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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 55 . (Reserved)
Section 690.690

7 AAC 55.690. Definitions for 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690

As used in 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690

(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services;

(2) "counseling" means nonmedical professional services designed to guide the pregnant woman and her family to a better understanding of her problems and potentialities by using modern psychological principles and methods, including the collection of case history data, the use of techniques of personal interview, and the testing of her interests and aptitudes;

(3) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(4) "director" means the director of the division of family and youth services in the Department of Health and Social Services;

(5) "division" means the division of family and youth services in the Department of Health and Social Services;

(6) "education in parenting skills" means training of women using a curriculum at least as comprehensive as Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) by Thomas Gordon, PH Wyden Books, New York - 1976;

(7) "foster care" means care provided in a foster home;

(8) "foster home" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900 ;

(9) "maternity care" means care to pregnant women, regardless of age, before or after the woman gives birth, or that provides care, as needed, to mothers and their children;

(10) "maternity home" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900 .

History: Eff. 2/7/85, Register 93; am 3/1/98, Register 145

Authority: AS 47.40.100

AS 47.40.120


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