Alaska
Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Alaska
Required to Report
Yes
State Office
Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology
Phone 1
907-269-8000
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
Mandated to report
PhysiciansOther health professionals
Workers' Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Required (with limitations)
Limitations
Harvest help and similar part-time or transient help is not covered.
Statute
Alaska Stat. § 23.30.230(a)(3) (2009)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
Case Law
Alaska Stat. § 23.30.215(d) (2009) provides that aliens who are not residents of the US or Canada are entitled to the same amount as residents, although there are restrictions on nonresident beneficiaries. There is no case law on the question of whether workers' compensation applies to undocumented workers.
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
There is no case law answering this question.
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Online forms