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Alaska Statutes.

Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions

Chapter 33. Assisted Living Homes

Section 410. Licensing Agency.

AS 47.33.410. Licensing Agency.

(a) The Department of Health and Social Services is the licensing agency responsible for licensing assisted living homes that will be providing care primarily to persons with a mental or developmental disability.

(b) The Department of Health and Social Services is the licensing agency responsible for licensing assisted living homes that will be providing care primarily to persons who have a physical disability, who are elderly, or who suffer from dementia, but who are not diagnosed as chronically mentally ill.

(c) [Repealed, E.O. No. 108, Sec. 88 (2003)].

(d) The department shall

(1) establish, by regulation, requirements and standards for licensure and renewal of a license under this chapter;

(2) license assisted living homes in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter;

(3) investigate license applicants and licensees for compliance with this chapter; and

(4) enforce the standards established by this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter.

(e) [Repealed, E.O. No. 108, Sec. 88 (2003)].

(f) Under procedures and standards of operation established by the licensing agency by regulation, a licensing agency may contract with private or municipal agencies to investigate and make recommendations to the licensing agency for the licensing of assisted living homes.

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