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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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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or
part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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26-1-2
Section 26-1-2 Durable power of attorney; appointment by court of guardian, etc., subsequent
to execution of durable power of attorney; effect of death of principal upon agency relationship;
affidavit by person exercising power of attorney as to lack of knowledge of revocation, etc.;
health care power of attorney. (a) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which
a principal designates another his or her attorney in fact or agent in writing and the writing
contains the words "This power of attorney shall not be affected by disability, incompetency,
or incapacity of the principal" or "This power of attorney shall become effective
upon the disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or similar words showing
the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding
the principal's subsequent disability, incompetency, or incapacity. (b) All acts done by an
attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any...
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34-24-162.1
Section 34-24-162.1 Application; licensure by credentials. (a) Every person who desires to
practice chiropractic within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed by
the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement
set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure must be at least 21 years of
age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United
States a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation
from the federal government, a graduate of a chiropractic school or college accredited and
recognized by the board and must satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted
by the board. (b) Any individual who possesses a current license in any state, who has passed
a state licensure examination approved by the board and who has, since graduation from chiropractic
school, participated in a clinical residency or practiced chiropractic...
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16-30B-3
Section 16-30B-3 Rulemaking authority; school nurse requirements; training guidelines. (a)
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board
may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-6.
For purposes of this subsection, approval requires an affirmative vote from at least three-fifths
of the task force members. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the contents of
a plan and procedures for the execution and termination of a plan. The final rules shall be
certified to the Legislative Services Agency not later than June 1, 2019. (b) A Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plan administered under this chapter shall be developed
by the school nurse, in conjunction with the representative of the qualified minor. (c) A
plan shall include an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care...
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34-13A-2
Section 34-13A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABGC. The American Board of Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (2) ABMGG. The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, or its successor
or equivalent. (3) ACGC. The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (4) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Genetic Counseling. (5) EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE.
The ABGC or ABMGG certification examination, or the examination provided by a successor entity
to the ABGC or ABMGG, to test the competence and qualifications of applicants to practice
genetic counseling. (6) GENETIC COUNSELING. The provision of services by a genetic counselor
to do any of the following: a. Obtain and evaluate individual, family, and medical histories
to determine genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases in a patient, his
or her offspring, or other family members. b. Discuss the...
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34-26-46
Section 34-26-46 Grounds for disciplinary action; mental or physical competence; penalties;
judicial review; disciplinary oversight. (a) The board shall suspend, place on probation,
or require remediation, or any combination thereof, for any psychologist or psychological
technician for a specified time, to be determined at the discretion of the board, or revoke
any license to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician or take any other action
specified in the rules and regulations whenever the board finds by a preponderance of the
evidence that the psychologist or psychological technician has engaged in any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud or deception in applying for or procuring a license to practice
as a psychologist or psychological technician; or in passing the examination provided for
in this chapter. (2) Practice as a psychologist or psychological technician under a false
or assumed name or the impersonation of another practitioner of a like or different...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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22-21-311
Section 22-21-311 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this article, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of a county, municipality,
or educational institution, or two or more thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section
22-21-313. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized, and any public hospital corporation
reincorporated, pursuant to the provisions hereof. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution
adopted by the governing body of an authorizing subdivision, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 22-21-313 or Section 22-21-341, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority
or the reincorporation of a public hospital corporation. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each
county, municipality, and educational institution with...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug,
or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
to be pregnant. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save
the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver
an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman)
and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
(3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise
been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE.
The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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