{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-18.15.440","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 18.15.440","heading":"Confidentiality; penalties for unauthorized disclosure; immunity.","body":"(a) Bloodborne pathogens test results of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner are confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in AS 18.15.400 — 18.15.450 and as needed for the treatment or medical care of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner specific to a bloodborne pathogen-related illness.\n(b) An adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner may bring a civil action against a person who knowingly, in violation of AS 18.15.400 — 18.15.450, releases the adult or juvenile offender's or prisoner's name or other uniquely identifying information with the test results or otherwise releases the test results.\n(c) The employing agency, a physician, and designated health care personnel are immune from liability in any civil, administrative, or criminal action relating to the disclosure of test results of an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner to a public safety officer and the testing of a blood sample from an adult or juvenile offender or a prisoner for bloodborne pathogens if a good faith effort has been made to comply with AS 18.15.400 — 18.15.450.","path":["Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.","Chapter 15. Disease Control and Threats to Public Health.","Article 7. Blood Testing of Prisoners and Others for Bloodborne Pathogens."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#18.15.440","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:20Z","sha256":"ea136c978178723b9406b78724412a66966b9324057ad855b52c36fccc348f46","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-18.15.420","next":"us-ak/as-18.15.445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}