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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD.
The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage
system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment
device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions
of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed
native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department
of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system
that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation
procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public
Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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15-22-27.4
Section 15-22-27.4 Parole of persons convicted of sex offense involving person under 13 years
of age - Chemical castration treatment. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) CHEMICAL CASTRATION TREATMENT. The receiving of medication,
including, but not limited to, medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment or its chemical equivalent,
that, among other things, reduces, inhibits, or blocks the production of testosterone, hormones,
or other chemicals in a person's body. (2) SEX OFFENSE INVOLVING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF
13 YEARS. A sex offense, as described in Section 15-20A-5, that is committed against a person
who has not attained the age of 13 years. (b) Subject to Section 15-22-27.3, as a condition
of parole, a court shall order a person convicted of a sex offense involving a person under
the age of 13 years to undergo chemical castration treatment, in addition to any other punishment
prescribed for that offense or any other provision of...
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22-21-20
Section 22-21-20 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITALS. General and specialized
hospitals, including ancillary services; independent clinical laboratories; rehabilitation
centers; ambulatory surgical treatment facilities for patients not requiring hospitalization;
end stage renal disease treatment and transplant centers, including free-standing hemodialysis
units; abortion or reproductive health centers; hospices; health maintenance organizations;
and other related health care institutions when such institution is primarily engaged in offering
to the public generally, facilities and services for the diagnosis and/or treatment of injury,
deformity, disease, surgical or obstetrical care. Also included within the term are long term
care facilities such as, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care
facilities, assisted living facilities, and specialty...
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22-30-16
Section 22-30-16 Responsibilities of hazardous waste storage and treatment facility and hazardous
waste disposal site operators. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized
to promulgate rules and regulations establishing such standards, applicable to owners and
operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities as may be necessary
to protect human health or the environment. In establishing such standards, the department
may, where appropriate, distinguish in such standards between requirements appropriate for
new facilities and for facilities in existence on the date of promulgation of such regulations.
Such standards shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Unless exempted from
regulation by this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, obtaining
a permit from the department or interim status for each treatment, storage or disposal facility;
(2) Assuring that all hazardous wastes are stored, treated or...
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22-52-10.8
Section 22-52-10.8 Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered into
Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation
to purchase firearm. (a) When the judge of probate of a county enters an order for the involuntary
commitment of a person pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, and the order is for a final commitment
for inpatient treatment to the Department of Mental Health or a Veterans' Administration hospital,
or as otherwise provided by law, the judge shall immediately forward the order to the Alabama
Law Enforcement Agency and the order shall be entered in its information systems. The order
shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the manner as the Alabama Justice
Information Center Commission shall provide. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency shall as soon
as possible thereafter enter the order in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) and the information shall be entered into...
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22-5A-2
Section 22-5A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. Any person charged with
the general administration or supervision of a health care, domiciliary or residential facility
without regard to whether such person has an ownership interest in such facility or to whether
such person's functions and duties are shared with one or more other persons. (2) COMMUNITY
OMBUDSMAN. A person selected by an area agency on aging who is then trained and certified
as such by the commission pursuant to Section 22-5A-4. (3) DEPARTMENT. Department of Senior
Services. (4) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. Any skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility,
domiciliary, boarding home facility or hospital now or hereafter subject to regulation or
licensure by the Bureau of Licensure and Certification of the State Department of Health or
a county department of health which provides any generally accepted facet...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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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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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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22-52-32
Section 22-52-32 Proceedings where persons accused of crimes and committed to custody of Department
of Mental Health found competent to stand trial or charges nolle prossed or dismissed. Where
the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other facility so designated by the
commissioner, after evaluation by appropriate members of the medical staffs of said facilities
as so designated by the superintendent, has determined that any person accused of a crime
and committed to the custody of the department in one of its facilities is competent to stand
trial, or where the superintendent has been notified in writing by the committing court that
charges have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed against any person currently confined
to the custody of such facility, it shall be the duty of the superintendent to immediately
notify in writing the court from which the person was committed. The court shall forthwith
order the sheriff to remove the person from said facility back to the...
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