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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 15. Disease Control

Section 133. Examination of Persons Exposed to Tuberculosis.

AS 18.15.133. Examination of Persons Exposed to Tuberculosis.

(a) A health care provider who treats a patient for tuberculosis shall

(1) examine all other persons in the household who have had contact with the patient;

(2) refer those persons to another health care provider for examination and notify the other health care provider and a state medical officer of the referral; or

(3) refer those persons to a state medical officer for examination and promptly notify the state medical officer of the referral.

(b) A health care provider who examines other persons in a household under (a)(1) or (2) of this section shall report to a state medical officer, within 10 days after the examination, the results of the examination.

(c) Under AS 18.15.135 , a state medical officer may order an examination of a person to detect tuberculosis, for the purpose of directing preventive measures for the person, if the state medical officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is at heightened risk of exposure to tuberculosis.

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