7 AAC 34.030. Primary care-giver

(a) Except as permitted under (b) of this section, an individual may be designated as the primary care giver only for one patient who holds a valid registry identification card.

(b) Notwithstanding the limitation of (a) of this section, upon the written request of an applicant for a registry identification card the department will, in its discretion, permit more than one patient to designate the same individual as each patient's primary care-giver

(1) in order to avoid unnecessary hardship to the patient;

(2) where the patient's care is being provided in a hospice program licensed under AS 18.18; or

(3) where the primary care-giver is simultaneously caring for both the applicant and one or more other patients who reside in the same household as the care-giver.

History: Eff. 6/1/99, Register 150

Authority: AS 17.37.010

AS 18.05.040

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