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Alaska: medical director and delegated services for a psychiatry or behavioral health clinic

Whether Alaska requires a physician medical director for a psychiatry or behavioral health clinic, the qualifications, duties, and what the state says about the staff who deliver protocol-driven services.

Medical directorMedical director required
Research date2026-09-03

Qualifications

Licensed physician โ€” the regulation does not name a specific title, requiring only 'a documented formal agreement with a physician.'

Duties the rule assigns

  • Provide general direction to the behavioral health clinic services program
  • Provide direct clinical services as needed

Notes

Applies to a community behavioral health services provider that offers 'behavioral health clinic services' specifically, under DOH approval (7 AAC 70.010, .030). Framed as a physician agreement, not a named 'Medical Director' post โ€” no on-site presence requirement found.

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