The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alaska
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Alaska Statutes, Title 11, ch. 41 (Offenses Against the Person)
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; business organizations (sentenced under AS 12.55.035(c))
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Alaska DUT-AK
Operative words
(a) A person commits the crime of reckless endangerment if the person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person. (b) Reckless endangerment is a class A misdemeanor.
Penalty
Class A misdemeanor: imprisonment of not more than one year (AS 12.55.135(a)); fine of up to $25,000 for a person (AS 12.55.035(b)(5)) and, for an organization, up to the greatest of $500,000 for a class A misdemeanor not resulting in death or $2,500,000 for a misdemeanor resulting in death (AS 12.55.035(c)(1))
What it required
The criminal provision every State COVID-19 Health Mandate, the Essential Services Order and Mandate 016 recited as the consequence for 'a person or organization that fails to follow the State COVID-19 Health Mandates' (Ex. AK-021 sec. V.a; Ex. AK-019 sec. c; Ex. AK-085), making the mandates' protocols conduct whose omission was pleaded by the State as a crime.
Retrieval noteAKOSH's May 2020 presentation restated the same consequence to employers: 'Reckless Endangerment - Class A Misdemeanor... Business/Organization Up to $500,000... Up to $2,500,000 in the event of a death' (DUT-AK-010).