(a) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health care directive, a person then authorized to make health care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy, and consent to the disclosure of medical or other health care information.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if there is a question about the principal's capacity, an agent or a surrogate of the principal may immediately access the personal health care information necessary to determine the principal's capacity, even if the agency or surrogacy does not become effective until the principal lacks capacity.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act
Sec. 13.52.010. Advance health care directives.
Sec. 13.52.020. Revocation of advance health care directive.
Sec. 13.52.025. Rescission of withdrawal by agent.
Sec. 13.52.040. Decisions by guardian.
Sec. 13.52.045. Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures.
Sec. 13.52.050. Decisions for exceptional procedures.
Sec. 13.52.060. Obligations of health care providers, institutions, and facilities.
Sec. 13.52.065. Do not resuscitate protocol and identification requirements.
Sec. 13.52.070. Health care information.
Sec. 13.52.090. Statutory damages.
Sec. 13.52.110. Status of copy.
Sec. 13.52.120. Effect of this chapter.
Sec. 13.52.130. Prohibited requirements.
Sec. 13.52.135. Discriminatory treatment prohibited.
Sec. 13.52.140. Judicial relief.
Sec. 13.52.150. Do not resuscitate orders and identification of other jurisdictions.
Sec. 13.52.160. Determination of qualifying condition.
Sec. 13.52.173. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.
Sec. 13.52.177. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.
Sec. 13.52.183. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.
Sec. 13.52.187. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
Sec. 13.52.193. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.
Sec. 13.52.197. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
Sec. 13.52.203. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
Sec. 13.52.207. Persons who may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift.
Sec. 13.52.213. Search and notification.
Sec. 13.52.217. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.
Sec. 13.52.223. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.
Sec. 13.52.227. Coordination of procurement and use.
Sec. 13.52.233. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; charges allowed.
Sec. 13.52.253. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
Sec. 13.52.255. Cooperation between coroner, state medical examiner, and procurement organization.
Sec. 13.52.263. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Sec. 13.52.267. Uniformity of application and construction.
Sec. 13.52.268. Definitions for AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268.
Sec. 13.52.275. Construction where mental illness.