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(5) any other licensed or unlicensed practitioners not otherwise specifically approved under 7 AAC 23.110 — 7 AAC 23.220. (c) At the time that it refers a child to a provider, the department will designate the kind and dollar value of services that the provider is authorized to provide to the child under the program for children with disabilities, and the period during which the provider may render services. Except as provided in (d) of this section, the department will not pay a cost of service unless the department authorized provision of the service before it was rendered. (d) Even if the department did not authorize provision of a service the department will, in its discretion, pay a cost of emergency treatment services rendered after the close of a working day, on a legal holiday for state employees or on a weekend, if

(1) the child that received the service is an eligible child;

(2) the condition treated is an eligible condition;

(3) the service that the child received is an eligible service;

(4) the child and the child’s family meet financial eligibility standards and agree to pay a participation amount as required by 7 AAC 23.180;

(5) an eligible person has applied for assistance under the program for children with disabilities within seven days after the services were provided; and

(6) the cost can be paid under 7 AAC 23.190. (Eff. 6/28/85, Register 94) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.05.030 AS 18.05.040 Editor’s note: With Register 179, October 2006 and under the authority of AS 44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed obsolete terminology concerning persons with disabilities in conformity with ch. 25, SLA 2006. 7 AAC 23.170. Exhaustion of alternate resources. The department will not pay a cost of treatment unless no other resource is available to pay the cost. A child with a disability and the child’s family shall fully use all alternate resources in the community. Alternative resources that the child and the child’s family must exhaust before