Alaska Statutes Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure § 09.55.540. Burden of proof

(1) that the plaintiff had a health care provider-patient relationship with the defendant at the time of the act complained of;

(2) the degree of knowledge or skill possessed or the degree of care ordinarily exercised under the circumstances, at the time of the act complained of, by health care providers in the field or specialty in which the defendant is practicing;

(3) that the defendant either lacked this degree of knowledge or skill or failed to exercise this degree of care; and

(4) that, as a proximate result of this lack of knowledge or skill or the failure to exercise this degree of care, the plaintiff suffered injuries that would not otherwise have been incurred.