Alaska Statutes Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation § 23.30.244. Emergency and disaster relief forces as state employees

(a) A resident of this state temporarily engaged as a civilian volunteer in an emergency or a disaster relief function in another state or country who suffers injury or death during the course and within the scope of providing emergency or disaster relief aid is considered an employee of this state for purposes of this chapter if, at the time of the injury or death, the volunteer

(b) A resident of this state temporarily engaged as a civilian volunteer in a disaster emergency relief function in this state who suffers injury or death during the course and within the scope of providing disaster emergency relief aid is considered an employee of the state for purposes of this chapter if, at the time of the injury or death, the volunteer

(c) The gross weekly earnings for a resident of this state temporarily engaged as a civilian volunteer under this section are the minimum gross weekly earnings paid to an employee employed by this state to perform equivalent work, or, if an employee is not employed by this state to perform equivalent work, the state average weekly wage, but the gross weekly earnings for calculating compensation may not be less than the minimum wage computed on the basis of 40 hours of work a week.