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22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (a) When
a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization
shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual
resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. (b) A procurement
organization must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama
State Law Enforcement Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.
(c) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the
organization may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability
of a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy,
research, or education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the...
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45-37-123.100
Section 45-37-123.100 Retirement benefits. (a) Superannuation retirement benefit. (1)
ELIGIBILITY. A member shall be eligible for a superannuation retirement benefit if: a. The
member has 30 or more years of paid membership time, regardless of age; b. The member has
10 or more years of paid membership time and has attained the age of 60; or c. The member
has 30 years of service, 20 years of which are paid membership time, and has attained the
age of 55. (2) CALCULATION OF BENEFIT. If a member meets the foregoing eligibility criteria,
then the member shall be eligible to retire and receive a monthly benefit for the remainder
of his or her life to be determined by the following formula: a. Two and one-half percent
multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied by the number of years of paid membership
time; plus b. Five-eights of one percent multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied
by the number of years of unpaid membership time, if applicable. (3) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT...
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45-8-140
Section 45-8-140 Fire hydrants. (a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun
County, Alabama. (b) It has been shown to be in the public interest that an adequate supply
of water be available in order to fight fires. Such a supply of water is not available in
certain unincorporated areas of Calhoun County due to the lack of fire hydrants. This section
is to authorize Calhoun County, in furtherance of the public health, safety, and general welfare
of the citizens of Calhoun County to engage in arranging for the purchase, installation, inspection,
and maintenance of fire hydrants where feasible and practical on and along all water mains
of appropriate diameter in unincorporated areas of Calhoun County. The county's responsibility
in regard to fire hydrants provided pursuant to this section shall be to provide stability,
continuity, and administration of a procedure that will maximize the utilization of existing
and future water systems in the county in providing for fire protection at the...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to
provide, withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition
and hydration if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines,
to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to
understand, appreciate, and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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27-30-3
Section 27-30-3 Applicability of chapter - Exceptions. The designation "mutual
aid association" and this chapter do not apply as to: (1) Any secret or benevolent society,
such as Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights and Ladies of Honor, Knights of Pythias, or like orders
and societies, or any association organized and operating in good faith under the lodge system
for purely benevolent purposes and with a ritualistic form of work; (2) Agreements between
hospitals and industrial corporations to provide for hospital services for the employees of
such corporations, and the employment by such corporations of medical doctors, surgeons and
dentists for the purpose of giving medical, surgical and dental attention to such employees;
or (3) Any insurer operating under, or subject to, the general insurance laws of this state.
(Acts 1927, No. 548, p. 634; Acts 1935, No. 114, p. 165; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง559.)...
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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely
upon health insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that
the citizens' expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies
is not disappointed and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their
care within the terms of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs
that have been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to
as FDA, when the drugs are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved
by the FDA, off-label use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label
use. (3) Denial of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary
and appropriate treatment for a person being treated for a...
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32-2-10
Section 32-2-10 Insurance for employees. The state Department of Public Safety is authorized,
subject to approval by the Governor, to insure its employees in some insurance company or
companies authorized to do business in the State of Alabama against personal injury or death
caused by accident or violence while discharging their duties as such employees; provided,
the amount of insurance to be procured as to any such employee shall not exceed the amount
which would be payable to such employee under the workmen's compensation laws of the State
of Alabama if such employee were privately employed; except, that such policy may provide
additional benefits not to exceed $10,000.00 per employee for the payment of hospital and
medical expenses. The cost of such insurance shall be paid by the state Department of Public
Safety out of any funds appropriated to its use in manner provided by law. (Acts 1943, No.
388, p. 606; Acts 1953, No. 722, p. 976.)...
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27-48-2
Section 27-48-2 Coverage for medically necessary inpatient care for mother and newly
born child. (a) Every health benefit plan that provides maternity coverage shall provide coverage
for the following: (1) All medically necessary inpatient care for a mother and her newly born
child as determined by the woman's prenatal care physician, obstetrician-gynecologist, certified
nurse midwife, or the child's attending pediatrician and when consistent with the most recent
version of the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" prepared by the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, including the administration
of medical tests recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or both on the admission and discharge of a mother and
the newborn child to determine whether additional medical care is needed for the mother or
newborn child or both. Included in medically necessary inpatient care is the...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued
pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface
coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and
such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance
standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall
require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to
maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that
reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore
the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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16-6B-4
Section 16-6B-4 Financial accountability. Following the analysis of the financial integrity
of each local board of education as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 16-13A-2,
if a local board of education is determined to have submitted fiscally unsound financial reports,
the State Department of Education shall provide assistance and advice. If during the assistance
the State Superintendent of Education determines that the local board of education is in an
unsound fiscal position, a person or persons shall be appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education to advise the day-to-day financial operations of the local board of education.
If after a reasonable period of time the State Superintendent of Education determines that
the local board of education is still in an unsound fiscal condition, a request shall be made
to the State Board of Education for the direct control of the fiscal operation of the local
board of education. If the request is granted, the State...
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