2021 Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 12. Delinquent Minors
Article 5. General Provisions.
Sec. 47.12.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health and social services;

(2) “court” means the superior court of the state;

(3) “crime against a person” means an offense set out in AS 11.41;

(4) “delinquent minor” means a minor found to be within the jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.12.020;

(5) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(6) “gravely disabled” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;

(7) “juvenile detention facility” means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under AS 47.12.240 or 47.12.250;

(8) “juvenile probation officer” means an officer described in AS 47.12.270;

(9) “juvenile treatment facility” means a secure facility for treatment of minors adjudicated delinquent and committed by a court to the care and custody of the department under AS 47.12.120(b)(1);

(10) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915, except that, if the minor is placed in another state by the department, “mental health professional” also includes a professional listed in the definition of “mental health professional” in AS 47.30.915 who is not licensed to practice by a board of this state but is licensed by a corresponding licensing authority to practice in the state in which the minor is placed;

(11) “mental illness” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;

(12) “minor” means a person who is

(A) under 18 years of age at the time the person commits an offense; and

(B) subject to the jurisdiction of the court under this chapter;

(13) “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900;

(14) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(15) “secure residential psychiatric treatment center” has the meaning given “residential psychiatric treatment center” in AS 47.32.900;

(16) “temporary secure juvenile holding area” means separate quarters that are used for the temporary detention of delinquent minors pending a court order or transportation to a juvenile detention facility and that are not within sight or sound of any adult prisoners;

(17) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.