Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.20, Article 03 - Nursing Facilities

• Sec. 18.20.300 State Policy.
  It is the policy of the state to ensure that the quality of care in nursing facilities in this state is maintained at a...
• Sec. 18.20.302 Criminal Background Check for Employees. [Repealed, Sec. 45 Ch 57 Sla 2005].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.20.305 Nursing Facility Regulations.
  The department shall adopt necessary regulations to implement AS 18.20.300 - 18.20.390 in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). The department shall, by...
• Sec. 18.20.310 Sanctions for Noncompliance.
  (a) If the department finds that a nursing facility, or a partner, officer, director, owner of five percent or more of the nursing facility's...
• Sec. 18.20.320 Denial of Payment.
  The department shall deny payment under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 to a nursing facility(1) that is not in compliance, and, for...
• Sec. 18.20.330 Appeal; Hearing.
  (a) Notwithstanding AS 44.62.330 - 44.62.630, the department, by regulation, shall establish a hearing procedure by which a nursing facility may present evidence to...
• Sec. 18.20.340 Civil Fines.
  In accordance with regulations adopted by the department under AS 44.62.010 - 44.62.300, the department may assess and collect, with interest, a civil fine...
• Sec. 18.20.350 Nursing Facility Resident Security Fund.
  (a) There is established in the department, as a fund separate from other public money of the state, the nursing facility resident security fund....
• Sec. 18.20.360 Temporary Management.
  (a) If the department determines that the health or safety of the residents of a nursing facility is immediately jeopardized as the result of...
• Sec. 18.20.370 Receivership.
  (a) The department may petition the superior court for establishment of a receivership for a nursing facility if the department finds that one of...
• Sec. 18.20.390 Definitions.
  In AS 18.20.300 - 18.20.390, unless the context requires otherwise,(1) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;(2) "general relief-medical" means the medical...

Last modified: November 15, 2016