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(12) establish the divisions and local offices that are considered necessary or expedient to carry out a duty or authority assigned to it and appoint and employ the assistants and personnel that are necessary to carry on the work of the divisions and offices, and fix the compensation of the assistants or employees, except that a person engaged in business as a retail vendor of general merchandise, or a member of the immediate family of a person who is so engaged, may not serve as an acting, temporary, or permanent local agent of the department, unless the commissioner of health certifies in writing to the governor, with relation to a particular community, that no other qualified person is available in the community to serve as local welfare agent; for the purposes of this paragraph, a “member of the immediate family” includes a spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; (13) provide education and health-related services and referrals designed to reduce the number of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and the number of induced pregnancy terminations in the state; (14) investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property by certified nurse aides in facilities licensed by the department under AS 47.32; (15) establish state policy relating to and administer federal programs subject to state control as provided under 42 U.S.C. 3001 — 3058ee (Older Americans Act of 1965), as amended, and related federal regulations; (16) administer the older Alaskans service grants under AS 47.65.010 — 47.65.050 and the adult day care and family respite care grants under AS 47.65.100; (17) establish an electronic application process for all assistance programs administered by the department and allow an applicant to submit either a written or an electronic application; the electronic application must inform an applicant that a false statement made on the application will be investigated and is punishable under AS 11.56.210; in this paragraph, “electronic application” means an application for benefits or renewal of benefits, whether the department exclusively administers the benefits or administers the benefits in coordination with another state agency or federal agency, electronically completed and submitted through the department's Internet website. Sec. 47.05.012. Material incorporated by reference. Under AS 44.62.245(a)(2), in adopting or amending a regulation that incorporates a document or other material by reference, the department may incorporate future amended versions of the document or other material if the document or other material is one of the following: (1) a document that is published, compiled, or prepared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is included in the following list: (A) the international classification of diseases, clinical modifications; (B) the common procedure coding system; (C) the specifications for national uniform billing data elements; (D) the federal poverty guidelines for the state; (E) the Indian Health Service encounter rates; or (F) the relative value units used in the Medicare program for determination of fee schedules;