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22-12D-1
Section 22-12D-1 Office established; purposes. (a) The Office of Women's Health
is established within the Alabama Department of Public Health for the following purposes:
(1) To educate the public and be an advocate for women's health by requesting that the State
Department of Public Health, either on its own or in partnership with other entities, establish
appropriate forums, programs, or initiatives designed to educate the public regarding women's
health, with an emphasis on preventive health and healthy lifestyles. (2) To assist the State
Health Officer in identifying, coordinating, and establishing priorities for programs, services,
and resources the state should provide for women's health issues and concerns relating to
the reproductive, menopausal, and postmenopausal phases of a woman's life, with an emphasis
on postmenopausal health. (3) To serve as a clearinghouse and resource for information regarding
women's health data, strategies, services, and programs that address women's...
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22-19-20
Section 22-19-20 State of Alabama Anatomical Board - Composition; secretary. The State
Health Officer, the Dean of the School of Medicine and the head of the Department of Anatomy
of the University of Alabama in Birmingham and the deans and heads of the departments of anatomy
of other medical schools which may hereafter become incorporated under the laws of this state
shall be constituted as a board for the distribution and delivery of dead bodies, known as
"State of Alabama Anatomical Board." The professor of anatomy in the medical school
of the University of Alabama, in Birmingham, shall serve as secretary. (Acts 1923, No. 360,
p. 381; Code 1923, §1288; Code 1940, T. 22, §174; Acts 1980, No. 80-140, p. 210.)...
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32-6-491
Section 32-6-491 Distribution of proceeds. Proceeds from the additional revenues generated
by the twenty-five dollars ($25) minus the production and administrative costs for the "Civitan
International" tags or plates shall be paid monthly by the Department of Revenue or other
appropriate official to the Civitan International Foundation for the benefit of the Civitan
International Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham together with an
accounting of the proceeds. (Acts 1996, No. 96-693, p. 1163, §2.)...
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22-19-120
Section 22-19-120 Legislative intent. (a) The acquisition and transportation and transplantation
of donor organs, bones and tissues is becoming more common place as new scientific and technological
developments find better ways to conquer the human body's rejection of such transplanted organs,
bones and tissues. In its concern that donee recipients be provided the best possible quality
assurance that such donated organs, bones and tissues, retrieved in Alabama are free from
any contagious or communicable disease or defect, the Legislature intends to establish in
this article a framework for the development of appropriate standards of care and quality
assurance for the acquisition and/or transportation of organs, bones and tissues retrieved
in Alabama. (b) It is also the intent of this article to recognize and utilize the quality
assurance already developed in Alabama by the Department of Surgery of the School of Medicine,
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center by...
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22-19-121
Section 22-19-121 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham. (2) PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture,
or corporation, and any combination of persons herein specified, but "person" shall
not include the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, except in the case
of voluntary submission to the policies and procedures and standards for quality assurance
established by this article and by the "chairman". (3) QUALITY ASSURANCE. The policies
and procedures and standards of quality for the acquisition and/or transportation of donated
organs, bones, and tissue retrieved in Alabama. (4) ORGAN. Any human organ, human bone or
human tissue, or any other part or portions of the human body, retrieved in Alabama except
that the...
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40-18-131
Section 40-18-131 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) RURAL PHYSICIAN. A physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama who practices and
resides in a small or rural community and has admission privileges to a small or rural hospital.
(2) SMALL OR RURAL COMMUNITY. A community in Alabama that has less than 25,000 residents according
to the latest decennial census and has a hospital with an emergency room. (3) SMALL OR RURAL
HOSPITAL. An acute care hospital that meets one of the following requirements: a. Contains
less than 105 beds and is located more than 20 miles, under normal travel conditions, from
another acute care hospital located in Alabama. b. Receives Medicare rural reimbursement from
the federal government. (Acts 1993, No. 93-313, p. 470, §2.)...
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41-23-252
Section 41-23-252 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ADECA. The Alabama Department of Economic
and Community Affairs. (2) ALABAMA RESEARCH ENTITY. One or more of the following: a. A public
or private university in the state. b. A university research foundation affiliated with a
public or private university in the state. c. A public two-year college in the state. d. A
publicly owned hospital in the state. e. An entity duly formed, domiciled, or qualified to
do business in the state that meets each of the following criteria: 1. Is exempt from federal
income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
2. Is predominantly engaged in research and non-commercial development activities undertaken
for the purpose of discovering information that is technological or biotechnological in nature,
involves a process of experimentation, and the application of which is intended to be...
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20-2-115
Section 20-2-115 Composition of review committee. The review committee shall consist
of: (a) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and certified by the American
Board of Ophthalmology; (b) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine and also certified in the subspecialty of medical
oncology; (c) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified in the
specialty of pediatrics and also certified in the subspecialty of pediatrics oncology; (d)
one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified in the specialty of gynecology
and also certified in the subspecialty of gynecological oncology; (e) one physician licensed
to practice medicine in this state, certified in the specialty of radiology and also certified
in the subspecialty of radiation oncology; and (f) the director of the Comprehensive Cancer
Center of the University of Alabama in Birmingham. (Acts 1979, No....
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22-11D-6
Section 22-11D-6 Statewide registries. (a) The department shall establish a statewide
trauma registry and may establish other registries to collect and analyze data on the incidence,
severity, and causes of trauma, including traumatic brain injury and other health care illnesses,
such as stroke. The registries shall be used to improve the availability and delivery of pre-hospital
or out-of-hospital care and hospital trauma or other health care services. Specific data elements
of the registries shall be defined by rule of the department. Every health care facility that
is designated by the department as a trauma or health care center shall furnish data to the
registries. All other health care facilities shall furnish trauma or other health data as
required by rule of the department. (b) All data collected pursuant to this section
shall be held confidential pursuant to state and federal laws, rules, and policies. (Act 2007-299,
p. 541, §6; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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