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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 18. Hospice and Home Care Programs

Section 490. Definitions.

AS 18.18.490. Definitions.

In AS 18.18.410 - 18.18.490,

(1) "branch" means an office location from which a home health agency provides service within a portion of the total geographic area served by the parent home health agency and that is sufficiently close in geographic proximity to the parent home health agency that it shares administration, supervision, and services on a daily basis;

(2) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(3) "geographic area" means the location, site, or address of the clients served by the parent home health agency or its parents or subunits;

(4) "home health agency" means a public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of a public agency or private organization, that primarily engages in providing skilled nursing services in combination with physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, or services provided by a home health aide to individuals in the individual's home, an assisted living home, or another residential setting;

(5) "parent home health agency" means a licensed home health agency, which may have branches or subunits;

(6) "subdivision" means a component of a multi-function home health agency, such as the home care division of a hospital or the nursing division of a health agency, that independently meets the requirements for licensure as a home health agency;

(7) "subunit" means a home health agency that provides services beyond the geographic area served by the parent home health agency and is unable to share administration, supervision, and services on a daily basis with the parent home health agency.

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