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Sec. 47.30.912. Regulations. The department shall adopt regulations to implement AS 47.30.700 — 47.30.915. Sec. 47.30.915. Definitions. In AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915, (1) “adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence” means a court order finding that a person is (A) not guilty by reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill under AS 12.47.040; (B) incompetent to stand trial for a criminal offense under AS 12.47.100 — 12.47.120; or (C) a danger to self or others, or is gravely disabled because of incapacity, incompetence, mental illness, dementia, or some other cause; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of family and community services; (3) “court” means a superior court of the state; (4) “crisis residential center” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900; (5) “crisis stabilization center” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900; (6) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services; (7) “designated treatment facility” or “treatment facility” means a hospital, clinic, institution, center, or other health care facility that has been designated by the department for the treatment or rehabilitation of mentally ill persons under AS 47.30.670 — 47.30.915 but does not include correctional institutions; (8) “disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence” means the prohibition against the possession of a firearm or ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) that results from an involuntary commitment or adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; (9) “evaluation facility” means a hospital or crisis residential center that has been designated or is operated by the department to perform the evaluations described in AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915, or a medical facility operated under 25 U.S.C. 5301 — 5423 (Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act), as amended, that performs evaluations; (10) “evaluation personnel” means mental health professionals designated by the department to conduct evaluations as prescribed in AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915 who conduct evaluations in places in which no staffed evaluation facility exists; (11) “gravely disabled” means a condition in which a person as a result of mental illness (A) is in danger of physical harm arising from such complete neglect of basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, or personal safety as to render serious accident, illness, or death highly probable if care by another is not taken; or (B) is so incapacitated that the person is incapable of surviving safely in freedom; (12) “health officer” means a federally certified health care provider, public health nurse, emergency medical technician, paramedic, firefighter, or a person authorized by the court to carry