AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395

AS 18.15.385(n): knowing violation of the section or a regulation under it is a class B misdemeanor (fine to $2,000, AS 12.55.035(b)(6); 90 days, AS 12.55.135(b)); AS 18.15.385(o): intentional violation is a class A misdemeanor (fine to $25,000; one year); emergency administrative quarantine orders enforceable by any peace officer (AS 18.15.385(e))

In a declared disease disaster DHSS holds the power to close or compel the evacuation of any facility that may endanger the public health and to ration or restrict commodities (AS 18.15.390(1), (3)); the department may investigate 'facilities or materials that may pose a threat to the public health' and 'ensure that they are subject to proper control measures' (AS 18.15.375(a)-(b)); persons and groups are bound by isolation and quarantine orders, which 'may include confinement to private homes or other private and public premises' and are 'enforceable by any peace officer in the state' (AS 18.15.385(b)(1), (e), (h)). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).