(a) Cities and boroughs may establish emergency service patrols. An emergency service patrol consists of persons trained to give assistance in public places to persons who are intoxicated. Members of an emergency service patrol shall be capable of providing first aid in emergency situations and shall be capable of transporting intoxicated persons to their homes […]
(a) Except as provided under (b) of this section, a person acting in good faith upon either actual knowledge or reliable information who takes a person into protective custody or detains a person under AS 47.37.170 – 47.37.180, or who petitions for commitment under AS 47.37.180 – 47.37.205, is not subject to civil or criminal […]
(a) A patient in an approved treatment facility, or the person obligated to provide for the cost of treatment of a person committed under this chapter, is liable to the public or private facility for the cost of maintenance and treatment of the patient in accordance with rates established by the department. (b) The department […]
(a) A participant in a residential drug abuse or alcoholism treatment program may be paid wages for work therapy. The payment of wages for work therapy by a drug or alcoholism treatment program shall be considered an allowable cost under the department’s regulations governing costs a grantee may pay with money received from a grant. […]
(a) Nothing in this chapter affects a statute, ordinance, or regulation relating to (1) drunken driving, driving under the influence of alcohol, or other similar offenses involving alcohol and the operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery, or other equipment; (2) the sale, purchase, dispensation, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages at specified times and […]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to and governs all administrative action taken by the department under this chapter.
In this chapter, (1) “alcoholic or drug abuser” means a person who demonstrates increased tolerance to alcohol or drugs, who suffers from withdrawal when alcohol or drugs are not available, whose habitual lack of self-control concerning the use of alcohol or drugs causes significant hazard to the person’s health, and who continues to use alcohol […]
