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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 18. Hospice and Home Care Programs

Section 420. Powers of Department.

AS 18.18.420. Powers of Department.

The department may

(1) license home health agencies;

(2) inspect applicants and licensees, including subunits and branches of the licensee, and persons that the department reasonably believes are operating an agency without a license in violation of this chapter;

(3) consistent with the purposes identified in AS 18.18.410 , adopt regulations to implement AS 18.18.410 - 18.18.490, including regulations establishing licensure and renewal procedures, inspection procedures, standards, fees, and requirements for operation of home health agencies;

(4) accept accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations or another national accreditation organization recognized by the department in lieu of an inspection of a home health agency by the department for the year in which the accreditation was granted if the accreditation standards are substantially similar to the inspection standards of the department.

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Last modified 9/3/2005