(a) A practitioner of the healing arts involved in the delivery or care of an infant who the practitioner determines has been adversely affected by, or is withdrawing from exposure to, a controlled substance or alcohol shall immediately notify the nearest office of the department of the infant’s condition.
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(b) In this section,
(1) “controlled substance” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.71.900, but does not include a substance lawfully taken under a prescription from a health care provider who is authorized to prescribe the substance;(2) “infant” means a child who is less than 12 months of age.
