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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional
illness or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No
person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized
physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating
under the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license
for treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his
office for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health
Care Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to
implement the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board
on matters related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release
and to serve as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection,
and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist
of 18 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed
by the Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals.
(2) Three members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3)
Two members to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents
a small business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education
and training of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the
board. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed
by the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision
of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison,
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed
only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend
drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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34-2A-2
Section 34-2A-2 License required; permission to supervise multiple facilities. (a) All
administrators of assisted living facilities or specialty care assisted living facilities
as recorded in the records of the State Department of Public Health shall be issued a provisional
license, as defined herein, upon the effective date of this act. On and after September 1,
2003, no assisted living facility in the state may operate unless it is under the supervision
of an administrator who holds a currently valid assisted living administrator's license, or
new initial provisional license, issued by the board. No person shall practice or offer to
practice assisted living administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device
to indicate that he or she is an assisted living administrator unless the person shall have
been duly licensed as an assisted living administrator or as a provisional assisted living
administrator in this state. In the event an assisted living administrator dies,...
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34-23-92
Section 34-23-92 Powers and duties generally. The board shall exercise, subject to this
chapter, the following powers and duties: (1) To adopt rules concerning the records and reports
to be kept and made by a pharmacy relating to the filling of prescriptions and the handling
and preservation of drugs. (2) To fix standards and requirements for licenses and permits
except as otherwise specified in this chapter. (3) To make rules and regulations regarding
sanitation consistent with state health regulations. (4) To employ such chemists, agents,
clerical help, and attorneys necessary for the proper administration of the duties of the
board. (5) To employ a Chief Drug Investigator and such other drug investigators that it deems
necessary to enforce this chapter which are under the supervision of the board. (6) To adopt
rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and not inconsistent
herewith. Such rules and regulations shall be referenced to the section or...
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34-25A-3
Section 34-25A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED FACILITY. A facility where prosthetic, orthotic, prosthetic
and orthotic, or pedorthic care is provided to patients needing such care and has met the
requirements of the board for such designation. The board shall require that all accredited
facilities meet the requirements of a national certifying board, recognized by the state board
in prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics accredited by the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies (NCCA) in the discipline or disciplines for which the application is made and meet
any other requirements of the board. The requirements may include custom and non-custom items
the board may determine are necessary to perform quality care and are typical in the course
of business. (2) ACCREDITED PEDORTHIC FACILITY. A facility where pedorthic care may be provided
that has met the requirements of the board for such designation. An...
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22-21-33
Section 22-21-33 Penalties for operation of or referring persons to unlicensed hospital.
(a)(1) Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license
by the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except
that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction of a second
or any subsequent offense. (2) The State Board of Health, upon determination that a facility
or business is operating as a hospital, within the meaning of this article or...
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27-21A-3
Section 27-21A-3 Issuance of certificate of authority. (a)(1) Upon receipt of an application
for issuance of a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall forthwith transmit copies
of such application and accompanying documents to the State Health Officer. (2) The State
Health Officer shall determine whether the applicant for a certificate of authority, with
respect to health care services to be furnished: a. Has demonstrated the willingness and potential
ability to assure that such health care services will be provided in a manner to assure both
availability and accessibility of adequate personnel and facilities and in a manner enhancing
availability, accessibility, and continuity of service; b. Has arrangements, established in
accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State Health Officer, for an on-going quality
assurance program concerning health care processes and outcomes; and c. Has a procedure, established
in accordance with regulations of the State Health...
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