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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 15. Disease Control

Section 143. Religious Treatment For Tuberculosis.

AS 18.15.143. Religious Treatment For Tuberculosis.

(a) If a person with infectious tuberculosis establishes that that person is being provided treatment for tuberculosis by spiritual means or establishes that the person's sincerely held religious beliefs prohibit medical treatment, a state medical officer or the court, in issuing an order under AS 18.15.136 , 18.15.137, or 18.15.139, may consider the spiritual treatment or religious beliefs as well as the health of the person and may order that the person only be isolated at the person's home, or other suitable place of the person's choice, in a manner that will protect the public health.

(b) A person with infectious tuberculosis who is or might become subject to an order issued under AS 18.15.136 , 18.15.137, or 18.15.139, at any time may request recognition and consideration of spiritual treatment or religious beliefs as described in (a) of this section.

(c) In this section, "spiritual means" means prayer, or a substantially similar activity, by an established practitioner of a recognized church or religious denomination, in accordance with the tenets and practices of that church or religious denomination.

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