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Alaska: what a medical director of a psychiatry & behavioral health clinic must do

Whether Alaska requires a physician medical director for a psychiatry & behavioral health clinic, the qualifications you need, and the duties the rule assigns.

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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