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The department may investigate places of employment and study conditions in a workplace in which one or more workers may have been exposed to an infectious agent or exposed to a disease or other condition of public health importance. (Eff. 3/28/84, Register 89; am 12/29/2006, Register 180; am 12/29/2013, Register 208) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.375 7 AAC 27.016. Epidemiological investigations; right of inspection. A public health agent may conduct an administrative inspection of any establishment and examine the records of any establishment that may involve a threat to public health in the conduct of an epidemiological investigation. An epidemiological investigation may include the examination of health care records maintained by a health care provider, the inspection of an establishment in which people or animals may have been exposed to diseases or other conditions of public health importance, and the evaluation of facilities in which people or animals are being kept in quarantine or isolation. (Eff. 3/28/84, Register 89; am 12/29/2006, Register 180) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.05.042 AS 18.15.375

AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.360 7 AAC 27.017. Reporting of occupational disease and injury. (a) A health care provider who attends to a person with a disease, injury, or other condition of public health importance that is known or suspected to be a result of the person’s occupation or work activities shall report the disease, injury, or other condition to the department. Diseases and injuries that are known or suspected to be due to a person’s occupation include