00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 300                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring certain persons licensed by the State Medical Board to document an                                    
02 infant's prenatal exposure to alcohol in the infant's medical file."                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 08.64 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 08.64.364. Health care professionals to document an infant's prenatal                                 
06       exposure to alcohol. (a) For the purpose of screening for fetal alcohol spectrum                                
07       disorder, a person licensed under this chapter attending or making a postnatal                                    
08       examination of a mother and infant shall document the infant's prenatal exposure to                               
09       alcohol in the infant's medical file, if the mother provides her consent to the inclusion                         
10       of the information in the infant's medical file. The documentation must be in the form                            
11       required by the department.                                                                                       
12            (b)  Information received under this section may not be used except for the                                  
13       purposes of providing medical diagnosis, treatment, or care.                                                      
14            (c)  In this section, "infant" means a child who is less than 12 months of age.