In Alaska Stat. § 18.66.200 – 18.66.250,
(1) “confidential communication” means information exchanged between a victim and a victim counselor in private or in the presence of a third party who is necessary to facilitate communication or further the counseling process and that is disclosed in the course of victim counseling resulting from a sexual assault or domestic violence;
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.66.250
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(3) “victim” means a person who consults a victim counselor for assistance in overcoming adverse effects of a sexual assault or domestic violence;
(4) “victim counseling” means support, assistance, advice, or treatment to alleviate the adverse effects of a sexual assault or domestic violence on the victim;
(5) “victim counseling center” means a private organization, an organization operated by or contracted by a branch of the armed forces of the United States, or a local government agency that
(A) has, as one of its primary purposes, the provision of direct services to victims for trauma resulting from a sexual assault or domestic violence;
(B) is not affiliated with a law enforcement agency or a prosecutor’s office; and
(6) “victim counselor” means an employee or supervised volunteer of a victim counseling center that provides counseling to victims
(A) who has undergone a minimum of 40 hours of training in domestic violence or sexual assault, crisis intervention, victim support, treatment and related areas; or
(B) whose duties include victim counseling.