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(1) “local government” means any borough, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state;

(2) “federally recognized tribe” means an Alaska Native or American Indian tribe that is recognized by the United States Secretary of the Interior to exist as an Indian tribe under 25 U.S.C. 5129 (Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994);

(3) “tribal health program” means a hospital, clinic, or other type of health care facility, program, association, or organization operated by a federally recognized tribe, or an intertribal consortium as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5381 or as established by federal law. (Eff. 9/21/2020, Register 236; am 1/6/2021, Register 237) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.360

AS 18.05.030 AS 18.15.355 AS 18.15.362 7 AAC 27.990. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) “department” means the Department of Health;

(2) “health care-associated infection” means a localized or systemic patient condition resulting from an infectious agent that was not present or incubating at the time of admission to a facility or entity unless the condition was related to a previous admission or procedure, including central line insertion or other surgical procedure;

(3) “health care practitioner” has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;

(4) “health care provider” has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;

(5) “health oversight agency” means a public agency or entity acting under a grant of authority from a public agency, including an employee or agent of the public agency or its contractors, that is authorized by law to oversee a health care system or government program in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relevant;

(6) “identifiable health information” has the meaning given in AS 18.15.395;