(a) The papers, reports, documents, and evidence received under Alaska Stat. § 21.36.390 or an investigation arising out of information received under Alaska Stat. § 21.36.390 are not subject to public inspection for so long as the director considers confidentiality to be in the public interest or reasonably necessary to complete an investigation or protect the person investigated from unwarranted injury. Papers, reports, documents, and evidence relative to an investigation under this section are confidential and not subject to subpoena unless, after notice to the director and a hearing, a court determines the director would not be unduly hindered by public inspection.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.36.400

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
(b) An investigator of the director is not subject to subpoena in a civil action by a court of this state to testify concerning a matter that the investigator has knowledge of under a pending insurance fraud investigation by the director.
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