|
34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed
to practice chiropractic in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract
between a chiropractor and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor
or the chiropractor's chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the
patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor
or a chiropractic practice of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic
services and which does not bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients
covered under a chiropractic agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less
than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance,
may not be deemed an insurance arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-24-125.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
34-25A-4
Section 34-25A-4 Referral and consultation limits. (a) A licensed prosthetist, licensed
orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist may provide services utilizing new prostheses
or orthoses for which he or she is licensed and only under a written order from an authorized
health care practitioner. A consultation with and periodic review by an authorized health
care practitioner is not required for the evaluation, repair, adjusting, or servicing of a
prosthesis by a licensed prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist and for the evaluation,
repair, adjusting, or servicing of an orthosis by a licensed orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist;
nor is an order from an authorized health care practitioner required for maintenance or replacement
of an orthosis or prosthesis to the level of its original prescription for an indefinite period
of time if the original order remains appropriate for the patient's medical needs. (b) Prosthetists
and orthotists must refer persons receiving...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-25A-4.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-21-263
Section 22-21-263 New institutional health services subject to review. (a) All new institutional
health services which are subject to this article and which are proposed to be offered or
developed within the state shall be subject to review under this article. No institutional
health services which are subject to this article shall be permitted which are inconsistent
with the State Health Plan. For the purposes of this article, new institutional health services
shall include any of the following: (1) The construction, development, acquisition through
lease or purchase, or other establishment of a new health care facility or health maintenance
organization. A transaction involving the sale, lease, or other transfer or change of control
of an existing health care facility, existing health maintenance organization, or existing
institutional health service is not subject to certificate of need review or approval under
this article unless the transaction also involves implementing one or...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-21-263.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-21-293
Section 22-21-293 Financial responsibility for out-of-county indigent patients treated
at a regional referral hospital. Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment received
at a regional referral hospital by a certified indigent patient, who is a resident of the
State of Alabama but is not a resident of the county in which the regional referral hospital
is located, shall be the obligation of the county of which the certified indigent patient
is a resident. A county's annual financial responsibility for each of its resident certified
indigent patients receiving treatment at a regional referral hospital shall be limited to
payment for 30 days or the number of days of services allowed per annum for the care of Medicaid
patients through the State Medicaid Program at the time of the patient's hospitalization,
whichever shall be less, at the per diem reimbursement rate currently in effect for the regional
referral hospital under the medical assistance program for the needy under Title...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-21-293.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-52-17
Section 22-52-17 Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health not required
to perform mental evaluations; exceptions. Notwithstanding any other language in this article,
the following limitations shall apply. No public facility other than the Department of Mental
Health may be required (as distinguished from authorized) by the probate court to perform
any mental evaluation of a person sought to be committed for use in any final commitment hearing
except: (1) In an emergency case wherein no other source or agency which is funded or mandated
by federal law, state law or both to provide such services is objectively capable of performing
such evaluation within the time limit imposed by law; or (2) In an emergency case wherein
no other source or agency operates to perform such evaluation in such emergency case, a public
hospital may be required to accept a person sought to be committed for the provision of hospital
care, if such person is admitted to the public hospital or other...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-52-17.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
27-54-2
Section 27-54-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) DAY TREATMENT SERVICES. Includes, but is not limited to: Physiological,
psychological, and psychosocial concepts, techniques, and processes necessary to maintain
or develop functional skills of clients, provided to individuals and groups for periods of
more than two hours but less than 24 hours a day. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health care service
plan governed by the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 4, Title 10, and a group health insurance
policy, including an employee welfare health benefit plan, that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, issued by insurers, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider
organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other
person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for,
purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/27-54-2.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms,
and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal
equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit
of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy,
settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term
"acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien
or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing
instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the
foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed
of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include
any...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-21-260.htm - 11K - Match Info - Similar pages
26-14-3
Section 26-14-3 Mandatory reporting. (a) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors,
physicians, surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors,
podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, public and private K-12 employees, school teachers
and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day
care workers or employees, mental health professionals, employees of public and private institutions
of postsecondary and higher education, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the
Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance
to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect,
shall be required to report orally, either by telephone or direct communication immediately,
and shall be followed by a written report, to a duly constituted authority. (b)(1) When an
initial report is made to a law enforcement official, the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/26-14-3.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/27-54A-2.htm - 10K - Match Info - Similar pages
34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT
CLINICAL SUPERVISION. A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available
for the purpose of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The
definition shall be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL.
A detailed plan for taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by
the treating physician of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or
other inpatient health care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory
therapist or in an outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the
respiratory therapist. b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation
of the patient by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-27B-2.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
|