b) Where utilization under (a) of this section is not feasible, the state registrar shall appoint a local r…
AS 18.50.090 Duties of local registrars.
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Within the local registration district, the local registrar shall (1) administer and enforce this chapter, and the instructions issued and regulations adopted under it; (2) require that certificates be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter, and the instructions issu…
AS 18.50.100 Keeping of permanent records.
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The state registrar may, where feasible, require permanent local records to be kept in the form of copies of the original vital statistics records. The state registrar shall designate in each case how this is to be done by the local recording official, in connection with other lo…
AS 18.50.110 Duties of deputy local registrar.
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In accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter, the deputy local registrar shall perform the duties of the local registrar in the absence or incapacity of the local registrar and shall perform other duties required by the state registrar.
AS 18.50.120 Compensation of local registrars.
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When a local recording official receiving a salary or other regular compensation for general recording duties serves as local registrar of vital statistics, the local registrar is not entitled to fees under this section. Otherwise, local registrars of vital statistics shall be pa…
AS 18.50.130 Subregistrars.
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(a) In registration districts containing scattered villages, the local registrar may, with the approval of the state registrar, designate one person in each village as subregistrar for a designated area. (b) The subregistrar is responsible for preparing, signing, and filing with …
AS 18.50.140 Payment of fees to local registrars and others.
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Article 3. Registration Requirements, Procedures, and Certificates. The state registrar shall certify monthly, or at least quarterly, the number and type of records filed by, and the amount due to each local registrar and deputy registrar, and the amount due to each subregistrar.…
AS 18.50.150 Form of certificate.
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The form of certificates, reports, and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under it, must include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics subject to approval of any modification by the state …
AS 18.50.160 Birth registration.
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(a) A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in the state shall be filed with the bureau, as provided in this section, within five days after the birth. When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conve…
AS 18.50.162 Notification about hearing screening.
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When the bureau receives a certificate of live birth under AS 18.50.160 for a newborn who was delivered outside of a hospital, the bureau shall forward the names and addresses of the parents to the department employees who administer the screening program set out in AS 47.20.310 …
AS 18.50.165 Acknowledgement of paternity; forms.
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(a) The state registrar shall prepare a form for use in acknowledging paternity under AS 25.20.055. The form must comply with the minimum requirements of 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7). The form must include (1) a statement that the man who signs the form is acknowledging that the man is th…
AS 18.50.170 Foundling registration.
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(a) The person who assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall within seven days report the information prescribed by the state registrar on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar to the local registrar of the registration district in whi…
AS 18.50.180 Delayed registration of birth.
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(a) When the birth of a person born in the state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter. The certificate shall be registered subject to the evidentiary requirements the department prescribes by regulation to s…
AS 18.50.190 Delayed registration of death or marriage.
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When a death or marriage occurring in the state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter. The certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements prescribed by the department by regulation to sub…
AS 18.50.200 Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.
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(a) If a delayed certificate of birth is not accepted under AS 18.50.180, a petition may be filed with the superior court for an order establishing a record of the date and place of birth of the person. (b) The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the bure…
AS 18.50.210 Court reports of adoption.
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(a) For each adoption decreed by a court in the state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The report must include the facts necessary to locate and identify the original certificate of birth, if any, o…
AS 18.50.211 Certificate of birth for foreign-born adopted person.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.50.220 New certificate of birth.
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(a) The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in the state, upon proper request that the certificate be made, and upon receipt of (1) an adoption report as provided in AS 18.50.210, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption from a court …
AS 18.50.225 Birth certificates suitable for display.
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(a) In addition to another birth certificate issued under this chapter, the state registrar shall issue, on request and payment of a fee of $25, a birth certificate representing that the birth of the person named on the certificate is recorded in the office of the registrar. The …
AS 18.50.230 Death registration; disclosure for child support purposes.
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(a) A death certificate for each death that occurs in the state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred within three days after death and before final disposition of the body or removal of the body from the state, except as…
AS 18.50.235 Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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(a) After a stillbirth occurs in the state, the person required to file a fetal death registration under AS 18.50.240(b) shall advise the mother and, if the father is present, the father (1) that the parent may request the preparation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillb…
AS 18.50.240 Fetal death registration.
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(a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death that occurs in the state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the delivery occurred within three days after the delivery and before final disposition of the fetus or removal of the fetus f…
AS 18.50.245 Report of induced termination of pregnancy.
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(a) A hospital, clinic, or other institution where an induced termination of pregnancy is performed in the state shall submit a report directly to the state registrar within 30 days after the induced termination is completed. The report may not contain the name of the patient who…
AS 18.50.250 Permits.
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(a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the funeral director or person acting as the funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a burial-transit permit before final disposition or removal from the state of the body or fetus and within 7…