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(8) Alaska legislators;

(9) ombudsman for the State of Alaska;

(10) Alaska’s State Commission for Human Rights;

(11) any attorney authorized to practice in Alaska; and

(12) physician or health care practitioner authorized to practice in this state, who is specified on the resident’s record. (Eff. 7/3/80, Register 74; am 1/14/2000, Register 153) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.14.050

AS 47.06.010 AS 47.14.020 AS 47.14.100 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 52.255. In addition, the regulations attorney made conforming changes to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 52.255 to substitute references to AS 44.30.020 and AS 47.06.010 for the former reference to AS 47.05.010. 7 AAC 52.260. Telephone calls. (a) The superintendent shall establish procedures by which residents may periodically make phone calls of a personal nature. Residents must be allowed at least one phone call per week to their families, and unlimited phone calls to their attorneys insofar as is practicable given the availability of telephones and staff. Incoming calls to residents from parents must be limited only to the extent that they do not unduly interfere with use of telephones by other residents or with duties of the staff. (b) Long-distance phone calls must be made collect. However, in unusual circumstances where a resident could not otherwise communicate with the resident’s family, the superintendent may make money available to pay for one short phone call per week. (c) Staff may not monitor resident phone calls, except when authorized by the superintendent, who may give that authorization only when the superintendent has reasonable