{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-18.20.510","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 18.20.510","heading":"Planning, instruction, and training.","body":"(a) A hospital shall give the patient and the patient's designated caregiver the opportunity to participate in planning for the patient's discharge from the hospital.\n(b) Before discharge, a hospital shall provide a patient and the patient's designated caregiver with instruction and training as necessary for the designated caregiver to perform medical and nursing aftercare following discharge.","path":["Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.","Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities.","Article 5. Discharge of Hospital Patients."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#18.20.510","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:20Z","sha256":"3ee0920a07742e0080fd92be76806e0f3df9170f0e594fece85e0aa1c418ef34","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-18.20.500","next":"us-ak/as-18.20.520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}