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34-27B-11
Section 34-27B-11 Additional activities permitted under chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall
be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of
the following: (1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or certified by an organization accredited
by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state from engaging
in the profession or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified. (2) Any person
employed by the United States government who provides respiratory therapy solely under the
direction or control of the United States government agency or organization. (3) Any person
receiving clinical training while pursuing a course of study leading to registry or certification
in a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council on Allied Health Education
Programs in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or their
successor organizations. This person will be under direct...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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22-8A-4
Section 22-8A-4 Advance Directive for Health Care; living will and health care proxy. (a) Any
competent adult may execute a living will directing the providing, withholding, or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially
provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the living
will unless specifically authorized therein. (b) A competent adult may execute at any time
a living will that includes a written health care proxy designation appointing another competent
adult to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the proxy designation unless
specifically authorized therein. A proxy designation made pursuant to this section shall be
accepted in writing by the individual being appointed. The acceptance...
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25-5-293
Section 25-5-293 Duties of secretary; continuing education, accounting; recovery of expenses;
advisory committees; legislative intent regarding reimbursements. (a) The Secretary of the
Department of Labor may prescribe rules and regulations for the purpose of conducting continuing
education seminars for all personnel associated with workers' compensation claims and collect
registration fees in order to cover the related expenditures. The secretary may adopt rules
and regulations setting continuing education standards for workers' compensation claims personnel
employed by insurance companies and self-insured employers and groups. (b) The secretary shall
file annually with the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature
a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed during
the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be in the form and reported in the time
provided by law. (c) The secretary shall establish reasonable...
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26-23E-2
Section 26-23E-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) That
the percentage of abortion or reproductive health centers that have been subject to adverse
licensure action vastly exceeds the percentage of facilities in any other category that have
similarly been subject to adverse licensure actions. This alarming level of regulatory non-compliance
among abortion and reproductive health centers in Alabama puts abortion patients at unreasonable
risk. (2) At abortion or reproductive health centers, patients are often treated in a manner
inconsistent with a traditional physician/patient relationship. (3) Abortion or reproductive
health centers are not operated in the same manner as ambulatory surgical treatment centers
or physician offices. (4) Abortion involves not only a surgical procedure with the usual risks
attending surgery, but also involves the taking of human life. (5) Abortion is a highly personal
and very sensitive procedure which results in stress...
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11-95-7
Section 11-95-7 Powers of corporation. In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere in
this chapter, a corporation shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental
thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by
its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to the provisions
of Section 11-95-19) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits against it; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, construct, equip,
enlarge, improve, maintain, and operate hospital facilities in the authorizing county and
to do all things necessary to that end; (6) To receive, acquire, take and hold, whether by
purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, real and personal property...
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12-21-5
Section 12-21-5 Copy of hospital records - Admissibility. When the original would be admissible
in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the hospital records
of any hospital organized or operated under or pursuant to the laws of Alabama, including
records of admission, medical, hospital, occupational, disease, injury and disability histories,
temperature and other charts, X rays and written interpretations thereof, pictures, photographs,
files, written orders, directions, findings and reports and interpretations of physicians,
doctors, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, dentists, technicians and nurses,
as well as of all employees of such hospital, forming a part of such hospital records as to
the health, condition, state, injuries, sickness, disease, mental, physical and nervous disorders,
duration and character of disabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, wounds, cuts, contusions,
lacerations, breaks, loss of blood, incisions,...
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22-1-16
Section 22-1-16 Prescribing, dispensing, and administering auto-injectable epinephrine; liability;
reports; rulemaking authority. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of an epinephrine auto-injector
to the body of an individual. (2) AUTHORIZED ENTITY. Any entity or organization other than
a K-12 public school subject to Section 16-1-48, in connection with or at which allergens
capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present, including, but not limited to, recreation camps,
colleges and universities, day care facilities, youth sport leagues, amusement parks, restaurants,
places of employment, and sports arenas. (3) EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR. A single-use device
used for the automatic injection of a premeasured dose of epinephrine into the human body.
(4) MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. A physician or other individual licensed under Title 34 authorized
to treat, use, or prescribe medicine and drugs for sick and...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area plan
to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory committee
on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select at least one
community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to regulations
issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community ombudsman shall
be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall certify to having
no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit. (b) The duties
of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate, respond to,
and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients; (2) To report
immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department of pensions
and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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22-27-12
Section 22-27-12 Powers of department. The department may do the following: (1) Adopt rules
to implement this article. (2) Adopt rules establishing requirements and restrictions for
the management of solid waste, excluding the collection and transportation of nonhazardous
and nonmedical solid waste. The rules may include factors such as the characteristics of the
solid waste, the potential for contamination of soils or ground and surface waters, the design
and operation of management facilities, the financial capabilities of the applicant, soil
and geological considerations, human health, and other environmental considerations. With
respect to solid waste disposal or materials recovery facilities, the rules may also include
factors such as the quantity, nature, and origin of solid wastes and recovered materials to
be managed. The department may condition the issuance of a permit for any solid waste management
or materials recovery facility upon the facility being consistent with...
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