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15-18-174
Section 15-18-174 Powers, duties, authority of department. In addition to those otherwise provided
by law, the department shall have the following powers, duties, and authority: (1) Monitor
the community punishment and corrections program within the goals and mandates established
herein. (2) Conduct statewide public education programs concerning the purposes and goals
as established herein and make an annual report to the Prison Oversight Committee of the Legislature
and the Alabama Sentencing Commission regarding the effectiveness of diversion of offenders
from state and local correctional institutions. This annual report should also include data
showing the impact of diversion of offenders by race, gender, and location of the offender.
(3) Provide technical assistance to local governments, authorities and other nonprofit entities
and agencies, and local community punishment and corrections advisory boards regarding development
of a community punishment and corrections program. (4)...
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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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22-13A-4
organizations to coordinate efforts and maximize state resources in the areas of prevention,
education, and treatment of osteoporosis. (7) Identify, and when appropriate, replicate or
use successful osteoporosis programs and procure related materials and services from organizations
with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis. (c) The department shall use, but
is not limited to, the following strategies for raising public awareness on the causes and
nature of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, value of prevention and early detection,
and options for diagnosing and treating the disease: (1) An outreach campaign utilizing print,
radio, and television public service announcements, advertisements, posters, and other materials.
(2) Community forums. (3) Health information and risk factor assessment at public events.
(4) Targeting at-risk populations. (5) Providing reliable information to policy makers. (6)
Distributing information through county health departments,...
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16-22-17
person who is receiving a benefit check each month from the Teachers' Retirement System. (b)
Each employer and the Teachers' Retirement System for each retiree shall prepare a separate
slot on their regular monthly, weekly, or biweekly personnel payrolls to provide for all eligible
employees to have the opportunity to purchase, at group rates or group discounts through their
professional organization, different plans for annuities, deferred compensation, disability,
casualty, automobile, personal liability, long-term health care and health insurance,
and other programs offered on a statewide basis by the organization for which the employees
or retirees qualify and which they chose to purchase. Each employee and retiree who qualifies
may choose to participate in the various statewide programs offered and may authorize deductions
from his or her regular payroll check or annuity in the amount of such premiums and costs
necessary to cover the programs chosen. The employer and the...
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16-44A-31
recommendations to the board of trustees. (d) The Citizenship Trust shall be domiciled in Shelby
County, Alabama, and shall be constituted as a public not-for-profit educational corporation
upon the filing of these articles with the Secretary of State. It is the intent that the Citizenship
Trust shall be qualified as a Section 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code
and regulations of the United States, and that none of the net proceeds of the trust shall
ever inure to the personal, private benefit of an individual. (e) The Citizenship Trust
shall be governed by a board of directors, designated the board of trustees (herein called
the "board"), and elected in accordance with bylaws of the Trust. There shall be
a chair, vice chair, secretary, and other officers as determined by the bylaws. The board
membership shall be diverse and broadly representative, and at least one fourth of its members
shall be Black. (f) The board shall adopt and revise its bylaws consistent...
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22-56-7
Section 22-56-7 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and
procedures. All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement
written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers
in programs operated by the providers. At a minimum, these policies and procedures shall accomplish
the following: (1) Affirm and safeguard the rights of a consumer stated pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Ensure that prompt action is taken to prevent the potential of further abuse while an
investigation is in process. (3) Provide for an immediate and thorough investigation of all
allegations of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by trained, experienced personnel delegated
with all necessary authority. The status of all investigations shall be reported to the administrator(s)
of the program or his or her designated representative on a continuous basis. (4) Establish
reasonable and appropriate corrective action, including...
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28-11-5
Section 28-11-5 Tobacco prevention materials; funding. The board may use funding, if available,
from the Department of Mental Health, other state or federal agencies, grants, and private
or public organizations to enforce this chapter and to provide and distribute tobacco prevention
materials to retail tobacco merchants. The materials shall provide information regarding state
and federal laws that prohibit access to tobacco or tobacco products by minors and other appropriate
information. The board may also provide consultation services for establishing programs to
minimize or eliminate sales of tobacco or tobacco products to minors pursuant to the responsible
vendor program. (Acts 1997, No. 97-423, p. 721, ยง5.)...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall
convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner
or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services
to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education,
the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public
Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed
by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed
by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by
that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that
organization, one guardian ad litem...
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41-29-223
Section 41-29-223 Duties and functions. The duties and functions of the office shall include
all of the following: (1) Serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of small
businesses, including, but not limited to, advisory participation in the consideration of
all legislation and administrative regulations which affect small businesses. (2) Establish
a central reference program and general counseling service to assist small businesses. (3)
Represent the views and interests of small businesses before other state agencies whose policies
and activities may affect small businesses. (4) Enlist the cooperation and assistance of public
and private agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating information about
the programs and services provided by state government which are of benefit to small businesses,
and information on how small businesses can participate in, or make use of, those programs
and services. (5) Evaluate the efforts of state agencies, businesses,...
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16-6G-6
Section 16-6G-6 Dyslexia therapist certification endoresement; accreditation of teacher preparation
programs; licensure and certification of teachers; professional learning. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall approve, a dyslexia therapist
certification endorsement on or before December 31, 2019. (1) K-12 and early childhood teachers
who have completed an International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council endorsed
training course and have received a passing score on the Academic Language Therapy Association's
Certified Academic Language Therapy assessment, or the International Dyslexia Association's
Knowledge and Practice Examination of Effective Reading Instruction, and who hold a valid
Professional Educator Certificate shall be eligible for a dyslexia therapist endorsement.
(2) Teacher preparation programs at public colleges and universities in the state shall offer
dyslexia therapy teacher preparation courses...
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