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AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.070 7 AAC 140.575. Recipient personal funds and personal property. (a) A recipient has the right to manage the recipient’s personal funds unless the recipient has been adjudicated incapacitated or the recipient’s incapacity has been established in accordance with AS 13.26.353, or the recipient has had a full guardian appointed under AS 13.26.116 or a conservator appointed under AS 13.26.165. A recipient or a recipient’s representative may delegate holding, safeguarding, accounting, or managing responsibilities to a nursing facility. If a recipient or a recipient’s representative delegates holding, safeguarding, accounting, or managing responsibilities to a nursing facility, the nursing facility shall make the account required under 42 C.F.R. 483.10(c), adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900, available to the recipient. The account may be used to hold the recipient’s personal funds, including the amount set aside for the recipient’s personal needs allowance under 7 AAC 100.558. Recipient personal funds may be used to purchase personal incidental items, supplies, or services not otherwise furnished by the nursing facility or covered by Medicaid. (b) If a recipient delegates holding, safeguarding, accounting, or managing responsibilities to the nursing facility under (a) of this section, the nursing facility must

(1) have on file a copy of a written delegation;

(2) provide a written receipt to the recipient each time the facility receives the recipient’s personal funds;

(3) deposit the personal funds in a bank in a separate account, apart from any other bank account or accounts of the facility; if any interest is earned on the account, the interest must be apportioned in accordance with the amount of the recipient’s personal funds;

(4) maintain an account record for the recipient; the account record must show in detail, with supporting verification, the amount of personal funds received or disbursed on behalf of the recipient;

(5) without charge, provide to a recipient at least quarterly, an accounting of financial transactions made on the recipient’s behalf;

(6) notify the recipient and the department when the recipient’s accumulated personal funds exceed $1,500;

(7) make the recipient’s personal funds available to the recipient upon request during normal banking hours;

(8) require a list of purchased items, including a description and price, and a receipt, for all items purchased by any person shopping for the recipient, including facility staff, an aide, a