13 AAC 20.035. Definitions

In 13 AAC 20.005 - 13 AAC 20.035, unless the context requires otherwise

(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety;

(2) "department" means the Department of Public Safety;

(3) "notification" means either verbal or written notification to the department that a person is lost, injured, killed, or in need of immediate rescue;

(4) "search and rescue," "search operation," or "operation" means an authorized action which involves the continuous search for one or more persons who are reported lost, injured, killed, or in need of immediate rescue; an operation which is discontinued for a period in excess of 24 hours may be resumed upon receipt of additional information or reason to resume, which is satisfactory to the commissioner or his designee, and may be considered another operation for purposes of billing and expenditure.

History: Eff. 7/1/69, Register 30; am 7/6/70, Register 34; am 5/22/81, Register 78

Authority: AS 18.60.175

Editor's note: The "application for payment" form (12-107) may be obtained from any office of the division of State Troopers or by request directly to the Department of Public Safety, P.O. Box N, Capitol Building, Juneau, Alaska, 99811. AS 18.60.160 provides that a violation of 13 AAC 20.005 - 13 AAC 20.035 is a misdemeanor as is the failure to report a disappearance as required by AS 18.60.150 .

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