20 AAC 19.080. Deferment due to total disability

(a) A participant in the WWAMI program seeking deferment of repayment obligation based on total disability shall submit a request on a form obtained from the commission.

(b) A physician's certificate of total disability under AS 14.43.510 must certify that

(1) the physician practices within the medical field covering the disability;

(2) the physician has examined the participant within two months of the date of the certificate;

(3) the physician is licensed to practice medicine in the state where the examination took place; and

(4) subsequent to the date that the participant last received financial support under the WWAMI program, the participant is totally disabled because the participant became unable due to the disability to be gainfully employed for at least six months; the physician must state in the certificate the estimated duration of the total disability.

(c) If a period of total disability exceeds one year, the participant must annually submit a certificate that meets the requirements of (b) of this section. This subsection does not apply if the participant submits a certificate from the physician that meets the requirement of (b) of this section and the physician additionally certifies that the disability is expected to be permanent to a reasonable degree of medical certainty.

(d) If the participant seeks a deferment for a condition that existed while the commission provided financial support through the WWAMI program on behalf of the participant, the physician must additionally certify that the participant's condition has substantially deteriorated since the financial support as provided.

History: Eff. 10/23/99, Register 152

Authority: AS 14.42.030

AS 14.43.510

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