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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT
FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for
profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department
of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or
church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care
facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical
care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining
the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted
disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually
transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing
of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed
practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of
the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority,
as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic
procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually
transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability;
confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a)
The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within
the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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22-11A-9
Section 22-11A-9 Tuberculosis cases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential.
Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of active tuberculosis, the administrator of
any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which there is a case
of active tuberculosis, the person in charge of any laboratory performing a positive test
for active or suspected active tuberculosis, and pharmacist dispensing anti-tuberculosis medication
shall report this information to the State Health Officer, the county health officer, or their
designee, in the manner provided in Section 22-11A-1. These reports shall include, at a minimum,
the name of the patient and the name and address of the physician. The reports required by
this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection, subpoena,
or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel
the examination, treatment, commitment or quarantine of any...
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22-27-49
Section 22-27-49 Moratorium on issuance of permits. (a) For the purpose of evaluating solid
waste management problems facing the state and to allow for the development of comprehensive
plans to identify and provide for the state's solid waste management needs, there is hereby
imposed a moratorium on the issuance by the Department of Environmental Management of any
new or modified permits or transfers of existing permits for solid waste management facilities
which receive or are intended to receive wastes not generated by the permittee. Said moratorium
shall not apply to industrial landfills receiving waste generated in state only by the permittee.
Modifications for the limited purposes of changing liner and leachate collection design, changes
in waste streams from within the facility's designated service area, changes in sequence of
fill, and changes to incorporate new technology, or changes intended to bring a facility into
compliance with statutes and regulations are specifically...
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22-52-12.1
Section 22-52-12.1 Designated mental health facilities; standards of care. (a) The department
shall designate certain mental health facilities that shall have the authority to receive
respondents for evaluation, admission, detention, treatment and discharge pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter. (b) The department shall establish standards of care and services
to be rendered by each designated mental health facility and shall certify those facilities
designated to provide evaluation, admission, detention, treatment and discharge. (c) The probate
judges of the State of Alabama may commit respondents, who meet the criteria for involuntary
commitment, to a designated mental health facility. Provided, however, that such designated
mental health facility shall not be required to accept a committed respondent if they are
unable to provide proper services and treatment. (d) The designated mental health facilities
shall have the authority to contract with public or private mental health...
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14-14-5
Section 14-14-5 Medical release application; eligibility factors; revocation; notice. (a) An
inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not limited to, the inmate's attorney, family,
physician, or an employee or official of the department may initiate consideration for medical
furlough by submitting to the department an initial medical release application form along
with supporting documentation. (b)(1) The initial application form shall include the report
of a physician or physicians employed by the department or its health care provider and a
notarized report of at least one other duly licensed physician who is board certified in the
field of medicine for which the inmate is seeking a medical furlough and who is not an employee
of the department. These reports shall each be of the opinion that the inmate is either terminally
ill, permanently incapacitated, or that the inmate suffers from a chronic infirmity, illness,
or disease related to aging. (2) The commissioner shall...
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15-20A-23
Section 15-20A-23 Adult sex offender - Relief from residency restriction. (a) A sex offender
required to register under this chapter may petition the court for relief from the residency
restriction pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 15-20A-11 during the time a sex offender
is terminally ill or permanently immobile, or the sex offender has a debilitating medical
condition requiring substantial care or supervision or requires placement in a residential
health care facility. (b) A petition for relief pursuant to this section shall be filed in
the civil division of the circuit court of the county in which the sex offender seeks relief
from the residency restriction. (c) The sex offender shall serve a copy of the petition by
certified mail on all of the following: (1) The prosecuting attorney in the county of adjudication
or conviction, if the sex offender was adjudicated or convicted in this state. (2) The prosecuting
attorney of the county where the sex offender seeks relief from the...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and
the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise
required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title
to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles
or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement
of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition"
shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it
mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance
or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement,
or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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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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