8 AAC 85.354 - Able and available for suitable work: exemption standards
(a) A claimant
seeking an exemption granted to an ill or disabled claimant under
AS
23.20.378 will, in the discretion of the
division, be required to submit to the division a medical report verifying the
illness or disability. A report may be required for an illness or disability of
any duration, or periodically during an extended illness or disability. The
report must be completed and signed by a physician; however, if no physician is
available, the statement may be completed and signed by a nurse or other
medical official. The report must specify at least the nature of the illness or
disability, the date it was incurred, and its expected duration.
(b) A claimant who travels for medical
reasons under the conditions specified in
AS
23.20.378 must submit to the division the
name and address of the provider of medical services and the date on which
services were provided.
(c) A
claimant who is noncommercially hunting or fishing for survival, or for the
survival of dependents, under the conditions specified in
AS
23.20.378, is not required to be available
for work while obtaining sufficient food for survival. In determining whether
the noncommercial hunting or fishing is necessary for survival, the director
will consider the
(1) total income of the
claimant and the claimant's spouse for the 12 months preceding the hunting or
fishing;
(2) existence of an
historical pattern of hunting or fishing for survival in the immediate area of
the claimant's residence;
(3)
existence of an established pattern of hunting or fishing for survival by the
claimant; and
(4) existence of
other resources that the claimant can use for survival under the circumstances,
including any available work.
(d) A claimant is eligible under
AS
23.20.378(a)(1)(E) for the
first seven days of attendance at the funeral of an immediate family member. A
claimant is not eligible in a week if the total period of attendance at the
funeral in that week and any earlier weeks exceeds seven days. In this
subsection "immediate family member" means a person who is related to the
claimant by blood, marriage, or adoption as a parent, child, spouse, brother,
sister, grandparent, or grandchild.
Notes
Authority:AS 23.20.045
AS 23.20.080
AS 23.20.378
AS 23.20.385
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