Alaska Statutes Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender § 18.20.430. Enforcement, offenses, and penalties

(a) The commissioner shall administer AS 18.20.400--18.20.499 and adopt regulations for implementing and enforcing AS 18.20.400--18.20.499.

(b) A complaint alleging a violation of AS 18.20.400--18.20.499 must be filed with the commissioner within 30 days after the date of the alleged violation. The commissioner shall provide a copy of the complaint to the health care facility named in the filing within three business days after receiving the complaint.

(c) If the commissioner finds that a health care facility has knowingly violated an overtime provision of AS 18.20.400--18.20.499, the following civil penalties shall apply:

(d) As an employer, a health care facility violates an overtime provision of AS 18.20.400--18.20.499 “knowingly” when the facility is either aware that its conduct is of a nature prohibited by the overtime provision or aware that the circumstances described in the overtime prohibition exist; however, when knowledge of the existence of a particular fact is required to establish that the violation was knowing, that knowledge exists when the facility is aware of a substantial probability of its existence, unless the facility reasonably believes it does not exist.