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22-4-38
Section 22-4-38 Information provided to purchasers. Nothing in this article shall prohibit
a purchaser from obtaining information from a covered health care reporter. The obligation
of providing the purchaser, on terms consistent with past practices, data or information previously
provided, or additional data or information not currently provided to a purchaser by the covered
health care reporter pursuant to any existing or future arrangement, agreement, or understanding
shall not be affected by this article. (Act 2015-471, §9.)...
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35-11-371
persons, firms, or corporations claimed by the injured person, or the legal representative
of the person, to be liable for damages arising from the injuries. The claimant shall also
within one day after the filing of the claim or lien, mail a copy thereof by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, for each person, firm, or corporation so claimed to be liable
on account of the injuries, at the addresses so given in the statement, and to the patient,
his or her guardian, or his or her personal representative at the address given at
the time of admission. (d) The filing of a claim or lien shall be notice thereof to all persons,
firms, or corporations liable for damages, whether or not they are named in the claim or lien.
Nothing shall be deemed to preclude the hospital from perfecting its lien outside of the time
limits stated in this section through providing actual notice to persons, firms, or corporations.
(e) The judge of probate shall endorse thereon the date and hour of...
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22-11A-121
Section 22-11A-121 Use of data. (a) The department shall utilize the data and information received
for the benefit of the public. (b) Individual patient data submitted to the department by
health care facilities pursuant to this article shall at all times remain confidential and
privileged from discovery. This article does not expand or repeal any protection from discovery,
privilege, or confidentiality for patient specific information that exists by statute, regulation,
or decision by a court of final jurisdiction. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §12.)...
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22-4-37
Section 22-4-37 Penalties for noncompliance. SHPDA shall impose an administrative penalty against
a covered health care reporter that fails to comply with this article in an amount not to
exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) if the covered health care reporter is a rural health
care provider or ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for all covered health care reporters and
the covered health care reporter may not participate in the Certificate of Need review process
either as an applicant for a Certificate of Need or in opposition to a Certificate of Need
application until the covered health care reporter is in compliance with this article. By
June 11, 2016, SHPDA, following advice and guidance from the Health Care Information and Data
Council, shall adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act necessary to implement
this section. (Act 2015-471, §8.)...
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22-11A-123
Section 22-11A-123 Priority of federal program. This article shall no longer have any force
or effect and shall not be enforceable after the department determines that there has been
an enactment of a United States government program for collecting and disseminating health
care facility acquired infection data which mandates, at a minimum, the reporting, collection,
and dissemination of the same categories of data required in this article. (Act 2009-490,
p. 900, §14.)...
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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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22-21-171
Section 22-21-171 Purpose and construction of article. It is the intention of the Legislature
by the passage of this article to authorize in each of the several counties of the state the
organization of a public corporation or corporations for the purpose of acquiring, owning
and operating public hospitals and other health-care and related facilities in the county
in which such corporation shall be organized. It is the legislative intent to confer on corporations
organized under this article all the powers requisite for the fulfillment of the purposes
of their organization, including the power to do whatever financing may be necessary to accomplish
such purposes. This article shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purpose. Corporations
organized under this article shall be public, nonprofit corporations, and no part of the net
earnings thereof shall inure to the benefit of any individual or private corporation. (Acts
1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §1.)...
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22-8A-4
The acceptance shall be evidenced in writing and attached to the proxy designation. The proxy
designation may be a separate document or part of a living will. (1) The designation of an
attorney-in-fact, made pursuant to Section 26-1-2, as amended from time to time, who is specifically
authorized to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawing of life-sustaining
treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration in instances involving terminal
illness or injury and permanent unconsciousness, constitutes for purposes of this chapter
a proxy designating another individual to act for the declarant pursuant to this subsection,
provided, however, that the authority granted to an attorney-in-fact to make such decisions
shall be the same as the authority granted in this chapter to a health care proxy. The appointment
shall be limited to the specific directions enumerated in the appointment. (2) Any powers
granted to a health care proxy in an advance...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as used
in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit
plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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41-16-78
Section 41-16-78 Exceptions. (a) This article shall not apply to any entity that does not receive
state funds. (b) This article shall also not apply to direct health care services provided
by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (c) This article shall not apply to any county
or municipality, or any board, public corporation, authority, public utility district, or
other entity created by any county or municipality, or to the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-50A-1, et seq., nor shall it apply to any
local school board, the State Department of Education, or other entity covered under Section
41-16-50, et seq., except as herein provided for future support of computer technology or
any educational and eleemosynary institutions governed by a board of trustees or other similar
governing body, nor shall it apply to any statewide non-profit water and wastewater utility
association. (d) This article shall not apply to any state authority,...
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