Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.17 - Child Protection

• Sec. 47.17.010 Purpose.
  To protect children whose health and well-being may be adversely affected through the infliction, by other than accidental means, of harm through physical injury...
• Sec. 47.17.020 Persons Required to Report.
  (a) The following persons who, in the performance of their occupational duties, or with respect to (8) of this subsection, in the performance of...
• Sec. 47.17.022 Training.
  (a) A person employed by the state or by a school district who is required under this chapter to report abuse or neglect of...
• Sec. 47.17.023 Reports From Certain Persons Regarding Child Pornography.
  A person providing, either privately or commercially, film, photo, or visual or printed matter processing, production, or finishing services or computer installation, repair, or...
• Sec. 47.17.024 Duties of Practitioners of the Healing Arts.
  (a) A practitioner of the healing arts involved in the delivery or care of an infant who the practitioner determines has been adversely affected...
• Sec. 47.17.025 Duties of Public Authorities.
  (a) A law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the department of the receipt of a report of harm to a child from abuse. Upon...
• Sec. 47.17.027 Duties of School Officials.
  (a) If the department or a law enforcement agency provides written certification to the child's school officials that (1) there is reasonable cause to...
• Sec. 47.17.030 Action on Reports; Termination of Parental Rights.
  (a) If a child, concerning whom a report of harm is made, is believed to reside within the boundaries of a local government exercising...
• Sec. 47.17.033 Investigations and Interviews.
  (a) In investigating child abuse and neglect reports under this chapter, the department may make necessary inquiries about the criminal records of the parents...
• Sec. 47.17.035 Duties of Department in Domestic Violence Cases.
  (a) In consultation with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the department shall develop written procedures for screening reports of harm for...
• Sec. 47.17.040 Central Registry; Confidentiality.
  (a) The department shall maintain a central registry of all investigation reports but not of the reports of harm.(b) Investigation reports and reports of...
• Sec. 47.17.050 Immunity.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who, in good faith, makes a report under this chapter, permits an interview...
• Sec. 47.17.060 Evidence Not Privileged.
  Neither the physician-patient nor the husband-wife privilege is a ground for excluding evidence regarding a child's harm, or its cause, in a judicial proceeding...
• Sec. 47.17.064 Photographs and X-Rays.
  (a) The department or a practitioner of the healing arts may, without the permission of the parents, guardian, or custodian, take the following actions...
• Sec. 47.17.068 Penalty for Failure to Report.
  A person who fails to comply with the provisions of AS 47.17.020 or 47.17.023 and who knew or should have known that the circumstances...
• Sec. 47.17.069 Protective Injunctions.
  (a) A court may enjoin or limit a person from contact with a child if the attorney general establishes by a preponderance of the...
• Sec. 47.17.070 [Renumbered As As 47.17.290 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 47.17.290 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "athletic coach" includes a paid leader or assistant of a sports team;(2) "child" means a person under 18 years of age;(3)...

Last modified: November 15, 2016