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Authority: AS 12.65.020 7 AAC 35.290. Definitions for 7 AAC 35.200 — 7 AAC 35.290. As used in 7 AAC 35.200 — 7 AAC 35.290

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

(2) “state medical examiner” means the state officer appointed by the commissioner of the department under AS 12.65.015. (Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 12.65.020 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 the definition of “department” in 7 AAC 35.290. Article 4. Medicolegal Death Investigation, State Medical Examiner Office. Rule 7 AAC 35.310. Investigating reported deaths 7 AAC 35.320. Assuming jurisdiction 7 AAC 35.330. Transportation 7 AAC 35.340. Personal property 7 AAC 35.350. Release of remains 7 AAC 35.360. Viewing the remains 7 AAC 35.390. Definitions 7 AAC 35.310. Investigating reported deaths. (a) A medicolegal death investigator shall perform, for the state medical examiner, a