(a) The commissioner is not responsible for providing custody, care, and discipline for a person detained under Alaska Stat. § 47.30.705 or Alaska Stat. § 47.37.170 unless the person is admitted into a state correctional facility.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 33.30.071

  • 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
(b) The responsibility of the commissioner under Alaska Stat. § 33.30.011 begins when a prisoner is accepted into the commissioner’s custody or admitted into a correctional facility.
(c) Medical services for a prisoner who is unconscious or in immediate need of medical attention before admission to a correctional facility or commitment by a court to the custody of the commissioner of corrections shall be provided by the law enforcement agency having custody of the prisoner. The law enforcement agency may require the prisoner to compensate the agency for the cost or for a portion of the cost of medical services provided for any preexisting medical condition.
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