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Article 1. Vocational Rehabilitation.
Sec. 23.15.010. Administration of vocational rehabilitation. - The commissioner shall administer the vocational rehabilitation program.
Sec. 23.15.020. Powers and duties of commissioner. - (a) The commissioner may cooperate with a federal agency, as...
Sec. 23.15.030. Appointment of administrative officers. - The commissioner may appoint administrative officers and delegate to them...
Sec. 23.15.040. Division of vocational rehabilitation established. - The division of vocational rehabilitation is established under the commissioner...
Sec. 23.15.050. Director of vocational rehabilitation. - The commissioner shall appoint a director of the division of...
Sec. 23.15.060. Agreements under Social Security Act. - (a) The commissioner may enter into necessary agreements on behalf...
Sec. 23.15.080. Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation service. - (a) Vocational rehabilitation service shall be provided directly or through...
Sec. 23.15.090. Priority as to eligibility. - If vocational rehabilitation service cannot be provided for all eligible...
Sec. 23.15.095. Gainful employment of individuals with disabilities. - (a) When providing vocational training, vocational rehabilitation, or employment placement...
Sec. 23.15.100. Powers and duties; vending facilities. - (a) In carrying out AS 23.15.010 - 23.15.210, the agency...
Sec. 23.15.110. Extension of services outside state. - Vocational rehabilitation service may be extended to the continental United...
Sec. 23.15.120. Cooperation with federal government. - (a) The agency shall cooperate with the federal government in...
Sec. 23.15.125. Assistive technology loan guarantee and interest subsidy program. - (a) An assistive technology loan guarantee fund is established in...
Sec. 23.15.130. Vocational rehabilitation small business enterprise revolving fund. - (a) There is created in the state treasury a revolving...
Sec. 23.15.132. Vending facilities. - (a) A vending facility may not be established on public...
Sec. 23.15.133. Vendors' licenses. - (a) The agency shall issue a license for the operation...
Sec. 23.15.134. Active participation by licensees with severe disabilities. - The agency shall adopt regulations that ensure the opportunity for...
Sec. 23.15.135. Committee of blind vendors. - (a) The Committee of Blind Vendors consisting of all blind...
Sec. 23.15.136. Group insurance for certain licensees. - The agency shall purchase group insurance coverage under AS 39.30.090...
Sec. 23.15.150. Custodian of funds. - The Department of Revenue is designated custodian of all vocational...
Sec. 23.15.160. Gifts. - The commissioner may accept a gift or donation from a...
Sec. 23.15.170. Maintenance not assignable. - The right of an individual with a disability to maintenance...
Sec. 23.15.180. Hearings. - (a) An individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation who...
Sec. 23.15.190. Misuse of lists and records. - Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the...
Sec. 23.15.200. Limitation on political activity. - An officer or employee engaged in the administration of the...
Sec. 23.15.210. Definitions. - In AS 23.15.010 - 23.15.210, (1) “active participation” means a...
Article 2. State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee.
Sec. 23.15.220. Purpose. - The purpose of AS 23.15.220 - 23.15.320 is to create...
Sec. 23.15.230. Appointment of committee. - The governor shall appoint the members of the State Vocational...
Sec. 23.15.240. Selection and term of chair. - The members of the committee shall select a chair from...
Sec. 23.15.250. Compensation and expenses. - Members of the committee may receive no compensation for services...
Sec. 23.15.260. Meetings. - The committee shall meet four times a year, but, at...
Sec. 23.15.270. Cooperation with other committees and agencies. - The committee shall work in close cooperation with local committees...
Sec. 23.15.280. Appointment of advisors. - The division of vocational rehabilitation, the State Employment Service, the...
Sec. 23.15.290. Employ people with disabilities week. - Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation designating the...
Sec. 23.15.300. Manner of handling funds. - Funds to carry out AS 23.15.220 - 23.15.320 shall be...
Sec. 23.15.310. Gifts. - The committee may accept property by gift, devise, bequest, or...
Sec. 23.15.315. Fees. - (a) The committee may charge a fee for attendance at...
Sec. 23.15.320. Annual report to governor. - The committee shall annually report its activities during the preceding...
Article 3. Employment Agencies.
Sec. 23.15.330. Exemptions. - AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520 do not apply to an educational,...
Sec. 23.15.340. Permit. - In order to operate an employment agency, a person shall...
Sec. 23.15.350. Application. - To obtain a permit to operate an employment agency a...
Sec. 23.15.360. Bond. - The department may not issue a permit until the applicant...
Sec. 23.15.370. Investigation of applicant. - Upon application for a permit, the department may make an...
Sec. 23.15.380. Refusal of permit. - The department may, after notice and hearing, refuse to grant...
Sec. 23.15.390. Term of permit; fees. - The fee for filing an application for a permit is...
Sec. 23.15.400. Renewal of permit. - Thirty days before the expiration of a permit the holder...
Sec. 23.15.410. Revocation or suspension of permit. - (a) The department may revoke or suspend a permit if...
Sec. 23.15.420. Limitations on conduct of employment agencies. - The department may not issue a permit to conduct an...
Sec. 23.15.430. Agency to maintain register. - An employment agency shall keep a register containing the name...
Sec. 23.15.440. Records open to inspection. - All registers, books, records, and other papers kept under AS...
Sec. 23.15.450. Applicant's receipt. - An agency shall give to an applicant for employment from...
Sec. 23.15.460. Schedule of fees. - A person conducting an employment agency shall file a schedule...
Sec. 23.15.470. Maximum fees. - After notice and hearing the department shall set a maximum...
Sec. 23.15.480. Return of fees. - If the applicant paying a cash fee fails to obtain...
Sec. 23.15.490. Prohibited acts. - An employment agency may not (1) send out an applicant...
Sec. 23.15.500. Department may adopt regulations. - The department may adopt regulations consistent with AS 23.15.330 -...
Sec. 23.15.510. Violations. - A person who wilfully violates any provision of AS 23.15.330...
Sec. 23.15.520. Definitions. - In AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520, (1) “employment agency” or “agency”...
Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.
Sec. 23.15.550. Alaska Workforce Investment Board. - (a) The Alaska Workforce Investment Board is established in the...
Sec. 23.15.555. Appointment and term of members. - (a) Members of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board other than...
Sec. 23.15.560. Compensation. - Members of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board listed in or...
Sec. 23.15.565. Officers. - The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall elect a chair and...
Sec. 23.15.570. Meetings, quorum, and committees. - (a) The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall meet not more...
Sec. 23.15.575. Board as state planning entity. - The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall act as the lead...
Sec. 23.15.580. Functions of the board. - (a) As the lead state planning and coordinating entity, the...
Sec. 23.15.585. Administration. - (a) The governor shall appoint the executive director for the...
Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.
Sec. 23.15.620. State training and employment program. - (a) A program is created in the department to provide...
Sec. 23.15.625. Employment assistance and training program account. - The employment assistance and training program account is established in...
Sec. 23.15.630. Special employee unemployment credit and contributions for program. - (a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20, the department...
Sec. 23.15.635. People to be served. - Within the limits of its grant, an employment assistance and...
Sec. 23.15.636. Implementation of program. - The department and the board shall jointly implement the program...
Sec. 23.15.641. Eligibility of grantees; use of assistance received. - (a) To be eligible for a grant to help cover...
Sec. 23.15.643. Eligibility of program participants. - The department and a person awarded a grant under the...
Sec. 23.15.652. Program accountability. - (a) The department and a person who is awarded a...
Sec. 23.15.654. Appeals. - The department shall adopt regulations that provide for an appeal...
Sec. 23.15.660. Definitions. - In AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660, (1) “board” means the Alaska...
Article 6. Alaska Technical and Vocational Education.
Sec. 23.15.820. Powers and duties of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board. - (a) The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall (1) administer the...
Sec. 23.15.830. Alaska technical and vocational education program account. - The Alaska technical and vocational education program account is established...
Sec. 23.15.835. Special employee unemployment contributions for program. - (a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20 and for...
Sec. 23.15.840. Grants for technical and vocational education. - (a) The board shall award grants, in accordance with the...
Sec. 23.15.850. Definitions. - In AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850, (1) “articulation agreement” means a...