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Alaska

    Region
    Alaska
    Required to Report
    Yes
    State Office
    Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology
    Reporting Notes

    Reports should be made by telephone during regular business hours. After hours, if a health care provider considers the situation to represent a public health emergency, the report should be made by calling 1-800-478-0084

    WPS Enforcement
    Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

    Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health: Worker Protection Standards

    Coverage for Farmworkers
    Required (with limitations)
    Limitations
    Harvest help and similar part-time or transient help is not covered.
    Statute
    Alaska Stat. § 23.30.215(d) (2009) provides that aliens who are not residents of the United States or Canada are entitled to the same compensation amount as resident beneficiaries, subject to certain restrictions on nonresident beneficiaries.
    Coverage for Undocumented Workers
    Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
    Case Law
    There is no case law addressing whether workers' compensation coverage extends to undocumented workers in Alaska.
    Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
    There is no case law answering this question.