Alaska § 44.25.360 - Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 44.25.360 — Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44.25.360. Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited.
(a) A person may not intentionally interfere with the ombudsman, or an employee, volunteer, or representative of the office, in the performance of official duties under AS 44.25.310 .
(b) If a person makes a good faith complaint described in AS 44.25.310 , an employer or supervisor of the person, or a public or private agency or entity that provides benefits, services, or housing to the person, may not discharge, demote, transfer, reduce the pay or benefits or work privileges of, prepare a negative work performance evaluation of, deny or withhold benefits or services, evict, or take other detrimental action against the person because of the complaint. The person making the complaint may bring a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages against an employer, supervisor, agency, or entity that violates this subsection. In the civil action there is a rebuttable presumption that the detrimental action was retaliatory if it was taken within 90 days after the complaint was made.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44.25.360 ("Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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