Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.15, Article 06 - Public Health Authority and Powers

• Sec. 18.15.350 Sars Control Program Authorization. [Repealed, Sec. 12 Ch 54 Sla 2005].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.15.355 Prevention and Control of Conditions of Public Health Importance.
  (a) The department may use the powers and provisions set out in AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 to prevent, control, or ameliorate conditions of public...
• Sec. 18.15.360 Data Collection.
  (a) The department is authorized to collect, analyze, and maintain databases of information related to(1) risk factors identified for conditions of public health importance;(2)...
• Sec. 18.15.362 Acquisition and Use of Identifiable Health Information; Public Health Purpose.
  The department may acquire and use identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 only if the(1) acquisition and use of the information...
• Sec. 18.15.365 Information Security Safeguards.
  (a) The department shall acquire, use, disclose, and store identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 in a confidential manner that safeguards...
• Sec. 18.15.370 Reportable Disease List.
  The department shall maintain a list of reportable diseases or other conditions of public health importance that must be reported to the department. The...
• Sec. 18.15.375 Epidemiological Investigation.
  (a) The department may investigate conditions of public health importance in the state through methods of epidemiological investigation. The department may also ascertain the...
• Sec. 18.15.380 Medical Treatment.
  (a) A health care practitioner or public health agent who examines or treats an individual who has or may have been exposed to a...
• Sec. 18.15.385 Isolation and Quarantine.
  (a) The department may isolate or quarantine an individual or group of individuals if isolation or quarantine is the least restrictive alternative necessary to...
• Sec. 18.15.390 Powers of the Department in a Public Health Disaster.
  If the governor declares a condition of disaster emergency under AS 26.23.020 (c) due to an outbreak of disease or a credible threat of...
• Sec. 18.15.392 Representation; Guardian Ad Litem.
  An individual who is the respondent in proceedings under AS 18.15.375(e) or 18.15.385 has the right to be represented by counsel in the proceedings....
• Sec. 18.15.393 Report to Legislature.
  The department shall annually report to the legislature the activities conducted by the department under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395, including information pertaining to the...
• Sec. 18.15.395 Definitions.
  In AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "Alaska Native organization" means an organization recognized by the United States Indian Health Service...

Last modified: November 15, 2016