Title 18 — Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
43 chapters · 1,022 sections in this title.
AS 18.05.010 Administration of laws by department.
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(a) The department shall administer the statutes and regulations relating to the promotion and protection of the public health as provided by law. (b) In performing its duties under this chapter, AS 18.09, and AS 18.15.355 — 18.15.395, the department may (1) flexibly use the broa…
AS 18.05.020 Department to report activities.
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The department shall prepare an annual report of its activities and notify the legislature not later than 10 days after it convenes that the report is available.
AS 18.05.030 Cooperation with federal government.
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The department shall (1) cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to public health, the control of communicable diseases, maternal and child health and crippled children, and other matters within the scope of this title; (2) make reports, in t…
AS 18.05.031 Program planning for developmental disability. [Repealed, § 5 ch 165 SLA 1978. For current law, see AS 47.80.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.05.032 Information relating to pregnancy and pregnancy alternatives.
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(a) The department shall maintain on the Internet, in printable form, standard information that (1) contains geographically indexed material designed to inform a person of public and private agencies, services, clinics, and facilities that are available to assist a woman with the…
AS 18.05.035 Planned parenthood information.
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The department shall prepare information regarding planned parenthood. The department shall place the information in public hospitals, clinics, or other health facilities throughout the state, and upon request of its administrator, in a private hospital, clinic, or health facilit…
AS 18.05.037 Fetal health effects information.
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The department shall prepare or obtain distributable information on fetal alcohol effects and the fetal health effects of chemical abuse and battering during pregnancy. The department shall make this information available to public hospitals, clinics, and other health facilities …
AS 18.05.040 Regulations.
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(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations consistent with existing law for (1) the time, manner, information to be reported, and persons responsible for reporting for each disease or other condition of public health importance on the list developed under AS 18.15.370; (2) coop…
AS 18.05.042 Access to health care records.
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(a) The department may, during reasonable business hours, inspect health care records maintained by physicians and other health care professionals, hospitals, out-patient clinics, nursing homes, and other facilities or agencies providing health care services to patients that woul…
AS 18.05.044 Secs. 18.05.044 , 18.05.046. Registry of persons with impairments; Use of the registry of persons with impairments. [Repealed, § 12 ch 54 SLA 2005.]
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AS 18.05.050 Hospital advisory council. [Repealed, § 3 ch 89 SLA 1964.]
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AS 18.05.051 Secs. 18.05.051 — 18.05.055. Comprehensive Health Advisory Council; powers and duties; definitions. [Repealed, § 2 ch 78 SLA 1973.]
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AS 18.05.056 Secs. 18.05.056 — 18.05.060. Practice of lay midwifery. [Repealed, § 8 ch 130 SLA 1992. For current law, see AS 08.65.]
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AS 18.05.061 Penalty for violation.
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A person who violates a provision of AS 18.05.040 or 18.05.042 or a regulation adopted under AS 18.05.040 or 18.05.042 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Each day that a pe…
AS 18.05.065 Dental radiological equipment.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.05.070 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health; (2) “condition of public health importance” means a disease, syndrome, symptom, injury, or other threat to health that is identifiable on an individual or community level and can reasonably be expected to lead …
AS 18.07.010 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.011 Statewide Health Coordinating Council. [Repealed, § 21 ch 6 SLA 1993.]
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AS 18.07.020 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.021 Administration.
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The department shall administer the certificate of need program under this chapter and perform other functions prescribed in this chapter.
AS 18.07.030 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.031 Certificate of need required; relocations.
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(a) Except as provided in (c) and (d) of this section, a person may not make an expenditure of $1,000,000 or more for any of the following unless authorized under the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department: (1) construction of a health care facility; (2) alterati…
AS 18.07.035 Application and fees.
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(a) Application for a certificate of need shall be made to the department upon a form provided by the department and must contain the information the department requires to reach a decision under this chapter. Each application for a certificate of need must be accompanied by an a…
AS 18.07.040 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.041 Standard of review for applications for certificates of need relating to non-nursing home beds and services.
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The department shall grant a sponsor a certificate of need or modify a certificate of need that authorizes beds other than nursing home beds or that is for a health care facility other than a nursing home if the availability and quality of existing health care resources or the ac…
AS 18.07.043 Standard of review for applications for certificates of need relating to nursing homes, nursing home beds, and residential psychiatric treatment centers.
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(a) The department shall develop review standards for an application for a certificate of need, or for a modification of a certificate of need, issued under this chapter for a health care facility that is a nursing home or residential psychiatric treatment center, or that has nur…
AS 18.07.045 Time standards for review of applications for certificates of need.
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(a) The following time standards apply for a review by the department of an application for a certificate of need under this chapter: (1) the department may defer commencement of the review process under this chapter for an application for a period not to exceed 60 days after the…
AS 18.07.050 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.07.051 Terms of issuance of the certificate.
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Each certificate issued must specify terms of issuance describing the nature and extent of the activities authorized by the certificate.
AS 18.07.060 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.061 Modification and termination of activities.
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The certificate holder shall apply to the department for a modification of the certificate before terminating part of the activities authorized by the terms of issuance, but the certificate holder is not required to obtain the acquiescence of the department before terminating all…
AS 18.07.070 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.071 Temporary and emergency certificates.
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(a) The department shall grant a sponsor an emergency certificate for the construction of a health care facility for which a certificate is required under AS 18.07.031 if the sponsor shows, by affidavit or formal hearing, that the act of construction consists of effecting emergen…
AS 18.07.080 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.081 Proceedings for modification, suspension, and revocation.
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(a) The department, a member of the public who is substantially affected by activities authorized by the certificate, or another applicant for a certificate of need may initiate a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) to obtain modification, su…
AS 18.07.090 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.091 Injunctive relief; penalties; right of action.
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(a) Injunctive relief against violations of this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter may be obtained from a court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of the commissioner, a holder of a certificate of need who is adversely affected in the exercise of the activi…
AS 18.07.100 [Repealed, § 1 ch 275 SLA 1976.]
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AS 18.07.101 Regulations.
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The commissioner shall adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), regulations that establish procedures under which sponsors may make application for certificates of need required by this chapter and that govern the review of those applications by the depa…
AS 18.07.111 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “category of health services” means a major type, program, unit, division, or department of care provided through a health care facility, whether inpatient or outpatient, including an outpatient department, psychiatric wing, kidney dialysis program, radiother…
AS 18.08.010 Administration.
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The department is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall (1) coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and delivery of emergency medical services,…
AS 18.08.015 Patient information system.
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(a) The department may establish an emergency medical services patient care information system. If the department collects information on emergency medical services patient care, the department shall establish a format for the data collection. The purpose of the system is to (1) …
AS 18.08.020 Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.08.025 Statewide emergency medical services system.
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The commissioner shall advise the governor with regard to the planning and implementation of a statewide emergency medical services system.
AS 18.08.030 §§ 18.08.030 — 18.08.060. Composition; term of office; compensation and per diem; meetings. [Repealed, E.O. No. 125 § 5 (2024).]
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AS 18.08.070 Special committees.
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The commissioner may create special committees or task forces and may appoint persons who are not employees of the department to serve as advisors or consultants to any committee created to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 18.08.075 Authority of emergency medical technician and mobile intensive care paramedic.
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(a) An emergency medical technician or mobile intensive care paramedic who responds to an emergency with an ambulance service or first responder service, who has in the technician's or mobile intensive care paramedic's possession a current emergency medical technician or mobile i…
AS 18.08.080 Regulations.
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(a) The department shall adopt, with the concurrence of the Department of Public Safety, regulations establishing standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal, reissuance, revocation, and suspension of certificates or licenses required under AS 18.08.084, as well as other r…
AS 18.08.082 Issuance of certificates and licenses; designations.
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(a) The department shall prescribe by regulation a course of training or other requirements prerequisite to the issuance of certificates or licenses that provide for the following: (1) certification of a person who meets the training and other requirements as an emergency medical…
AS 18.08.084 Certificate required.
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(a) One may not represent oneself, nor may an agency or business represent an agent or employee of that agency or business, as an emergency medical dispatcher, emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, or emergency medical technician instructor certified or l…