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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When
an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines
that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not
provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be
considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not
preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's
health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including
the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary
to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to
prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated
treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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26-2A-102
Section 26-2A-102 Court appointment of guardian for incapacitated person. (a) Except as provided
by subsection (e), an incapacitated person or any person interested in the welfare of the
incapacitated person may petition for appointment of a limited or general guardian. (b) After
the filing of a petition, the court shall set a date for hearing on the issue of incapacity
so that notices may be given as required by Section 26-2A-103, and, unless the allegedly incapacitated
person is represented by counsel, appoint an attorney to represent the person in the proceeding.
The person so appointed may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. The person
alleged to be incapacitated shall be examined by a physician or other qualified person appointed
by the court who shall submit a report in writing to the court. The person alleged to be incapacitated
also shall be interviewed by a court representative sent by the court. The court representative
also shall interview the person who...
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26-8-40
Section 26-8-40 Removal of property of minor or ward whose parent, etc., resides without state
or removes minor or ward from state - Authorization generally. When the parent, guardian,
or other person having legal custody of a minor child or incapacitated person resides without
the state or removed with such child from the state, becoming a resident of another state,
the court of probate or the circuit court, having jurisdiction of the estate of the minor
or ward has authority to order the removal of the property of the minor or ward to a conservator
in the state of the residence of the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody
of the minor or ward. (Code 1876, §2800; Code 1886, §2489; Code 1896, §2374; Code 1907,
§4464; Code 1923, §8237; Code 1940, T. 21, §109; Acts 1949, No. 128, p. 154; Acts 1987,
No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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38-7-14.1
Section 38-7-14.1 Educational information on influenza disease and vaccine. (a) Not later than
September 1, annually, each day care center shall provide educational information on influenza
disease to the parent or legal guardian of each enrolled child. The educational information
shall include, but need not be limited to, the causes and symptoms of influenza and the means
by which it is spread; the risks associated with influenza; the availability, effectiveness,
and known contraindications of the influenza vaccine; and the latest influenza vaccine recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. (b) Nothing in this section shall require a day care center to provide or pay
for any vaccination for influenza. (Act 2018-160, §1.)...
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12-15-303
Section 12-15-303 Transfer of dependency proceedings between juvenile courts within the state.
(a) If a dependency proceeding is commenced in a county other than the county of the residence
of the child, the juvenile court in which the proceedings were commenced, on its own motion
or a motion of a party and after consultation with the receiving juvenile court, may transfer
the proceeding before or after adjudication to the county of the residence of the child for
the purpose of adjudication, disposition, supervision, or review as mandated by federal and
state law for children in foster care or in the custody of the state, or any combination thereof.
(b) For purposes of this section, county of the residence of the child means the county in
which the child and legal custodian have established legal residence or have resided for six
or more months of a calendar year. This term shall not include placements by a state department
or agency. (c) Certified copies of all legal and social...
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12-15-316
Section 12-15-316 Modification, extension, or termination of orders of custody or protective
supervision generally. An order awarding legal custody or an order of protective supervision
made by the juvenile court in the case of a child may be modified, terminated, or extended
on motion by any of the following: (1) A child, whose legal custody has been transferred to
a department, institution, agency, or person, requesting the juvenile court for a modification
or termination of the order, alleging that the child is no longer dependent or that protective
supervision is no longer necessary. (2) A department, institution, agency, or person vested
with legal custody or responsibility for protective supervision, requesting the juvenile court
for a modification, an extension, or a termination of the order on the grounds that this action
is in the best interests of the child. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)...
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26-19-1
Section 26-19-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings ascribed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACMEC. The Alabama
Center for Missing and Exploited Children created by this chapter within the department. (2)
CJIC. The Criminal Justice Information Center of the state. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. Federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies of this state primarily, and of other states generally. (5) MISSING CHILD. A child
whose whereabouts are unknown to the child's legal custodian, the circumstances of whose absence
indicate that: a. The child did not voluntarily leave the care and control of the custodian,
and the taking of the child was not authorized by law; or b. The child voluntarily left the
care and control of the child's legal custodian without the custodian's consent and without
intent to return. (6) MISSING PERSON. A person 18 years old or older...
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45-37-171.44
Section 45-37-171.44 Ability to pay fees; increase in costs and fees; funding. No person shall
be denied any service because that person, or if a minor, the parent or legal guardian of
such person, is unable to pay the fee for such service established pursuant to this subpart.
The determination of a person's ability to pay shall be made in confidence and under circumstances
that will protect the dignity of the person receiving the service. Using any appropriate standards
of ability to pay for health care provided by the United States Government or any agency thereof,
the Jefferson County Board of Health may establish a sliding fee scale based on a person's
ability to pay. Any provision of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, this subpart
shall not be interpreted or applied to authorize any increase in the fees, if any, that any
person may be required to pay for any examination, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, or
other health care service of any kind that, as of September...
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16-28-13
Section 16-28-13 Burden of proof on person in loco parentis. No parent, guardian or other person
having control or charge of any child shall be convicted for failure to have said child enrolled
in school or for failure to send a child to school or for failure to require such child to
regularly attend such school or tutor, or for failure to compel such child to properly conduct
himself as a pupil, if such parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such
child can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the court the following: (1) That the
principal teacher in charge of said school which he attends or should attend or the tutor
who instructs or should instruct said child gave permission for the child to be absent; or
(2) That such parent, guardian or other person is unable to provide necessary books and clothes
in order that the child may attend school in compliance with law, and that such parent, guardian
or other person had prior to the opening of the school, or...
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38-1-3
Section 38-1-3 Legal representative for handling public assistance payments of incompetents.
If any otherwise qualified applicant for or recipient of public assistance appears to be incapable,
physically or mentally, or both, of managing his public assistance payments, and has no legal
guardian, he, his spouse, father, mother, child, brother or sister, with the consent of the
Department of Human Resources, or the Department of Human Resources may petition the probate
judge for the appointment of a legal representative to handle his public assistance payments
only. The petition shall be accompanied by a certificate in writing of a physician which certificate
shall state that the physician upon examination believes the applicant or recipient to be
physically or mentally, or both, incapable of managing his public assistance payments. The
probate judge shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of appointing a competent person as
legal representative after notice of at least 10 days in...
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