Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.20, Article 04 - Overtime Limitations for Nurses

• Sec. 18.20.400 Limitations on Nursing Overtime.
  (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a nurse in a health care facility may not be required or coerced, directly or...
• Sec. 18.20.410 Temporary Nurse Staffing Emergency.
  (a) If, after making a substantial and reasonable effort to increase the number of available nurses on staff and failing in that effort, a...
• Sec. 18.20.420 Health Care Facility Complaint Process for Overtime Work by Nurses.
  A health care facility shall provide for an anonymous process by which a patient or a nurse may make a complaint about staffing levels...
• Sec. 18.20.430 Enforcement, Offenses, and Penalties.
  (a) The commissioner shall administer AS 18.20.400 - 18.20.499 and adopt regulations for implementing and enforcing AS 18.20.400 - 18.20.499.(b) A complaint alleging a...
• Sec. 18.20.440 Prohibition of Retaliation.
  A health care facility may not discharge, discipline, threaten, discriminate against, penalize, or file a report with the Board of Nursing against a nurse...
• Sec. 18.20.450 Report Requirements.
  (a) A health care facility shall file with the division of labor standards and safety, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, a semiannual report...
• Sec. 18.20.460 Provisions Not Applicable to Nurses Employed in Federal or Tribal Facilities.
  The provisions of AS 18.20.400 - 18.20.499 do not apply to a nurse employed in a health care facility that is operated by(1) the...
• Sec. 18.20.470 Notice to Employees.
  A health care facility shall post and maintain, in places readily accessible to individuals in the service of the health care facility, printed statements...
• Sec. 18.20.499 Definitions.
  In AS 18.20.400 - 18.20.499,(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;(2) "health care facility" means a private, municipal, or state hospital;...

Last modified: November 15, 2016