Alaska Statutes Title 23, Chapter 23.35 - Commercial Fishermen's Fund

• Sec. 23.35.010 Creation of Fishermen's Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.
  There is within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a Fishermen's Fund Advisory and Appeals Council.
• Sec. 23.35.020 Appointment and Composition of Council.
  The council is composed of the commissioner of labor and workforce development or a person designated by the commissioner and five members appointed by...
• Sec. 23.35.030 Commissioner or Designee As Chair.
  The commissioner of labor and workforce development or the person designated by the commissioner serves as the chair of the council.
• Sec. 23.35.040 Duties of Commissioner and Council.
  (a) The council shall(1) review all denials of benefits made by the person responsible for the administration of the fund; and(2) make all initial...
• Sec. 23.35.050 Regulations.
  The department may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including those that are necessary or advisable to protect the fund...
• Sec. 23.35.060 Creation and Administration of Fishermen's Fund.
  (a) There is created a fund, designated as the "fishermen's fund." The Department of Revenue is the custodian of the fund, and the Department...
• Sec. 23.35.070 Benefits.
  A fisherman, upon becoming disabled, is entitled to receive benefits as follows: Immediately after the fisherman sustains an injury or disability arising out of...
• Sec. 23.35.080 Emergency Treatment for Cardio-Vascular Diseases.
  The department may pay the costs, within the maximum limitations, of emergency treatment, transportation, medical care, and hospitalization, necessitated by a cardio-vascular disease, if...
• Sec. 23.35.090 Assistance After Discharge.
  A fisherman is also entitled to such assistance after discharge from the hospital during period of convalescence as the department allows in consideration of...
• Sec. 23.35.100 Transportation, Hospital, Nursing, Medical, and Surgical Expenses.
  The department may pay out of the fund all reasonable transportation charges incurred under AS 23.35.080 and 23.35.090, including cost of returning the fisherman...
• Sec. 23.35.110 Contracts for Care.
  In carrying out this chapter, the department may enter into contracts or other arrangements with hospitals and doctors in the state for furnishing care...
• Sec. 23.35.120 Cooperation With Other Agencies.
  In providing care the department shall provide the type and quality of treatment that will restore the fisherman to health and productivity, if possible....
• Sec. 23.35.130 Duration of Care.
  Except for compelling reasons, compensation may not be paid for the care of any one person involving a single injury or disability beyond a...
• Sec. 23.35.140 Limitation on Benefits.
  (a) Except for compelling reasons,(1) compensation may not be paid for medical care or hospitalization furnished before the ascertainable time of injury, or before...
• Sec. 23.35.145 Claim of Vessel Owner.
  If a fisherman files a claim for benefits under this chapter and also files a claim against the protection and indemnity insurance policy of...
• Sec. 23.35.150 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "approved medical facilities" and "medical care" include the facilities of, or the care and treatment prescribed or performed by, a practitioner...

Last modified: November 15, 2016