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38-9-8
Section 38-9-8 Reports by physicians, etc., of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect,
or exploitation - Required; contents; investigation. (a) All physicians and other practitioners
of the healing arts or any caregiver having reasonable cause to believe that any protected
person has been subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse shall report or cause a report to be made as follows: (1) An oral report, by telephone
or otherwise, shall be made immediately, followed by a written report, to the county department
of human resources or to the chief of police of the city or city and county, or to the sheriff
of the county if the observation is made in an unincorporated territory, except that reports
of a nursing home employee who abuses, neglects, or misappropriates the property of a nursing
home resident shall be made to the Department of Public Health. The requirements to report
suspicion of suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of...
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45-37-171.01
Section 45-37-171.01 Rulemaking authority. (a) The Jefferson County Board of Health may adopt
and establish, and amend, from time to time, reasonable rules and regulations with respect
to facilities and service contracts as it, from time to time, deems necessary for the financial,
health, and safety protection of persons served by boarding and rooming homes for periods
of one week or more situated in the county where any of the people served are unrelated by
blood or marriage to the owner or operator. The regulations may provide for the payment of
an annual permit or license fee in accordance with Subpart 3; for background checks on owners,
operators, and employees; and for civil fines not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000)
per violation for any of the following violations by owners, operators, or employees: (1)
Operating a boarding or rooming home without a valid permit. (2) Specific critical conditions
as listed in the regulations and reflected on the inspection report that are...
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12-21-147
Section 12-21-147 Use of registered therapy dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MEMBER.
Therapy dog teams who have had recorded visits at facilities including hospitals, nursing
homes, libraries, and extended care facilities in the past 18 months. (2) REGISTERED HANDLER.
A volunteer registered by the court system as a therapy dog handler who has not been convicted
of sexual, animal, or domestic abuse or any felony, who has been registered by a qualifying
therapy dog organization, and has taken an oath of confidentiality. An officer of the court
may be a handler only if there is no expense to the state. (3) REGISTERED THERAPY DOG. a.
A trained emotional support dog that has been tested and registered by a nonprofit therapy
dog organization that sets standards and requirements for the health, welfare, task work,
and oversight for therapy dogs and their handlers, including at a minimum, all...
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15-22-32
Section 15-22-32 Parole court; hearing officers; sanctions; delegation of authority. (a) Whenever
there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner who has been paroled has violated his
or her parole, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, at its next meeting, may declare the prisoner
to be delinquent, and time owed shall date from the delinquency. The Department of Corrections,
after receiving notice from the sheriff of the county jail where the state prisoner is being
held, shall promptly notify the board of the return of a paroled prisoner charged with violation
of his or her parole. Thereupon, the board, a single member of the board, a parole revocation
hearing officer, or a designated parole officer shall hold a parole court at the prison or
at another place as it may determine within 20 business days and consider the case of the
parole violator, who shall be given an opportunity to appear personally or by counsel before
the board or the parole court and produce witnesses and...
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2-3A-34
Section 2-3A-34 Expenses; disposition of proceeds. Upon order of the board of directors of
said authority, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale,
and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by Amendment 618 shall be paid out of the proceeds
thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the
income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived
from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from
time to time on the order of said authority for payment of costs incurred in carrying out
the purposes authorized in said amendment, as follows: (1) the sum of $13,000,000 shall be
used for providing and improving animal diagnostic laboratories in the state in order to provide
improved animal health testing for livestock and poultry producers, veterinarians, animal
owners and animal-related businesses generally; (2) the sum of $18,200,000...
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22-6-27
Section 22-6-27 Resident Protection Trust Fund; appropriation; use. All revenue collected pursuant
to assessing civil penalties shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of Medicaid
in a trust fund known as The Resident Protection Trust Fund. This fund is hereby appropriated
to Medicaid to be expended for the purpose of protecting the health and property of residents
in nursing facilities found deficient and for assisting with relocating indigent residents
when an action is taken under the auspices of this article. This fund may be used for the
maintenance of a facility pending correction of deficiencies or closure and to reimburse residents
for personal funds lost. All funds in excess of $50,000.00 may be used to provide technical
assistance to facilities to return to full compliance with this article. (Acts 1989, No. 89-641,
p. 1268, ยง8.)...
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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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26-16-2
Section 26-16-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein ascribed to them: (1) CHILD. A person under 18 years of age. (2)
CHILD ABUSE. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare by a person responsible
for the child's health or welfare, which harm occurs or is threatened through nonaccidental
physical or mental injury; sexual abuse, which includes a violation of any provision of Article
4, Chapter 6, Title 13A. (3) CULTURAL COMPETENCY. The ability of an individual or organization
to understand and act respectfully toward, in a cultural text, the beliefs, interpersonal
styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures, including persons
and families of various cultures who participate in services from the individual or organization
and persons of various cultures who provide services for the individual or organization. (4)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention....
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38-15-8
Section 38-15-8 Rulemaking authority; authority of department to act in loco parentis; registration
approval required; performance of services in accordance with religious beliefs. (a) On or
before January 1, 2018, the department shall adopt rules to implement this chapter, in consultation
with interested parties, including representatives of any institution with any combination
of organizational characteristics defined by this section, former residents of long-term youth
residential facilities, advocates for youth, and private concerned parties. Until rules are
adopted by the department and become effective any existing child or youth residential organization,
facility, institution, boarding school, or program operating in this state shall be governed
by the rules applicable to residential care facilities regulated by the Department of Human
Resources pursuant to published minimum standards for residential child care facilities. Any
institution, facility, or program subject to this...
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38-4-1
Section 38-4-1 Persons to whom public assistance payable. (a) Generally. - Public assistance
shall be payable under this chapter to or on behalf of any person who is a needy blind person
within the requirements of this chapter, or is a needy person over the age of 65 years within
the requirements of this chapter, or is a dependent child within the requirements of this
chapter, or who is permanently and totally disabled within the requirements of this chapter.
No public assistance shall be payable under this chapter to or on behalf of any person who
is an inmate of a public institution; except, that such assistance may be payable to or on
behalf of persons who are patients in public institutions where such payments are matchable
under provisions of the Federal Social Security Act; provided, that the state department shall
not grant assistance to inmates of any institution, whether public or private, unless that
institution conforms to requirements under the provisions of the Federal...
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