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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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12-15-215
Section 12-15-215 Disposition of delinquent children or children in need of supervision generally.
(a) If the juvenile court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent,
material, and relevant evidence, that a child committed the acts by reason of which the child
is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it may proceed immediately to hear
evidence as to whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation and to file its findings
thereon. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a finding that the child has committed
an act which constitutes a felony is sufficient to sustain a finding that the child is in
need of care or rehabilitation. If the juvenile court finds that the child is not in need
of care or rehabilitation, it shall dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child from any
detention or other temporary care theretofore ordered. If the juvenile court finds that the
child is in need of care or rehabilitation, it may make any of the...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful
deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical
health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose
behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or
herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others,
or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself
from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has
no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume
the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER.
An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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13A-11-72
Section 13A-11-72 Certain persons forbidden to possess pistol. (a) No person who has been convicted
in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor
offense of domestic violence, violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), anyone who
is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind shall
own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control. (b) No person
who is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in this section, a drug addict, or
an habitual drunkard shall own a pistol or have one in his or her possession or under his
or her control. (c) Subject to the exceptions provided by Section 13A-11-74, no person shall
knowingly with intent to do bodily harm carry or possess a deadly weapon on the premises of
a public school. (d) Possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to do bodily harm on the
premises of a public school in violation of subsection (c) of this...
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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. (a) Any
person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor chemical
violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements
of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by this
article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article to have a listed
precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this article, and knowingly
or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense under this subsection
shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20-2-188,
a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes or attempts to solicit another
or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical
or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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22-52-17
Section 22-52-17 Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health not required to perform
mental evaluations; exceptions. Notwithstanding any other language in this article, the following
limitations shall apply. No public facility other than the Department of Mental Health may
be required (as distinguished from authorized) by the probate court to perform any mental
evaluation of a person sought to be committed for use in any final commitment hearing except:
(1) In an emergency case wherein no other source or agency which is funded or mandated by
federal law, state law or both to provide such services is objectively capable of performing
such evaluation within the time limit imposed by law; or (2) In an emergency case wherein
no other source or agency operates to perform such evaluation in such emergency case, a public
hospital may be required to accept a person sought to be committed for the provision of hospital
care, if such person is admitted to the public hospital or other...
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22-52-90
Section 22-52-90 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility
other than a state mental health facility designated by the state Department of Mental Health
to receive persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention, or treatment pursuant
to the commitment process. (2) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. A person who acts as a liaison
between law enforcement and the general public, and who is regularly employed by a municipality
within the county or regularly employed by the county commission or any public body or agency,
including the state Department of Mental Health. A community mental health officer may be
employed jointly or in combination by two or more governments, entities, or agencies authorized
by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a community mental health
officer shall not be an employee of the Department of Human...
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22-52-31
Section 22-52-31 Proceedings for civil commitment of persons accused of crimes, committed to
custody of Department of Mental Health and determined to be unable to attain capacity to proceed
to trial in foreseeable future; effect of such civil commitment upon statute of limitations,
etc. (a) Upon certification by the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other
facility so designated by the commissioner that any person accused of a crime and committed
to the custody of the department in one of its facilities has been determined by appropriate
members of the medical staffs of said facilities as designated by the superintendent to be
unable to attain the capacity to proceed to trial in the foreseeable future, the commissioner
or his designee is hereby authorized to petition the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa or Mobile
Counties or any judge of probate where such facility exists for an order of civil commitment
to the Department of Mental Health. All of the subsequent provisions...
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15-16-68
Section 15-16-68 Court-imposed conditions for release. The conditions that the court may impose
upon release, if necessary and appropriate, include, the following: (1) That the defendant
take medication as prescribed by doctors in the department or in a regional or community mental
health facility, or by some other doctor whose care the defendant is in; (2) That the defendant
submit to treatment and accept care from a duly authorized outpatient facility such as a regional
or community mental health facility; (3) That the defendant submit to mental or medical evaluation
or testing as prescribed by the department, by a regional or community mental health facility,
or by other appropriate person or facility; (4) That the defendant submit to periodic or random
drug testing designed to ensure that he is taking any prescribed drugs and avoiding any prescribed
drugs including alcohol; (5) That the defendant avoid specified activities, persons, or places
that may be detrimental to his...
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