Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 3 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 45 - Compensation, Medical Benefits, and Proceedings Before the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
8 AAC 45.084 - Medical travel expenses

(a) This section applies to expenses to be paid by the employer to an employee who is receiving or has received medical treatment.

(b) Transportation expenses include

(c) It is the responsibility of the employee to use the most reasonable and efficient means of transportation under the circumstances. If the employer demonstrates at a hearing that the employee failed to use the most reasonable and efficient means of transportation under the circumstances, the board may direct the employer to pay the more reasonable rate rather than the actual rate.

(d) Transportation expenses, in the form of reimbursement for mileage, which are incurred in the course of treatment or examination are payable when 100 miles or more have accumulated, or upon completion of medical care, whichever occurs first.

(e) A reasonable amount for meals and lodging purchased when obtaining necessary medical treatment must be paid by the employer if substantiated by receipts submitted by the employee. Reimbursable expenses may not exceed the per diem amount paid by the state to its supervisory employees while traveling.