{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.55.900","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.55.900","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,\n(1) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services;\n(2) “home” means\n(A) the Alaska Pioneers' Home; or\n(B) the Alaska Veterans' Home;\n(3) “physical disability or other reason” means inability of an individual to maintain a household without regular assistance in shopping, housekeeping, meal preparation, dressing, or personal hygiene because of physical or medical impairment, infirmity, or disability;\n(4) “resident of the state” has the meaning given “resident” in AS 47.25.430(a);\n(5) “veteran” means a person who has been discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including the Alaska National Guard or the Alaska Territorial Guard; the discharge from the armed forces must be other than dishonorable.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.55.900","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"352fd57fe0207863068cfa8b0dec5ce4e9d0c02728ed469f13029c35818883a0","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.55.100","next":"us-ak/as-47.60.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}