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16-22A-13
Section 16-22A-13 Liability. An authorized employer shall not be liable in any action for damages
solely for failure to conduct a criminal history background information check on an educational
employee pursuant to this chapter if such failure is due to reasonable time constraints of
background check backlogs, nor shall the state or political subdivision thereof, nor any agency,
officer, or employee thereof, be liable in any action for damages for the failure of a qualified
entity to take action adverse to an individual who was the subject of a criminal history background
information check. Neither the State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of
Education, nor any agent thereof shall be liable in civil court in an action for damages arising
out of any suitability determination. Nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of any
sovereign or qualified immunity. (Act 99-361, p. 566, §13; Act 2002-457, p. 1171, §1.)...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education shall
develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year.
The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State
Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program.
(b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention
initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level
I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through
both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary
prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention:
The development of a planned response to...
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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information.
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence
which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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16-22A-5
Section 16-22A-5 Agencies required to conduct criminal history background information checks.
(a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking
positions with, and on all current employees under review employed by any local employing
board, and any State Department of Education personnel as determined by the State Superintendent
of Education, who have unsupervised access to and provide education, training, instruction,
or supervision for children in an educational setting. (b) A criminal history background information
check shall be conducted on all applicants seeking positions with, and on all current employees
and current employees under review employed by any nonpublic school, who have unsupervised
access to or who provide education, training, instruction, or supervision for children in
an educational setting. (c) No institution listed in subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall
hire an individual who may have unsupervised access to a...
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment
to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual
will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR
CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State
Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to
obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education,
local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or
contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children
in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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6-5-332
Section 6-5-332 Persons rendering emergency care etc., at scene of accident, etc. (a) When
any doctor of medicine or dentistry, nurse, member of any organized rescue squad, member of
any police or fire department, member of any organized volunteer fire department, Alabama-licensed
emergency medical technician, intern, or resident practicing in an Alabama hospital with training
programs approved by the American Medical Association, Alabama state trooper, medical aidman
functioning as a part of the military assistance to safety and traffic program, chiropractor,
or public education employee gratuitously and in good faith, renders first aid or emergency
care at the scene of an accident, casualty, or disaster to a person injured therein, he or
she shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions
in rendering first aid or emergency care, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for...
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6-5-340
Section 6-5-340 Computer failure or malfunction. (a) Whenever used in this section, the following
words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATION AND AUTHORITY.
Any public or private corporation, board, or authority established pursuant to a general or
local law by state, county, or municipal government for the purpose of carrying out a specific
governmental function. (2) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state, any municipality, or any county
in the state; any department, agency, board, or commission of a municipality, a county, or
the state; any legislative or regulatory body of the state, or of any municipality or county;
any state, municipal, or county governmental corporation or authority; any state university
or community college, including any publicly funded trade or technical school; the State Board
of Education, and all county, municipal, and city-county public school boards; any state,
county, or municipal hospital boards when such boards are...
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34-24-302
Section 34-24-302 Denial, suspension, revocation, etc., of license; investigation; mental,
physical, or laboratory examination; authorization for release of information. (a) The board
may, within its discretion, deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice
and hearing in accordance with board regulations, shall, within its discretion, suspend, revoke,
restrict, or otherwise discipline the license of a person who shall be found guilty on the
basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses: (1) Conviction of
a felony. (2) Conviction of any crime or other offense, felony, or misdemeanor, reflecting
on the ability of the individual to render patient care in a safe manner. (3) Conviction of
any violation of state or federal laws relating to controlled substances. (4) Termination,
restriction, suspension, revocation, or curtailment of licensure, registration, or certification
as an assistant to physician by another state or other licensing jurisdiction...
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