Who we are

Residential licensing is responsible for licensing and oversight of assisted living homes in Alaska.

Safeguarding the Last Frontier

Our mission is to:

  • Protect Alaska's most vulnerable citizens from exploitation and reduce their risks to health and safety
  • Ensure public confidence in the health care and community service delivery systems through regulatory, enforcement, and educational activities

What we do

We accomplish our mission by:

  • Inspecting licensed assisted living homes to make sure they follow state licensing rules
  • Receiving and investigating complaints about resident physical, mental, and sexual abuse, financial exploitation, and safety and sanitation concerns
  • Providing homes with notices of violation, when necessary
  • Taking appropriate action when homes fail to come into compliance with state or federal law
  • Making sure all service providers with direct client access have a background check

We are one of two units within Health Care Services that licenses facilities:

  • For health care facilities licensing and oversight, please see Health Care Facility Licensing, in Related Services, below.
Assisted Living Licensing

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