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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE.
A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer who purchases a group
health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist, optometrist,
psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered optician, licensed
professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All persons, firms, corporations,
associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance services, or preferred provider
organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan, or any similar organization or
entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage, either directly or indirectly,
shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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2-14-9
Section 2-14-9 Eradication or control of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees; inspection;
fees; transfer of honeybees to hives with movable frames. The Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board
of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this chapter, shall have full and plenary power
to deal with American and European Foulbrood, Nosema, Isle of Wight disease, and other contagious
and infectious diseases of honeybees and to do and perform all such acts through the State
Apiarist and other agents or employees to the end that contagious and infectious diseases
of honeybees may be eradicated or controlled. The commissioner, through the State Apiarist,
may inspect all honeybees, combs, and hives being shipped or moved from this state to other
states or countries that require inspection and certification before being admitted to other
states or countries. The Commissioner of Agriculture and...
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2-15-150
Section 2-15-150 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (2) COMMISSIONER. The
Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (3)
DISEASE or DISEASE OF ANIMALS. Contagious, communicable or infectious diseases of animals.
(4) MATERIALS. Infected barns or other infected structures or parts thereof and farm products,
clothing, straw, hay or other feed for animals and other articles stored or contained in or
adjacent to such barns or other structures. (5) LIVESTOCK. Any animal maintained in captivity
for any reason. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §1.)...
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2-15-210
Section 2-15-210 Establishment, conduct, and maintenance of swine disease diagnostic laboratory.
(a) The Department of Agriculture and Industries may establish, conduct and maintain a swine
disease diagnostic laboratory for the purpose of diagnosing contagious, infectious and communicable
diseases of swine owned by producers of such livestock in Alabama, and the amount appropriated
and made available for such purpose in the general appropriations act shall be used and expended
by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to establish, operate and conduct such a laboratory.
(b) Testing for swine disease may be performed at a swine disease diagnostic laboratory at
a location in the State of Alabama to be designated by the State Board of Agriculture and
Industries or as otherwise provided in Section 2-2-33. (Acts 1961, No. 1035, p. 1621; Act
2015-262, §2.)...
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22-13A-2
Section 22-13A-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1)
Osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, is a major public health problem that poses a threat
to the health and quality of life to as many as 25 million Americans. (2) The 1.5 million
fractures each year that result from osteoporosis cause pain, disability, immobility and social
isolation, affecting quality of life and threatening the ability of people to live independently.
(3) Because osteoporosis progresses silently and without sensation over many years, and many
cases remain undiagnosed, the first symptom of the disease is often a fracture, typically
of the hip, spine, or wrist. (4) One of two women and one of five men will suffer an osteoporotic
fracture in their lifetime. (5) A woman's risk of hip fracture is equal to her combined risk
of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer. (6) The annual direct and indirect costs of osteoporosis
to the health care system are estimated to be as high as...
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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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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22-4-2
Section 22-4-2 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH. The statutory agency of the State of Alabama operative in the field of general
health matters and performing the duties and exercising the powers as set forth in the statutory
provisions relating thereto. (2) STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL. The advisory council
established pursuant to this article which shall advise the State Board of Health on matters
relating to health planning and resource development. (3) HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY. An entity
which is organized and operated under the provisions of Title XV of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 3001 et seq.) and is responsible for the health planning and development
in a health service area designated by the Governor. (4) HEALTH SERVICE AREA. A geographical
area designated by the Governor as being appropriate...
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22-56-5
Section 22-56-5 Department to establish official standards for certification. In order to ensure
that consumers of mental health services through state facilities, community mental health
centers, and other providers under contract to the department receive individual treatment
and that rights delineated in Section 22-56-4 and elsewhere in state and federal law are consistently
observed within mental health programs operated by the providers, the department shall establish
within 180 days of January 1, 1996, official standards for certification to be observed by
all state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract
to the department. These standards shall be developed with the active participation of mental
health providers, consumers and family members of consumers. The department shall establish
teams to monitor the compliance with these standards by state facilities, community mental
health centers, and providers under contract to the department,...
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22-5C-2
Section 22-5C-2 State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. (a) Not later
than November 23, 2015, the State Health Department shall establish a State Advisory Council
on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the department. (b) The council membership shall
be appointed by the State Health Officer and shall include interdisciplinary palliative care
medical, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and spiritual professional expertise; patient and
family caregiver advocate representation, and any other relevant appointees the State Health
Officer determines appropriate. The State Health Officer shall consider the racial, gender,
geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing members. Membership
shall specifically include health professionals having palliative care work experience or
expertise in palliative care delivery models in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and community
settings such as acute care, long-term care, and hospice and with...
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